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A Drink With… Koia CEO and Author Chris Hunter

Chris Hunter is well aware that his current health and wellness-oriented lifestyle and role as the CEO of plant-based protein drink maker Koia are not what anyone expected from him when he first set out to become an entrepreneur – himself included.

BevNET Live: How Minority Founders Can Elevate the Beverage Business

In this video from BevNET Live Summer 2024, three beverage founders – Equitea CEO Quentin Vennie, Mocktail Club CEO Pauline Idogho and Uncle Waithley’s CEO Karl Williams – sat down with BevNET editor-in-chief Jeff Klineman to discuss how minority-owned businesses can best tackle the institutional barriers to success.

BevNET Live: What We’ve Learned About Spirits RTDs

RTD drinkers like to explore and have twice as many brands already in their repertoire— meaning brands have their work cut out for them, shared 3 Tier Beverage COO Turiya Luzader during the 2024 Summer BevNET Live conference in New York City.

BevNET Live Replay: The State of The Beverage Market

During the opening session of BevNET Live Summer 2024 in New York City, industry stakeholders from multiple arenas sat down with editor in chief Jeff Klineman to share their insights into the current state of the beverage market and the dynamics affecting entrepreneurs.

Koia Extends Into Shelf-Stable, Bulks Up Into Multiserve

Koia has built its reputation in the cold box, but in order to achieve its next stage of growth the company is breaking onto the dry shelf with this month’s launch of Koia Nutrition Shakes, its first shelf-stable offering.

A Drink With…. Ley Line Labs Co-Founders Charlotte Mizrahi & Matthias Laudico

CPG isn’t for the weak of heart, but Matthias Laudico and Charlotte Mizrahi, partners in full-service product development house Ley Line Labs, have been well served by following a simple goal: “We're really doing this because we want to make cool products for passionate people.”

Taste Radio: The Best Two-Minute Pitch? There’s A Theme.

Frank Sinatra famously crooned "if I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere." The "there," of course, is New York City, which was the backdrop for BevNET Live Summer 2024. In this episode, the hosts reflect on presentations in the semifinal round of the New Beverage Showdown and reveal the details that retail buyers want to hear in pitch meetings.

BlueTriton, Primo Water Merging to Form Publicly Traded Water Giant

Today, Primo Water Corporation and an affiliate of BlueTriton Brands announced the two water giants have entered a definitive agreement to merge, creating a new combined entity called NewCo, effectively taking the largest manufacturer of bottled water in the U.S. public.