It wasn’t that long ago that the ready-to-drink cold case offered minimal coffee options. But after years of mostly being dominated by familiar names, the set has swelled with cold brews, nitro infusions and alt-dairy lattes, providing numerous choices for the on-the-go coffee drinker.
BevNET's annual Suppliers & Service Guide.
From alcohol’s health halo dimming to a sales slowdown, there’s been no shortage of gloomy developments in spirits recently. But what are the overarching trends that will shape the industry in 2025, and what are the bright spots?
If you haven’t heard by now, word on the street is that consumers aren’t drinking so much alcohol these days. So in a world where booze is in decline, what’s a cocktail mixer brand to do?
This year’s Best of Award winners exemplify the bravery, ingenuity and persistence required to pass through these uncertain times, a group boldly moving into the future and illuminating the way for others to follow in their footsteps.
Whether it’s global political strife, acute natural disasters or the all-important price of eggs, living in 2025 is a veritable buffet of anxieties and uncertainties. And in such times, consumers reach into coolers for something comforting and familiar.
As craft beer enters a new uncharted era, leaders of established breweries shared how they keep decades-old flagship brands fresh and relevant for new generations of drinkers during the Brewbound Live business conference.
Energy drinks by sales and growth.
In food industry news: FDA Moves To Ban Red Dye 3; Proper Good, Inc. Brings in Fresh Funding; and Tosi Snacks Raises $15M Series B, Names New CEO.
I’d been procrastinating for far too long: it was time to clean up the old credenza. Knowing it would be a quiet day, I went in to do it on MLK Jr. day. But like many a credenza-cleaning publisher, the enterprise took me elsewhere.
It’s time for a new approach, kids. Dry January might be catching on, but aside from wreaking havoc on the beverage alcohol side of the business, it’s doing more for the PR agencies of the world than it is the brands they represent.
Nosh Live 2024 kicked off with panels, presentations and conversations that pieced together fundamental components of successful CPG businesses and offered brands advice on how to navigate current economic headwinds, shifting consumer habits and prepare for an uncertain landscape in the years to come.
In craft beer news: Brewers Association Taps Bart Watson as Next CEO; Harpoon and Smuttynose Parent Companies Merge to Form Barrel One Collective; Cynthia Fisher, Jim Koch’s Wife, to Inherit Controlling Interest in Boston Beer; and California Craft Brewers Association Picks Kelsey McQuaid-Craig as Next Executive Director.
We’re all learning that the occasions where alcohol-alternative beverages fill a need are vast. Certainly, it’s not just alcohol abstainers: all indications are that the vast majority of alc-alternative drinkers continue to consume alcohol – “zebra striping” between alcohol and NAs, as the Brits say these days.
The 2024 edition of BevNET’s annual winter conference in Marina Del Rey brought the expected high levels of energy and excitement across the two-day event in December.
