In terms of setting up direct-to-consumer marketplaces, creating “full basket” solutions with Amazon Fresh, and simply providing a place for customers to search by keywords for specific products, the e-commerce titan has begun to exert an outsized influence in the ways consumers shop.
In a deal that’s shaking the shopping experience for consumers, retailers, and food and beverage companies, Amazon’s scooping up of Whole Foods for $13.7 billion on Friday has hardened talk of large-scale disruption in the way consumers buy their groceries.
Amazon was also a prime subject for the first two speakers in an e-commerce discussion series at the just-concluded BevNET Live Summer 2017 event in New York this week.
This edition of the Taste Radio podcast features an interview with KeVita co-founder and former CEO Bill Moses, who discussed the key elements of his investment philosophy and his work with upstart brands.
Amazon announced Friday that it will acquire Whole Foods Market for $42 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $13.7 billion, including Whole Food’s net debt.
As nitro cold brew moves out of boutique coffee houses and into the mainstream, brands are staking out footholds in this emerging market for both on-premise service and packaged products, and keeping the door open for as-yet-unexplored possibilities for infusing nitrogen into other beverages.
As the industry continues to mature, the manner in which individual brands choose to approach the issue of alcohol and sugar content in kombucha will likely play a significant role in determining the health of the category going forward.
With the addition of this cost-efficient, high-capacity HPP machine, True Fresh HPP has the largest capacity of HPP tolling services under one roof in North America with an annual capacity of 100,000,000 lbs.
ORAL I.V., Inc., the creator of one of the only all-natural, sugar-free, stimulant-free and zero calorie hydration aids on the market, announces the hire of Dale Pinneke as Director of Sales to further the company's continued sales growth and expansion into new markets such as health and wellness.
Rush Creek Distilling, the newest craft distiller in Illinois and home to The Adventurous Spirit, recently welcomed “Liberty” – an American-made, 600-gallon, custom-tooled pot still that will soon begin producing Rush Creek’s custom-made, six times distilled vodka and signature gin.
Cascadia Managing Brands, a Brand Management and Consulting firm in the beverage industry, is launching Genuine Coconut Water, organic and raw coconut water with easy opening system.
Arteasan Beverages, makers of the only 5-calorie ready-to-drink iced tea infusions, today announced that it will unveil two new flavors, a Matcha Tea with Watermelon & Mint (‘Glow’) and an Oolong Tea with Pineapple & Ginger (‘Cleanse’), at the Summer Fancy Food Show in New York on June 25-27, 2017.
In honor of National Bourbon Day, Danny Wimmer Presents is ecstatic to announce its highly anticipated Food & Beverage Partners for Bourbon & Beyond, an incredible all-in-one bourbon, food, and music festival that celebrates the craftsmanship, soul and spirit of Louisville, Kentucky.
The tea will be donated to several organizations, including over 3,200 cases going to Feeding America Kentucky’s Heartland and 2,000 cases to Feed Our Vets.
