It’s an international brand, and now, with cash in hand, it’s time for international growth. That’s the way Icelandic Glacial CEO Reza Mirza categorized this week’s news that the brand had received new equity funding from a group of new and existing investors.
In this week’s new products roundup, Fanta unveiled a spooky new soda guaranteed to turn your tongue black, Monster Energy teams up with Call of Duty to celebrate the game’s iconic Ghost character and Rowdy Mermaid dives into the functional soda space.
Sean “Diddy” Combs has won the first round in the lawsuit against Diageo alleging that his spirits brands received worse treatment because of his race.
When legacy brands start looking like startups, should entrepreneurs be worried? The hosts discuss. They also highlight several new and notable products, including chakra-specific shots and a cap-activated bottled cocktail. We also meet with Alan Kennedy, the master blender for rye-forward whiskey brand Redemption, who discusses the brand’s emphasis on premiumization of experience across its portfolio.
The team over at PepsiCo-owned Gatorade and Muscle Milk are not trying to reinvent the wheel, that’s for sure. In fact, they are going deeper into their own specialized wheelhouses with the announcement of two new product lines today: Gatorade Water and Muscle Milk Plant.
Non-alcohol spirits, wine and beer now have a market value exceeding half a billion dollars in off-premise channels, according to a new NIQ report on the category.
Adult, non-alcoholic beverage retailer The Zero Proof was one of the early adopters of offering the sober curious community ecommerce options for non-alc beverages. Co-founder Sean Goldsmith talked to BevNET about the company’s expansion into wholesale and what he sees in the future for the non-alc set.
Over its near-decade on the market, alt-milk maker Three Trees has added many different nuts, seeds and even oats into its mixes, but one ingredient – outside capital – has been left out of the recipe.
The Macallan has locked up a stock of barrels. The well-known Edrington-owned Scotch whisky brand has completed an acquisition of the Spain-based Vasyma cooperage business, while also entering a joint-venture partnership with Ohio’s Coopers Oak to further deepen its supply chain
In this roundup of new ready-to-drink cocktails Devil’s Foot ventures outside of the soda category, BeatBox shows team spirit with its Oklahoma State University collaboration and Glenlivet unveils its new Twist & Mix innovation.
Mushroom elixir maker Odyssey is traversing the East Coast; Genius Juice’s new line of functional Boost Shots are now available in Erewhon stores in California; Kratom seltzer brand Mitra9 announced via LinkedIn that its 12 oz. drinks are now being sold in Hy-Vee stores.
As new luxury tequilas aim to compete with those started by celebrity partners, one brand is hoping to carve out a niche in the segment by emphasizing what it doesn’t have.
This month, join us for conversations with an angel investment group, explore DSD secrets that skyrocket case sales, and take a look at stand-out packaging designs from Expo East.
Serial entrepreneur Richard Laver chronicles his path from a 12-year-old child who survived a plane crash that killed 136 people, to being homeless at age 27, to the birth of his daughter and how she inspired the development of successful plant-based nutrition brand Kate Farms. He also discussed the launch of Lucky F*ck, his upstart “anti-brand” line of energy drinks, and how it's following in the footsteps of Liquid Death.
