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List Your Company in BevNET’s 2013 Supplier and Services Guide

BevNET’s Supplier and Services Guide is an annual resource to the 1,000+ beverage companies that turn to BevNET each year to identify and source vendors. The guide will be included in the Jan-Feb issue of BevNET Magazine, which is sent to 19,000 subscribers, and available online to BevNET’s 100,000+ monthly viewers.

SEKSI Secures Placement in Walgreens

Chicago, IL (December 12, 2012) – In a move to certainly expand upon the versatility of Pearl Aqua LLC, the Chicago based functional lifestyle beverage company is pleased to announce…

2012: A Bump in the Numbers – From Wal-Mart

For those of you who dream nightly about this kind of thing – and yes, the BevNET crew is part of that group, don’t you doubt it – we recently got some spectacular news. Symphony IRI Group, the company that provides our awesome brand sales data, has updated its information to include Wal-Mart.

Monster Reassures Investors, Offers Glimpse of New Products for 2013

In a bid to reassure shareholders and investors about safety of its products as well as the current and future growth potential of its flagship energy drink, Monster Beverage Corp. issued a recent filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that included a 61 slide presentation that began with the statement, “Monster Energy Products Are Safe.”

Contractually Exclude Competitors, Attorney Suggests at BevNET Live

With knowledge of some legal terminology and a well-prepared plan, your brand can avoid a suffocating contract and keep investors interested. At least, that’s what a group of lawyers told BevNET Live attendees during a breakout session in which they covered everything from trademark law to buyout terms.

Day One of BevNET Live Challenged Startups To Find Point of Differentiation

Startups and growing brands heard it repeatedly—investors with full pockets are waiting for your next marketable innovation. This was a steady mantra at BevNET Live in Santa Monica on Dec. 3 and 4, a conference that gathered representatives of the beverage industry from across the world to engage in panels, presentations, expositions and a sampling bar.

KeVita Now Available In 3,500 Supermarkets Nationwide

VENTURA, CALIF. (DEC. 12, 2012) – KeVita, Inc., creator of KeVita Sparkling Probiotic Drinks, is pleased to announce Safeway as the first nationwide supermarket to join its roster of retail…

Reali-Tea: MetaBrand’s Schnell to Appear on “Tia & Tamera”

Eric Schnell is going Hollywood. The MetaBrand founder and CEO, who has over 15 years of experience developing and launching natural beverage brands, will appear on the reality TV show “Tia & Tamara” tonight to help advise Tia and Tamara Mowry - the twin sisters best known as the stars of 1990s sitcom “Sister, Sister” - on a new bottled herbal tea line that the pair is attempting to create.

Gourmet CSDs Battle On

These attempts to make over the pedestrian soda category with highbrow products seem to come every year, making for a diverse set of companies for retailers and distributors to consider. The entrepreneurs wouldn’t mind the consideration – it’s tough out there, they say, when you’re competing with the Cokes of the world. But things are starting to turn...

Pulse Completes State-Wide Distribution in Ohio

DENVER, CO–(Marketwire – Dec 11, 2012) – The Pulse Beverage Corporation (OTCQB: PLSB) (“Pulse”), makers of PULSE® brand of functional beverages and Cabana™ 100% Natural Lemonade, today announced that it…