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Mr. Pink Ginseng Drink to Power Dodgers Baseball

by Press Release,

LOS ANGELES, April 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — The thrill of Dodgers baseball is back. Under new ownership, the Los Angeles Dodgers hope to bring magic this season to win their…

TSG Sells Pop Chips Stake to Verlinvest TSG Sells Pop Chips Stake to Verlinvest

TSG Sells Pop Chips Stake to Verlinvest

by Ray Latif,

TSG Consumer Partners, a private equity firm known for its profitable investment in a number of food and beverage companies including Vitaminwater and Voss Water, has sold its stake in San Francisco-based Pop Chips to Verlinvest, a Belgian-based private equity group. Pop Chips has a number of beverage investors, including Rohan Oza of Vitaminwater fame.

SymphonyIRI Lists Most Successful New Beverage Launches of 2011 SymphonyIRI Lists Most Successful New Beverage Launches of 2011

SymphonyIRI Lists Most Successful New Beverage Launches of 2011

by Ray Latif,

Single-serve offerings of coffee and tea led the way for the most successful new beverage launches in 2011, according to SymphonyIRI’s 2011 “New Products Pacesetters” report. The report, which compiles the top new food and beverage brands based on dollar sales, lists carbonated, sports and energy categories as having the second-most active launches within the beverage industry.

AriZona Lets Facebook Fans Vote on New Flavor; BevNET TV’s First Taste Sampling AriZona Lets Facebook Fans Vote on New Flavor; BevNET TV’s First Taste Sampling

AriZona Lets Facebook Fans Vote on New Flavor; BevNET TV’s First Taste Sampling

by John Craven,

In celebration of their 20 year anniversary, AriZona is offering the chance for their fans to vote -- via Facebook -- on one of three new flavor concepts that they’ve created. Since it would be impossible to have every fan that votes try the flavor samples (and what fun would it really be to just vote based on the name of a flavor?), AriZona asked a variety of people, including food writers, celebrity chefs, random consumers on the streets of New York, and yours truly, to work as “Flavor Panelists.”

AriZona Introduces CocoZona Espresso AriZona Introduces CocoZona Espresso

AriZona Introduces CocoZona Espresso

by Ray Latif,

And there's another one in the pool... AriZona has leaped into the growing sub-segment of coconut water/coffee combos with the introduction of CocoZona Espresso. The new beverage - the first product extension in AriZona's fledgling CocoZona line - is a 100 percent coconut water and espresso blend and contains 50 mg of caffeine and 70 calories per 14.5 oz. bottle.

Boylan Bottling Company Strengthens Distribution Network in Florida

by BevNET.com Staff,

Super Premium Soda Maker Partners with Brown Distributing to Drive Growth TETERBORO, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Boylan Bottling Company (Boylan) today announced that it has expanded its relationship with Brown Distributing Company (Brown),…

PepsiCo Assembling New Innovation Team PepsiCo Assembling New Innovation Team

PepsiCo Assembling New Innovation Team

by Jeffrey Klineman,

PepsiCo tipped its hand on its innovation plans today, advertising for a position on a still-forming team designed to work with emerging beverages out of its Naked Juice offices near Los Angeles. The Beverage Growth Ventures team will be led by Chris Lansing, the General Manager of its Naked Juice and Izze division, BevNET has learned. Naked/Izze operates as a separate, West Coast entity, although it is owned by PepsiCo.