Press Clips: Pepsi Spoils a Gronkowski Gathering; Wendy’s Removes Soda from Kids’ Meals
In this week's press clips, Pepsi spoils a Gronkowski gathering, Wendy's pulls soda from its kids meals, and Soylent raises $20 million in financing round.
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PepsiCo Infuses Coconut Water Into New Kickstart Varieties
The launch of the new beverages is not entirely unexpected. In November, PepsiCo chief marketing officer Simon Lowden told The Street that the company would be adding coconut water as an ingredient across several of its brands, though Mountain Dew was the only one named at the time.
Video: After Greenshoots Shutters, Revive Kombucha Carves New DSD Path
Sean Lovett may have been wistful for the old days, but he had a business to run, and in the weeks leading to Greenshoots’ demise, he prepared for a transition in distribution, namely by creating his own.
FDA Warns NYSW On Manufacturing, Marketing of VBlast
The FDA indicated that NYSW’s labeling of VBlast products as liquid dietary supplements is contentious because the company represents them as beverages by using the words “water” and “punch” in product descriptions.
Shaking Things Up: A Q&A with Powell & Mahoney Co-Founder Mark Mahoney
At the recently held 2015 Winter Fancy Food Show, we sat down with Mark Mahoney, co-founder of Powell & Mahoney, to discuss the evolution of the cocktail mixer category and how his company is keeping up with a burgeoning shelf set, as well as new retail and distribution opportunities for craft-centric brands and trends we can expect to see blossom in the coming months.
Jones Soda Founder Peter van Stolk Launches ‘The Juice Box’
Before he was selling soda, Peter van Stolk was slinging freshly-squeezed juices out of his truck in Edmonton. 30 years later the Jones Soda founder’s latest venture is bringing him back to his roots.
Video: The Evolution of Specialty on Display at the 2015 Winter Fancy Food Show
In this video, we examine what categories have benefited and how brands have adapted their retail and distribution strategies to take advantage of an evolved specialty channel.
Winter Fancy Food Show 2015 Photo Gallery: New Products, Brand Updates
Circling the show floor, BevNET visited with dozens of the beverage booths at the event and came away with a number of highlights regarding brand innovation, line extensions and new products.
Winter Fancy Food Show 2015: Cold-Brew Coffee, Kombucha Make Headway in Specialty and Beyond
An uptick of cold-brew coffee and kombucha exhibitors signals a desire for brands in each category to take on a greater market presence via the specialty channel and beyond.
Vertical Horizon: Ito En to Acquire Coffee Supplier in $82 Million Deal
Ito En last month released the preliminary details of an acquisition in which the Japanese tea giant will purchase Distant Lands Coffee Co., a vertically integrated coffee company.
Press Clips: Big Soda Embraces Small; Juice Startup Looks to Raise $120 Million
Coke and Pepsi are making their smaller sizes more widely available and increasing marketing efforts on behalf of their mini-cans.
AriZona Beverages and Welch’s Launch Sparkling Juice Cocktails
Welch’s Sparkling Grape and Welch’s Sparkling Strawberry will be packaged in AriZona’s iconic 23oz “Big Can”.
Wells Fargo Securities Downgrades Monster Stock
Despite Monster Beverage’s return to double-digit growth in dollar sales in the four-week period ending 12/20/14, analysts aren’t sold that the company can keep it up in 2015.
Distribution Roundup: Big Geyser and Glaceau Split, Whole Foods Welcomes KonaRed and Sipp
2015 kicked off with big news from New York beverage distribution heavyweight Big Geyser, which informed suppliers that the company had requested a buyout of its contract with Glaceau from Coca-Cola.