Made with prickly pear cactus juice, Fair Trade Certified green tea, natural flavors and stevia, Steaz is promoting the cactus water as a healthy beverage option with natural functionality, including antioxidant, hydration, anti-aging and anti-inflammatory properties.
ACG Managing Partner Josh Goldin said that the size of the fund won’t change the firm's strategy of investing relatively small checks of $5-25 million in fast-growing consumer brands, although it does give the group some flexibility to go beyond its initial investment.
According to NBC News, the ban was authorized by the school’s Community Council, which is comprised of Middlebury faculty, staff and students.
FATwater, the much-publicized enhanced water brand, is off the market following a December recall.
Two decades ago, Naya was one of the top-selling bottled water brands in the U.S. After years in the shadows, Naya is hoping to regain its once formidable market presence and leaning on a new partnership with Big Geyser to pave the path.
To support the new distribution, Weiler revealed that Drinkmaple is building a new facility in St. Albans, Vt.
Juisi co-founder Joe Savino believes that the formulation of NÜMOO's organic, dairy-free nut milks differentiates them from current options on the market and that the brand has the potential to redefine the category.
The company announced the $690 million acquisition in a press release Tuesday, with Monster chairman and CEO Rodney Sacks calling the official union of the companies “a tremendous step in the continuing evolution of Monster.”
On the East Coast, CORE Organics will be distributed by Big Geyser, Honickman Group and Polar Beverages, while Haralambos Beverage Co. Kalil Bottling and Nevada Beverage Co. will carry the brand in the West.
Craft soda and kombucha company Reed’s has secured authorization for its Reed’s and Virgil’s brands in Stater Bros. Markets, the largest privately owned supermarket chain in Southern California. Stater Bros. has 168 locations in the region and annual sales of nearly $4 billion.
The launch of Naked Pressed comes amid a crowded and mature category for cold-pressed juice, however, Andrea Theodore, Head of Marketing, Naked Emerging Brands, said that the company is “consistently listening to our consumers' needs and innovating alongside them.”
ABC News joined Runa co-founder Tyler Gage and actor and Runa investor Channing Tatum on a trip to the Ecuadorian rainforest to see the origins of the guayusa tea company.
7-Eleven, the largest convenience store chain in the U.S., has tapped craft soda company Jones Soda to create a co-branded line of soft drinks. The new “7-Select brand premium sodas crafted by Jones” will be in 7-Eleven stores across the U.S. by March, according to Jones Soda CEO Jennifer Cue.
The news comes a month after Greenwich, Connecticut-based private equity firm Brynwood Partners announced its acquisition of the company from fellow private equity firm J.W. Childs Associates, which purchased Sunny Delight from Procter & Gamble in 2004.
