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Kristen Bell Joins PLEZi as Investor, Brand Partner

Actress and experienced CPG investor Kristen Bell announced today that she has joined PLEZi, the kids drink brand co-founded by former First Lady Michelle Obama, as an investor and brand partner to grow brand awareness and accessibility.

Taste Radio: Why Lance Collins, Creator Of Billion-Dollar Brands, Can’t Stop

Serial entrepreneur Lance Collins – creator of some of the most successful beverage brands of the past two decades, including BodyArmor, Fuze, NOS and Core – talks about his current and past ventures, lessons from successes and missteps, the reason that founders fail and why he encourages them to make “fast mistakes.”

Distribution Vet Butrymowicz Launching “Juice of the Future” Brand Loom

Loom, the brainchild of Bill Butrymowicz, VP at Jersey Shore DSD house Seaview Beverage, is a new line of juice drinks that will begin rolling out to stores and online this summer. Butrymowicz will be leading the brand as CEO while also continuing to run the distribution business that was founded by his father, using Seaview’s fleet as an immediate entry point into the market.

Report: Foxtrot Assets Sold At Auction For $2.2M

The future of Foxtrot is once again in question after assets belonging to the shuttered grocery chain were acquired today by Further Point Enterprises via auction for $2.2 million, according to a report from Crain’s Chicago Business.

Blue Stripes Wants Consumers to Sweeten Up to Cacao Water

How do you educate consumers on the herbological origins of chocolate while they’re standing in the store aisle, deciding whether or not to try their luck on a drink called “Cacao Water”? Five years into his cacao products venture Blue Stripes, chocolatier Oded Brenner has yet to find the perfect answer. But he’s getting closer.