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Ellie Goulding Joins CORE As Investor, Endorser

CORE Hydration has unveiled singer Ellie Goulding as its newest celebrity investor and the centerpiece for a new cross-platform marketing campaign this summer.

Celsius Holdings, Inc. Approved for Listing on NASDAQ

Celsius’ common stock will begin trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market at the opening bell on May 24, 2017, keeping its present ticker symbol, CELH. The Company’s common stock will continue to trade on the Over-the-Counter OTXQX Best Market until the market close on May 23, 2017.

Positive Energy Launches Across Albertsons Companies

Positive Energy will be placed in the following banners and regions: Albertsons Safeway Seattle, Albertsons Safeway Portland, Albertsons Dallas, Safeway Northern California, Safeway East, Safeway Denver, Acme, Shaw’s, Star Market, Tom Thumb and United Supermarkets.

C.A. Fortune Goes National

After four years of strategic and planned growth, C.A. Fortune, a privately-held natural, specialty and bakery/deli sales and marketing agency, announces the company has joined forces with Portland, OR, based Bridge Sales & Marketing, completing the agency’s goal of providing coast to coast coverage for its client brands and retail customers.

COCO Cocktail Promotes Nutrition in Alcohol

All vitamins and minerals found in COCO Cocktail are from all-natural, non-GMO food sources without any fortified, artificial or synthetic ingredients.

Beverage School: How Brands Are Building On Campus – Part 1 of 2

Two recently launched college-based beverage startups, Up Dog Kombucha and Sunniva Super Coffee, have leveraged university resources and their own insight into students’ shifting tastes and demands to create a viable route to market from their dorm room to store shelves.

Up Mountain Switchel Announces the Launch of the Original Swizzle for Summer 2017

According to the Hartman Group’s Culture of Food 2015, “uses real spices and herbs” is now the fourth most important factor in defining high quality foods/beverages, following “better ingredients,” “better taste” and “100% natural.” In a major confluence of health trends, Up Mountain Switchel’s new Original Swizzle nails a variety consumer demands on the head with the beverage of the summer (and beyond).

Venus Spirits Releases Vodka

Venus Spirits has distilled a special release vodka available exclusively at the distillery. Made with organic winter wheat and distilled twenty times, Venus Spirits Vodka is rich in mouth feel with delicate sweet notes.

The Maple Guild Expands Product Line with New Beverages

The Maple Guild, the largest single-source producer of organic maple syrup, has created its first lines of beverages: seven flavors of Enhanced Maple Water and nine flavors of Maple Sweetened Iced Tea.

Press Clips: Kombucha in Cans, How Slingshot Coffee Entered Target

Cans open new packaging opportunities for kombucha, how Target sought out Slingshot Coffee, caffeine overdose kills South Carolina teen, woman wins "hot coffee" injury lawsuit against Starbucks, new study says carbonated beverages increase appetite.

BevNET Podcast Ep. 58: Why Juice Press is “Constantly Reinventing the Wheel”; The Soylent Phenomenon

In this episode of the BevNET Podcast, Marcus Antebi, who launched cold-pressed juice chain Juice Press in 2010 and now presides over a chain of 62 stores across the Northeast, explained his belief that “common innovation is complete” and that it’s incumbent upon food and beverage manufacturers to up the ante with nutrient-dense ingredients and formulations.