2011 Water Guide – Free Download
The BevNET and Beverage Spectrum 2011 Water Guide is now available. Inside the water guide, you’ll find listings for bottled water, enhanced water, tablets, powders, and suppliers to the water…
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The Kombucha Crisis: One Year Later
One year later, last summer’s withdrawal proves more hiccup than handicap. For a nascent beverage category like Kombucha, there’s not a much bigger crisis than having all major brands disappear from store shelves, just as growth appeared headed for warp speed. Everything was lining up in favor of the category. With a clear market leader in GT’s Kombucha and Synergy, a number of creative brands and established beverage companies crafting their own offerings, swelling grassroots support for healthier beverage choices, including a strong home-brewing community, and a massive distribution pipeline via Whole Foods and UNFI, Kombucha seemed on the verge of a breakout.
Tata Beverage Invests, Hires
International beverage conglomerate Tata Global Beverages made a pair of major moves in the past week, first revealing that in the last quarter it had increased its stake in The…
Coke to Invest $4 Billion in China
Beginning in 2012, the Coca-Cola Co., Inc. will invest $4 billion in China over a three-year period for new infrastructure and capabilities, partnerships, brand building and the development of new…
Nestle Brings on Mother Nature
Nestle Waters apparently believes that Mother Nature has survived a recent onslaught by Vitaminwater, and that she — or at least her portfolio of four-legged woodland assets — is ready…
5-Hour Energy Takes Lawsuit Against On Go Energy Shot to Federal Court
Innovation Ventures LLC, the makers of 5-Hour Energy, are claiming $90,000 in damages over stolen trade secrets in a U.S. District Court lawsuit against Aspen Fitness Inc., which makes On…
Cheerwine Announces Distribution Agreement with The Fresh Market
North Carolina-based Cheerwine recently announced a distribution agreement with gourmet retailer The Fresh Market that will put the cherry-flavored soft drink in all 106 The Fresh Market locations in 21…
CASCAL Pairs Up with Bizzare Foods’ Andrew Zimmern to Launch New Can Packaging
To celebrate the launch of CASCAL in new 12 oz. aluminum cans, Andrew Zimmern, host of the popular television show “Bizarre Foods” and a CASCAL enthusiast, hosted an afternoon of…
BevNET TV: An Interview with Arnulfo Ventura of Cobá
Maybe we should be angrier. After all, it was at the December, 2010 BevNET Live that Arnulfo Ventura, founder of the aguas frescas drink Bonadea, took part in the live…
Civil Suit Sharks Smelling Blood in the Coconut Water: Class Actions Mounting
…aaaand we’ve got another class action suit filed against Vita Coco, this one from a Florida-based attorney who is going after the top-selling coconut water brand in federal district court…
Vita Coco, O.N.E. Sued Over Nutritional Claims
Hot on the heels of the release of a study that smacked down electrolyte claims made by each brand, a class-action lawsuit has been filed against the makers of both…
Dublin Dr Pepper Responds to Federal Lawsuit Filed by Corporate Partner
Dublin Dr Pepper, the world’s oldest Dr Pepper bottler, and the maker of a popular cane-sugar version of Dr Pepper, has issued a press release today in response to Dr…
Best of 2011 Adds Awards for Traditional and Interactive Marketing Campaigns
As part of its Best of 2011 Beverage Awards, BevNET has added a pair of new categories focused on highlighting the best beverage marketing campaigns. Television, print, and radio-focused campaigns…
Hand Crafted to Go: Cascal Gets Canned
It’s been on the market for three years, but Coca-Cola’s fermented CasCal soda has remained largely under the radar, with a distribution footprint confined almost entirely to Whole Foods and…