FIJI Adds 700 mL Bottle to its Line-up
The new 700 mL bottle is available now for $2.29 in stores nationwide.
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Distribution Roundup: UNFI Pushes Titan Tea and Tio Gazpacho Through Speed to Market Program
Titan Tea’s electrolyte-infused teas will soon be made available at 300 of UNFI’s top independent stores nationwide.
Diversity in Natural Foods: The Way Forward
Readers of my last two columns get the point quickly: food and beverage companies in the natural products industry should strive for racial and ethnic diversity. To that end, now we’re going to think about solutions: practices that the industry and its component companies can inaugurate to spur both employee and entrepreneurial diversity.
Irish Fire Wins Triple Gold Medal and Best of Show at Microliquor Spirit Awards
The Microliquor Awards is the Worlds first Spirit Competition for Emerging Brands.
Copper & Kings to Host “A History of American Brandy” Seminar
Louisville-based Copper & Kings American Brandy Co. is hosting an educational seminar on the history of brandy distillation and consumption in America Wednesday, Sept. 16 at 4 p.m.
With Launch of Sam Lives, Fresh Samantha is (Sort Of) Back, Again
She is the namesake of pioneering super premium juice brand Fresh Samantha, and while Samantha Levin was just two years old when her father launched the beverage line, she’s following in the footsteps of her family’s business -- for the second time -- with an HPP smoothie/meal replacement brand called “Sam Lives.”
Rogue Ales and Spirits Launches Chipotle Whiskey
Rogue Chipotle Whiskey uses chipotles three ways: brewed, distilled, and barrel-aged with Rogue Farms chipotle peppers for three times the flavor and spice.
Charcoal on Call: Dirty Lemon Launches on Instagram
The high-pressure processed detoxification product is made with water, activated charcoal -- an ingredient that’s currently on the rise in food and beverage applications -- along with lemon juice and dandelion and ginger root extracts.
Little Me Tea to Sponsor Macy’s Back-To-School Events
The events will feature specials, celebrities and refreshments to make sure kids are ready to go back to school in style – and in good health.
2015 BevNET Natural Beverage Guide Now Available for Download
BevNET’s annual Natural Beverage Guide is the industry’s largest guide to beverage brands targeting the natural channel, including plant-based waters, kombucha, cold-pressed juice, as well as the companies that supply goods and services to those brands.
Amy & Brian Unveil Website Redesign
Apart from the new website, Amy & Brian is introducing a complete rebranding and redesigned packaging.
Coco Joy Partners with New York City Football Club
As part of the partnership, Coco Joy branding is featured throughout the stadium and around the field at Yankee Stadium on New York City FC match days.
Press Clips: Big Soda Awaits Reaction to Non-Aspartame Diet Pepsi
Speaking on his competitor’s decision to reformulate Diet Pepsi, Alexander “Sandy” Douglas Jr., executive vice president & president of Coca-Cola North America, said on a Coke earnings call that the new Diet Pepsi will “create a lot of buzz in the category, some of it good, as the good science of the safety of non-nutritive sweeteners gets out in the marketplace and is reinforced.”
Post-Coconut Water, Natural Beverages Seek Sporting Chance
The remarkable success in marketing coconut water as a sports drink, while subtly shifting, has given way to a range of plant-based and naturally formulated beverages seeking to emulate a similar path.