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GoodBelly Announces New Vice President of Sales

BOULDER, Colo. — GoodBelly, a line of delicious probiotic juice beverages formulated for daily digestive health, today announced the addition of James Moss as vice president of sales. With extensive…

Distribution Roundup: Red Bull Alters Model; Icelandic Glacial Expands Home Delivery

While Red Bull represents an uncommon distribution network to consider, emerging beverage brands have long been familiar with UNFI, the independent distributor of organic and specialty foods and beverages in the U.S. and Canada. On Friday morning, Epicurex LLC announced that it will partner with UNFI to distribute its coconut water, Cocozia.

Epicurex Partners With UNFI to Distribute Cocozia

NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. — Epicurex LLC, the manufacturer of the popular organic coconut water COCOZIA®, has announced it will partner with leading natural and specialty foods distributor UNFI ,…

Brown-Forman Announces Chief Production Officer

LOUISVILLE, Ky.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Brown-Forman Corporation (NYSE:BFA)(NYSE:BFB) announced today that Alejandro (Alex) Alvarez has been named chief production officer and a member of the company’s Executive Leadership Team, effective February 1, 2014.…

KonaRed Announces Availability of 10.5 Oz. Bottles

KALAHEO, Hawaii — KonaRed Corporation (www.KonaRed.com) (OTCQB: KRED); developers of the powerful Hawaiian Coffee Fruit wellness beverage which is sold in such retailers as Kmart, Wal-mart, 7-Eleven, Longs Drugs, Walgreens,…

It’s a (Little) Miracle! Top Organic Energy Brand in Europe Makes its Way to U.S.

Little Miracles, a line of tea-based, organic energy drinks that are distributed in 21 European countries, is aiming to make its U.S. launch next month, beginning in the Southern California market. The drinks, which are formulated with tea, fruit juice, Panex Ginseng, acai and agave, took in € 8 million (approximately $11 million) in 2013 sales.

Video: Health-Ade’s Presentation from New Beverage Showdown 6

When we asked attendees of BevNET Live Winter ’13 to describe their reactions to New Beverage Showdown 6, we heard a lot of the “same old, same old” about the beverage brand competition: compelling; dramatic; inspiring; nerve-wracking; sensational. Boring stuff, indeed.

Review: Hiball Ginger Ale

Hiball’s latest addition to its for its line of organic energy drinks comes in the form of a new ginger ale flavor. We can't say that we've had too many ginger ale-flavored energy drinks, but we really like that Hiball has taken a classic flavor and successfully made it feel new and enjoyable in a way that hasn’t been done in the past.

Caffeinated Club Launches in Chicago

GLENVIEW, Ill. — Caffeinated Club aims to transform the way America gets its daily caffeine as it makes its initial launch in the Chicago market this winter. Caffeinated Club is…