Rogers Healy's eye for talent has helped him become one of the most prodigious early stage investors in beverages in recent years through his venture firm Morrison Seger. But it’s not everything.
"It's going to be an M&A musical chair game," Arlington Capital Advisors managing director Townsend Ziebold said earlier this month at Beer Marketer's Insights conference, as too many strategic buyers are chasing too few scaled ready-to-drink (RTD) brands.
So Good So You is ushering in a new chapter of growth, appointing CPG veteran Jennifer Jorgensen as CEO roughly three months after the company was acquired by Bansk Group.
Plainspeak has a plan to become a leading brand in the modern women’s health and wellness space: toss the old playbook.
According to an exclusive on Tuesday in Reuters, Nutrabolt, whose C4 and Bloom energy drinks have over $1 billion in combined sales, has enlisted JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America to lead its initial public offering.
Kroger has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire regional grocery chain Giant Eagle for $1.65 billion, marking its first major acquisition since its failed megamerger with Albertsons.
In this video from BevNET Live New York 2026, Laura Taylor, founder of mocktail brand Mingle, and Samantha Fletcher, senior category manager for adult non-alcoholic at Whole Foods Market, talk through how Mingle was able to break through the crowd and get a foot in the door.
Columbia Distributing is adding approximately 850,000 cases to its portfolio across Oregon and Washington after completing its acquisition of certain wine and spirits distribution rights from Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC).
Cristian Molina built Hugo’s Cocktails on the premise that his nearly two decades behind the bar is a better source for flavor research than any focus group
At Summer Fancy Food Show 2026 in New York City this week, Elmhurst unveiled a new alcoholic subbrand calledGood Day, Darling – an “Amber Spritz” brewed from oats. Clocking in at 4.1% ABV per 12 oz. can, the new innovation comes in Blueberry Lemon and Strawberry Lychee flavors.
A $7,000 startup. A business that nearly vanished. A brand that's still growing 12 years later. Wandering Bear co-founder and CEO Matt Bachmann shares the hard-earned lessons behind building one of cold brew's original success stories, from surviving the collapse of its office business during the pandemic to reinventing the company through e-commerce and strategic retail expansion.
Amass Brands Group is pushing further into next-gen non-alcoholic beverage categories with a pair of investments over the past week.
Consumers have more ways than ever to optimize their health. But as the wellness market grows more crowded, shoppers are becoming more selective about which products – and which claims – they trust.
Going against the government's wishes, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to grant a petition filed by cold brew maker Rise Brewing that seeks to overturn a lower court decision that it claims erroneously ended its case against Pepsi over alleged trademark infringement.
