A Chicago-area business has filed a class action lawsuit against Nestlé Waters North America Inc. (NWNA) claiming that five-gallon jugs of its Ice Mountain Water brand are falsely advertised as containing spring water when in actuality the water comes from a municipal source.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– National Beverage (NASDAQ: FIZZ) is once again embracing the opportunity to give deserving children . . . Hope ? this holiday season! Consumers across the nation…
Much like the bevy of other sports/hydration drinks on the market, enterade is marketed as a dietary supplement for "hydration during stressful exercise and endurance sports." However, unlike competing brands, enterade contains a bare bones formulation of water, natural flavor, and sodium bicarbonate that makes the product rather unpleasant to consume.
NEW YORK, December 17, 2012/ — WAT-AAH!, a line of functional water for kids and teens, is now available in Stop & Shop, Giant-Landover and Giant-Carlisle – the subsidiaries of…
PALM BEACH, FLA. — In a world saturated with fast-food chains, sugar-filled sodas and high-calorie snacks, it’s refreshing to encounter a healthy option that brings together taste, health and pizzazz.…
WAYZATA, Minnesota, Dec. 17, 2012 – The Truvia business, the global leader of stevia sweeteners, and Grupo Herdez, a market leader in the production, distribution, and sale of foods in…
As an investment banker with Silverwood Partners working in the healthy/active living consumer packaged goods (CPG) space, I’ve often said that the joke about investors is true – they enter the room walking backwards with their eye on the exit. Perhaps entrepreneurs and founders should, as well. Unless you are building a company to comfortably live off of cash flows, you will need to sell your company at some time.
The Hartman Group, Inc. today announced that Laurie Demeritt, the current president and COO of the company, is being elevated to Chief Executive Officer of the firm. She succeeds Harvey…
Start with some capital, any capital at all, and so long as your brand has growth potential, you could be the next Starbucks or Rockstar. This message was repeated on the second day of BevNET Live Winter 12 in Santa Monica, CA, as representatives from big-time brands shared their paths from humble beginnings to current prestige before a bevy of note-taking startups.
An new online petition is calling for PepsiCo to stop formulating its Gatorade line of sports drinks with brominated vegetable oil, an ingredient tied to flame retardant chemicals, according to The New York Times.
Dr. Steve Salvatore of The Dr. Steve Show visited Camelback Mountain Resort in the Pocono Mountains of Eastern Pennsylvania to discuss the importance of staying hydrated in the winter. Many…
Will Continue Relationship with T.J. Bell in 2013 PAOLI, PENN. (December 11, 2012) – Hero Associates, the makers of Hero Energy Shot, today announced the availability of new flavors and…
As those of you who’ve learned to skip right over them will know, I often start my columns with an amusing or revealing anecdote, or even sometimes a mordant joke. You won’t get that this month, because that certainly isn’t appropriate when the topic of the column is the killer in our midst: Energy drinks.
December 12, 2012 – Naples, FL – Pyure Brands, the leaders in natural and organic stevia sweeteners, is announcing the launch of their organic energy shot – Organic Energy Optimization.…
