Nearly one year removed from the company’s IPO filing, zero-sugar soft drink maker Zevia has announced a changing of the guard. Paddy Spence will cede his longtime role as CEO to President Amy Taylor on August 1, but remain Chair of the Board after he steps down.
PLBY Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: PLBY) (“PLBY Group” or the “Company”), a leading pleasure and leisure lifestyle company and owner of Playboy, one of the most recognizable and iconic brands in the world, is proud to announce the release of Rare Hare 1953, an ultra-premium 17-year aged straight bourbon. Marking the inaugural whiskey offering from Playboy Spirits, a joint venture of PLBY Group and Spirit Investment Partners (SIP), the Rare Hare brand expects to offer a portfolio of ultra-premium spirits in select markets around the world beginning with the U.S., Europe, and Asia Pacific. Playboy Spirits first teased its burgeoning spirits brand in late 2021 with the limited release of Rare Hare Añejo Conejo, an ultra-premium extra añejo tequila in collaboration with Código 1530.
Tequila Zarpado announced the availability of its new ready-to-drink canned Tequila cocktails: Zarpado Margarita and Zarpado Tequila Soda with Lime. The new small batch cocktails are crafted with simple, all natural ingredients, and are an easy option for summer drinking occasions.
America’s biggest selling single-serve premixed cocktails head to Britain with six varieties available to UK retailers.
GameDay All American Spirits releases the first ever sports-themed canned vodka cocktail just in time for pre-season—GameDay Spiked vodka cocktail.
Educational sessions and discussions covered topics ranging from NFTs to THC during the second day of BevNET Live Summer 2022. Highlighted by a wild conversation with Bang Energy founder Jack Owoc, Thursday’s agenda also featured a beverage data dive from SPINS, Liquid Death’s work in web3 and insights into TikTok’s role in creating the next generation of CPG stars.
Plink!, a startup brand of low-sugar beverage tablets, emerged victorious today in the 23rd edition of the New Beverage Showdown , BevNET’s biannual pitch competition for emerging beverage brands sponsored by The Coca-Cola Company’s Venturing and Emerging Brands Unit (VEB).
Celerant Capital (“Celerant”), a specialized private equity sponsor that invests exclusively in food, beverage and enabling technologies, announced the acquisition of Krier Foods (“Krier”), a fifth-generation family-owned beverage company.
Haus announces its nationwide market expansion, including a 19 states deal with Winebow, after three years of historic direct-to-consumer growth. The first spirits brand to launch exclusively online, Haus continues to innovate in a tightly regulated industry, as it hits shelves in bars, restaurants and retailers from coast to coast.
Colorado-based tea manufacturer TEAKOE is pleased to announce the distribution expansion of Fizzy Tea in nearly 1000 Kroger locations nationwide. Just in time for National Iced Tea Month, Kroger is now offering (3) flavors of Fizzy Tea in 4-packs to further meet the growing demand of organic, good-for-you beverages with an emphasis on multi-packs for bulk and delivery convenience via Instacart as well as the Kroger.com delivery platform.
Bang Energy boss Jack Owoc offered both aggression and optimism during a talk at BevNET Live Summer 2022 on Thursday, dismissing “haters” and “negativity” while encouraging beverage entrepreneurs to stay true to their core principles and to avoid the mistake of chasing overnight success.
Chlorophyll Water, the first-ever bottled water in the USA to pass and receive the ‘Clean Label Project Certification’ is now available at all 37 Homeland grocery locations in Oklahoma.
Holla Spirits, a millennial-owned, award-winning spirits company, has expanded its convenient on-the-go pouch line-up to include three Ready-to-Drink cocktails (RTDs). The pre-mixed drinks, made with organic vodka and coconut water, are available in three flavors: natural lime, watermelon and papaya. The RTDs are sold in Holla’s popular 750mL drink pouches, which hold five 5oz cocktails at 12.5% Alc./Vol.
Talkhouse Encore, a ready-to-drink canned cocktail that captures the true essence of the legendary family-run dive bar on the East End of Long Island, Stephen Talkhouse, launches with four flavors that provide the ultimate consistency of go-to mixed drink requests: Grapefruit Tequila Soda, Blood Orange Tequila Soda, Cranberry Vodka Soda and Lime Vodka Soda. The next generation of Talkhouse, Ruby Honerkamp, is expanding the bar’s legacy by offering the Talkhouse experience and spirit captured in beverage form for consumers to enjoy in their homes.
