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Joseph Magnus & Co Announces Expanded Leadership Team, National Distribution

Joseph A. Magnus & Co., a 127-year-old award-winning spirits brand, has announced details of its aggressive national growth strategy. Key initiatives include an expanded and experienced leadership team, broadened national distribution and barrel warehousing capabilities and the launch of several Magnus special releases in 2019.

Taste Radio Ep. 154: How Does a Side Hustle Become a $100M Brand? Ask The CEO of Kodiak Cakes

Kodiak Cakes CEO Joel Clark will be the first to admit that entrepreneurship isn’t a part-time job. For years, he tried to run the pancake mix brand as a side business while pursuing a graduate degree and a consulting career. In this episode, Clark spoke about how commitment, innovation and swimming in the “Shark Tank” played into the evolution of Kodiak Cakes, which eclipsed $100 million in sales in 2018.

Bulletproof Appoints New CFO, VP of E-Commerce

Bulletproof 360, Inc., the lifestyle company widely known for the popular Bulletproof Coffee, leading science-based content and food and beverage product lines, announced today that Cameron Kinloch (Ripple, Netflix) was named chief financial officer and Brian Watkins (Nordstrom, Blue Nile) was named VP of e-commerce, adding to the company’s executive leadership.

Expo West 2019 Gallery: Coffee + Tea

In this slideshow gallery, we highlight some of the notable new coffee and tea products from Expo West 2019, including new shelf-stable cold brew lines from Chameleon and High Brew, a nitrogen-infused Thai iced tea with oat milk, and Hiball’s return to the cold brew category.

Archer Daniels Midland Acquires The Ziegler Group

Archer Daniels Midland Company has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire the Ziegler Group, a leading European provider of natural citrus flavor ingredients. The agreement comes shortly after ADM completed its addition of U.S.-based citrus flavor provider Florida Chemical.

GIVN Water Announces Partnership With Equator Coffees

GIVN Water, the nation's leading socially conscious premium spring water that provides one day of clean water to people in need for every bottle sold, is proud to announce that Equator Coffees, the Bay Area-based high-impact coffee company focused on superior quality, sustainability and social responsibility, has selected GIVN as their bottled water partner.

G Fuel to Launch 16 oz. Cans This Summer

A whole new kind of performance energy is coming to a can near you – in a can of G Fuel, that is. G Fuel Energy Formula – the official energy drink of Esports – has announced it will launch a ready-to-drink (RTD) version in 16 oz. cans this summer.

Expo West 2019 Recap Pt. 2: Sparkling Water Innovates, Brain Function Rises

In the second part of our Natural Products Expo West coverage, we take a look at how new entrants in the sparkling water space are moving the category away from natural flavors in favor of botanicals and other infusions. As well, we look at how MCT Oil and nootropics are fueling a rise in brain function beverages.