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BevNET Best Of 2023 Awards: Submit Your Nominations

BevNET’s annual “Best Of” Awards commend companies, brands, individuals, products, ideas and trends from across the ever-changing beverage industry landscape. The highly-anticipated awards show will take place in Marina del Rey, CA on the first day of BevNET Live Winter 2023, taking place December 4 + 5.

Expo East: Just Ice Tea In Cans; Non-Alc Eyes Grocery Gains

Expo East may be over (forever) but we’ve got stacks of notes and news from the show to bring you over the coming week. Here’s our post-event Monday dispatch, including news and updates from Just Ice Tea and Yesly, plus a look at the shifting priorities of next-gen alcohol-free beverages.

MALK Organics Debuts Cleanest Nog To Ever Hit The Market

Leading premium plant-based milk brand, MALK Organics, has debuted their new Holiday Nog today at Natural Products Expo East. This limited-edition holiday product will be rolling out to stores in October and will be available throughout the holiday season while supplies last. 

Distribution: Wandering Bear Finds Way Back to Retail; Leisure Project, Twrl Updates

In this roundup of distribution news, we chat with Wandering Bear CEO Matt Bachmann about the cold brew brand's approach to "thoughtful expansion" in natural/specialty grocery -- in the form of 200+ new Whole Foods locations across five regions -- with its 32 oz. cartons. Plus updates from Leisure Project and Twrl Milk Tea.

Yerbaé Welcomes Baseball Great Nolan Arenado to Its Team of Investors

Yerbaé Brands Corp. (TSX-V: YERB.u; OTCQX: YERBF), a plant-based energy beverage company, announced Nolan Arenado - the legendary third baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals - has signed on to its growing roster of luminary investors from the world of sports.

Plink! Founders Make a Splash at Expo East

To celebrate their debut at Expo East and spread their message of JOYFUL HYDRATION, the Plink! the team set up a dunk tank in central Philadelphia and “plinked” themselves.