During the opening session of BevNET Live Summer 2024 in New York City, industry stakeholders from multiple arenas sat down with editor in chief Jeff Klineman to share their insights into the current state of the beverage market and the dynamics affecting entrepreneurs.
RTDs are in the seventh inning, according to Scott Scanlon, executive vice president of Beverage Alcohol at Circana.
Ball Corporation, the world’s leading manufacturer of aluminum beverage cans, is “keeping a close eye” on domestic beer and energy drinks as it plots its next few years, executives said during an investor day Tuesday.
Koia has built its reputation in the cold box, but in order to achieve its next stage of growth the company is breaking onto the dry shelf with this month’s launch of Koia Nutrition Shakes, its first shelf-stable offering.
CPG isn’t for the weak of heart, but Matthias Laudico and Charlotte Mizrahi, partners in full-service product development house Ley Line Labs, have been well served by following a simple goal: “We're really doing this because we want to make cool products for passionate people.”
The latest data set from NIQ shows total BevAlc sales accelerated their decline in the two-week period ending June 1, reflecting faster volume drops and slightly softer pricing growth, according to analysis from Goldman Sachs Equity Research.
Jean-Charles Boisset, the proprietor of globally renowned wine company Boisset Collection and co-founder of luxury tequila brand Casa Obsidiana, explains why taste, not trends, is at the heart of new business ventures and product development, and what drives consumer communication and marketing.
Flow Beverage Corp. saw a reduction in net revenue due to the exit of unprofitable partnerships, offset by improved gross margins and operating expenses in its Q2 earnings report today.
Frank Sinatra famously crooned "if I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere." The "there," of course, is New York City, which was the backdrop for BevNET Live Summer 2024. In this episode, the hosts reflect on presentations in the semifinal round of the New Beverage Showdown and reveal the details that retail buyers want to hear in pitch meetings.
Today, Primo Water Corporation and an affiliate of BlueTriton Brands announced the two water giants have entered a definitive agreement to merge, creating a new combined entity called NewCo, effectively taking the largest manufacturer of bottled water in the U.S. public.
Since its founding in 2015, the CPG sales agency, specializing in retail execution for emerging brands, has grown to over 100 clients in 35 states, with 85 full time employees and plans to expand the team to over 100 by January 2025. The firm works with companies such as Olipop, Poppi and Guayaki, among others.
In this week’s new products roundup, The EVERY Company teams up with Landish Foods to launch a new line of ready-to-mix powders, MTN DEW gears up for the Fourth of July with a Red, White and Blue collection and New Beverage Showdown semifinalist Lily unveils its latest non-alcoholic functional beverage flavor.
BevNET Live Summer 2024 Day Two featured speakers talking about operating in a tough economic climate, how to work in conjunction with retailers to scale and what it means to build a brand platform.
Pretty Tasty was crowned the champion of New Beverage Showdown 27 today, joining an elite cohort of beverage brands such as Cann and Health-Ade that have also claimed victory in the bi-annual pitch competition.
