LABEL 5 Expands Range with New Expression: Gold Heritage
Graham Coull, LABEL 5 Master Blender, crafted a unique and rich whisky. LABEL 5 Gold Heritage is a rich blend of exceptional whiskies that includes malts aged of more than 20 years.
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Sipp Entering Wegmans Throughout the East Coast
Sipp Sparkling Organics will soon be available in Wegmans stores throughout the East Coast. The regional supermarket chain will carry Sipp’s Lemon Flower, Ginger Blossom, and Mojo Berry flavors.
Koa Organic Beverages Partners With Gourmet Guru
Koa Organic Beverages, Inc. announced today that they have finalized a partnership with Gourmet Guru, a well respected natural and organic products distributor, to help establish accounts and to grow their brand throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic.
Mother Earth Natural Foods to Stock Cocozia
Epicurex LLC, manufacturers and distributers of the 100% organic Cocozia® range, has announced today that Mother Earth Natural Foods is the latest in a line of highly regarded health food stores to stock Cocozia® coconut water.
Coke Announces Expanded Cost-Cutting Strategy
Coke’s numbers for the three month period fell short of analyst expectations and elicited what company Chairman and CEO Muhtar Kent described as a “hard look at our progress to date.”
NACS Video: Here’s Why Sparkling Ice Launched Tea
Even with the presence of major players like Lipton, Nestle, AriZona, and Coke in the category, Talking Rain CEO Kevin Klock said, there was an opportunity to bring in a new, single-serve brand that could add to the company's volume. "We're between categories," Klock told BevNET during a videotaped interview on the floor of NACS. "That's where the white space is."
Blake Koch and Flo Rida Promote Celsius Flo Fusion
Celsius Flo Fusion is a great tasting Pre-Workout energy drink to fuel those who live an active lifestyle. Using the same formula as your favorite Celsius products, Flo Fusion is powered by scientifically tested, calorie burning MetaPlus®.
The Coca-Cola Company Reports Third Quarter and Year-to-Date Results
The Coca-Cola Company reported global volume growth of 1% in the third quarter and 2% year to date and gained volume and value share in nonalcoholic ready-to-drink (NARTD) beverages in the quarter.
Copper & Kings Distillery Celebrates Grand Opening in Louisville
Kentucky Distillers’ Association president Eric Gregory welcomed the untraditional brandy makers to the state and Mayor Greg Fischer deemed it “Copper & Kings American Brandy Co. Day” at the lively ribbon cutting event.
AriZona Aims For the Dairy Aisle with “Good Brew”
AriZona’s most intriguing new product was one that the company gave only scant attention at the 2014 NACS show. While the company displayed only a couple prop bottles of “Good Brew,” a lemon-flavored, cane sugar-sweetened tea, packaged in a clear 59 oz. carafe with a teal-colored cap and hipster/throwback label, the multi-serve beverage certainly stood out.
Coca-Cola and Bottler Exchange Territories in Tenn. and Ky.
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated announced it has signed a definitive agreement with The Coca-Cola Company to exchange the bottler’s franchise territory in Jackson, TN for territory currently served by Coca-Cola Refreshments USA, Inc. in Lexington, KY.
Cytosport to Relaunch Grant Program for High School Athletes
CytoSport, Inc., owner of the MUSCLE MILK® brand, announced today that the MUSCLE MILK® Recovery Grant Program will be re-launched and will provide up to $250,000 in grants to help rebuild and revitalize high school athletic programs around the country that demonstrate a financial need.
Spare an Extra Billion? Evaluating Vultaggio’s Options
The question on our minds: unless AriZona co-founder Don Vultaggio has a really, really big safe somewhere, how does he pay John Ferolito?
IBC Transitions From Wooden to Plastic Shipping Pallets
Independent Beverage Corporation (IBC), the North Carolina based soft drink company that is known for its unique and popular cherry flavored soda, Cheerwine, has completed its conversion from a standard wooden pallet product distribution platform to a full system integration of iGPS Logistics plastic pallets.