Coke Zero Jump Starts NCAA March Madness
Coke Zero School Shout Out Rallies Fans to Show Their School Spirit and Receive Free NCAA® March Madness® Live Access, Plus Chance to Win Trip to the 2012 NCAA Men’s…
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New Product Introductions at Expo West
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Expo West Intro: New Goodbelly Flavors
Probiotic fruit drink company GoodBelly will have a pair of new quart-sized juices for sampling at Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim on March 8-11. The new products include juice blend Tropical Green and also Pink Grapefruit. The company also recently introduced a probiotic coconut water in a quart size.
Anheuser-Busch to Invest $70 Million to $80 Million in Arnold, Mo. Metal Container Corp. Facility
Investment will expand capacity and add jobs at can-making facility ST. LOUIS, Feb. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Anheuser-Busch today announced plans to increase production capacity at its Metal Container Corporation…
Reed’s, Inc. Announces New Distribution Agreement for Southeastern Michigan
Reed’s Continues Building Distribution Footprint Throughout North America LOS ANGELES, CA–(Marketwire – Feb 22, 2012) – Reed’s, Inc. (NASDAQ: REED), maker of the top-selling sodas in natural food stores nationwide,…
PoP Shoppe’s Reach Expands into Connecticut and Rhode Island
Portland, OR – February 21, 2012 – Re-born retro soda The PoP Shoppe today announced new alliances with distributors in the Northeastern US, bringing their beverages into the Connecticut and…
Skinny Nutritional Corp. Signs Agreement with Cott Corporation’s Cliffstar Subsidiary
BALA CYNWYD, Pa., Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Skinny Nutritional Corp. (OTCBB: SKNY), the maker of Skinny Water® and a leader in the zero-calorie enhanced water category, announced today that…
Hershey Increases Stake, Takes Controlling Interest in Mix1
With a recent $6 million investment, The Hershey Company now owns a controlling interest in mix1 Beverage Company. In its annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, Hershey revealed that it had made the investment in January and increased its ownership interest in mix1 to approximately 69 percent. Hershey’s investment was part of $7.25 million that mix1 had raised in two rounds of funding last month.
Boylan Bottling Company Strengthens Distribution Network
Super Premium Soda Maker Makes New Appointment in Western PA TETERBORO, N.J., Feb 21, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) –– Boylan Bottling Company (Boylan) today announced that it has added Full Circle…
Tri-City Distributors of Texas Finds its Modjo
SE Texas Budweiser distributor among elite group to carry new Modjo Hydrate Elite™ natural coconut water infused sports drink and Modjo forLIFE™ the award winning line of Functional Beverages SUNRISE,…
Hockey Soda Energy, Official Energy Drink of Magnolia Pictures’ Goon
February 20, 2012, East Hartford, CT – Hockey Soda Beverage Company, LLC signed an agreement to become the Official Energy Drink of the upcoming Magnolia Pictures release of Goon, starring…
Snapple Officially Launches Diet Half ‘n Half Lemonade Iced Tea
Fans to #Hash it Out in Support of Their Favorite Flavor for Cash Prizes and Daily Giveaways PLANO, Texas –(BUSINESS WIRE) — Snapple today officially launches Diet Half ‘n Half…
Barq’s Getting Back to its Roots
The first redesign of Barq's packaging in 20 years takes the beverage back to its founding roots in the Gulf Coast region where the brand was founded 114 years ago. While Barq's cans and labels will maintain their distinctive silver sheen, Coca-Cola, which purchased Barq's in 1995, pays homage to the brand's heritage in New Orleans, Louisiana and Biloxi, Mississippi.
uFlavor: Open Source Beverage Startup
Call it long-tail CSD manufacturing. Call it Jones Soda crossed with Threadless. Call it a virtual Freestyle machine. Call it the world's biggest Sodastream. To use the parlance of the entrepreneurial world, you can just plain call it disruptive. The basic idea? Put a bottling plant inside a small machine, and let everyone start contributing flavor and ingredient combinations.