Big ideas, bold flavors, and unfiltered insights—welcome to Austin, where the future of CPG is being written in real time. At Taste Radio’s Austin meetup, we sat down with trailblazers and trendsetters – including Better Sour co-founder Bella Hughes to Torchy’s Tacos founder Mike Rypka and Snaxshot’s Andrea Hernández – who are redefining how brands are built and scaled.
This week's new product gallery features a new energy drink from Ryse that aims to expand its budding platform, a first look at one of two new launches from Joyburst, Verve's exclusive new Capital One Cafe coffee blend, plus new LTOs from Ghost and Halfday.
Btomorrow Ventures (BTV) is deepening its investment in relaxation drink Moment with $5 million in funding, the group shared with BevNET this morning.
Legislation in progress across several states aims to bring beverages infused with intoxicating hemp into regulatory frameworks akin to alcohol’s three-tier system.
After working hard to earn its name in hard kombucha category, Chicago-based Luna Bay is now eager to bring consumers beyond the category.
The country’s second-largest distributor, Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) has been shedding suppliers at an alarming rate, with another major national loss announced today. Following Brown-Forman’s exit from RNDC in California this month, the whiskey giant will now follow suit in other states.
A California federal judge agreed this week that 5-Hour Energy maker Living Essentials LLC created an unfair competitive environment for family-owned wholesalers by offering “disproportionate promotions” to Costco, but stopped short of ruling it an antitrust violation.
The latest distribution updates from around the beverage industry, including Huxley's budding partnership with Kroger and a new N.Y-based partner for Leisure Hydration.
L.A. Libations is looking to spread the wealth with the launch of Taste Tomorrow Ventures, a venture capital arm that has closed a $30 million fund to invest in emerging beverage and snack brands.
Celsius shed some more light on its now-finalized acquisition of Alani Nu yesterday, though further details on distribution were notably absent.
Some people have angels and devils on their shoulders; this week, our review team is seeing Little Saints and a Bad Mermaid, with an appearance from Campari's new non-alc import, Crodino.
Former Boston Red Sox All-Star David "Big Papi" Ortiz is the founder of a new brand of “ultra-premium” rums, Ozama Rum, produced in his home country of the Dominican Republic.
Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) has revealed its new energy drink line Phorm Energy, as the beer giant seeks to make its presence felt in a category that has become increasingly important, and unstable, to beer distributors in recent years.
Dumpling Daughter isn’t just a food brand. It’s founder Nadia Liu Spellman’s heartfelt homage to family, culture, and comfort. Her mission is simple but powerful: to make high-quality, restaurant-style comfort food accessible at home, while honoring the deep emotional ties that food can hold.
