While consumers may not necessarily be flocking to artificial ingredients with open arms, the data shows that strong product launches from top beverage conglomerates and insurgent brands, such as sucralose-sweetened energy players PRIME and Celsius, are pushing lab-developed sweeteners ahead in certain parts of the store.
Mark Mahoney has launched numerous brands spanning a wide range of categories across a nearly 40-year career in the beverage business, but last Friday may have been his Super Bowl.
E. & J. Gallo’s High Noon Sun Sips is taking a dig at its competitors with a new activation aimed at getting consumers to swap their malt based beverages for a High Noon Tequila Seltzer.
The hosts discussed the news that Michelle Obama has joined kids’ food and beverage company PLEZi Nutrition as a co-founder and strategic partner and spoke about the potential impact of the former first lady’s influence and political connections on the brand’s development. They also highlighted the 10 brands named as part of Target’s third Takeoff Food and Beverage program.
In this week’s new products gallery, health and wellness brand BEAM teams up with SunnyD to create a limited edition Super Greens flavor, Spindrift kicks off summer early with its Peach Strawberry offering and Devil’s Foot and ISH roll out new non-alcoholic cocktail offerings.
Ready-to-drink (RTD) beverage alcohol consumption has grown 104% in the past two years, according to NIQ, but how are consumers making shopping decisions, and where are they enjoying the growing variety of flavored malt beverages, canned cocktails and seltzers?
Constellation Brands has acquired a minority stake in TÖST, an alcohol-free sparkling beverage brand, the company announced yesterday.
Celsius reported a 95% year-over-year increase in net revenue to reach $260 million during the first quarter, largely driven by strong sales velocity, cost-efficiency improvements and distribution expansion.
Factory, LLC’s name got a little more literal as the food and beverage investor and brand incubator opened up a 75,000 square foot co-manufacturing facility this year.
Pernod Ricard has acquired a minority stake in ecoSpirits, a technology startup focusing on low carbon, low waste distribution systems for wine and spirits.
As the sunshine begins to stick around, many RTD cocktail producers are beginning to roll out summer-inspired sips. In this gallery, Atomic Coffee Roasters makes its first foray into the spirits world with an espresso martini offering, U.K.-based Funkin Cocktails splashes down in the U.S. and SoulBoxer expands its lineup of ready-to-pour bottled cocktails.
Thrive Market’s beverage category manager Christine Dang talked to BevNET recently about the platform’s strategy evolution during and after the pandemic, how the direct-to-consumer model provides different challenges to the beverage category and how pack size and format play an integral role in curating the platform’s offerings.
Fairlife has invested $650 million to open a new 745,000 sq. ft production plant in Webster, New York that will bring nearly 250 jobs to the region.
Watch founders and CEOs introduce their brands and provide a recap of recent news and updates. This week's special co-host is Sonia Shekar, the startup insights manager for Foodbytes by Rabobank, who shared her thoughts, questions and feedback with the participants.
