Cocktail enthusiasts now have four more ways to stir up fun with the launch of new flavors from Master of Mixes: Blood Orange Margarita, Blue Curaçao, BigBucket® Mango Margarita and Michelada. Each flavor is bold and exotic, bursting with an authentic, made-from-scratch taste.
After signing with Big Geyser to distribute its line of shelf-stable kombuchas in New York, B-Tea Kombucha is working to form partnerships with as many as a dozen distributors to continue expanding the brand’s presence throughout the country, including a launch in California this month.
Strong growth in the dairy-alternative market -- which is expected to reach over $35 billion by 2024, according to a September, 2016 report from Grand View Research -- is presenting some companies with added motivation to enter the kefir space.
United Sugars Corporation announces the commencement of a new bulk sugar storage and transfer facility in Montgomery, Illinois, 45 miles west of Chicago. The plant made its first shipment of sugar to a customer on February 2, 2017.
Me & the Bees Lemonade and its twelve-year-old founder will be featured on the February 24th episode of ABC’s 20/20. The episode “Shark Tank on 20/20: The Road to $100 Million in Deals” will highlight the lemonade founder, Mikaila Ulmer and her success as a millennial entrepreneur following her 2015 appearance on the ABC hit show, Shark Tank.
SAVU water, a new Fijian bottled water from an artesian aquifer in a protected rainforest in the Namosi Highlands, within the archipelago’s Viti Levu island, will mark its debut at the 27th Annual Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting this month.
As a result of a settlement with the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI), a consumer watchdog group, PepsiCo agreed last week to make several changes in the labeling and marketing of its Naked juices and smoothies. In October CSPI alleged that the labelling of Naked products misled consumers about their nutritional value and ingredients.
The 2017 KeHE Summer Selling Show welcomed more than 3,700 industry professionals to the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans on Feb. 7-8 – a nearly 35% increase from the year prior. Retailers, vendors and brokers filed in for the latest natural & organic, specialty and fresh products for the summer season.
Ilegal Mezcal, a handcrafted brand of Mexican artisanal liquor that has made a name for itself with bold guerrilla ad campaigns and strong political positions, announces it is entering into a national distribution agreement with Southern Wine & Spirits (“Southern Glazer’s”), the North American wine and spirits distribution company.
Imayotsukasa was established in 1767. Based in Niigata City, Imayotsukasa is one of 47 "Zenryo Junmai kura" (only brewing no-alcohol added sake) companies with a range of Junmai , Junmai Ginjo and Junmai Diginjo including a rare Wood Barrel (kiokejikomi) Junmai Diginjo and their award wining Koi.
An extra special, one-time bottling of Van Winkle bourbon will soon be released. Only 11 barrels comprise this very small batch bourbon, making the 710 bottles especially rare and even harder to find than the usual Van Winkle whiskeys.
Brown-Forman announced today the launch of a website providing nutritional information for its many consumer brands, including Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey, Finlandia, Canadian Mist, Jimador, Herradura, Sonoma-Cutrer, Chambord, and Woodford Reserve. The site is available from the corporate website or directly at nutrition.brown-forman.com.
Brown-Forman announces today the appointment of Rachel Barrie as whisky maker for its Scotch whisky portfolio which includes the BenRiach, The GlenDronach and Glenglassaugh distilleries, effective March 1, 2017.
The product marks the first time a ready-to-drink innovation was developed from on-premise experimentation at the company’s cafes.
