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After partnering with Sunsweet Naturals and achieving national distribution through UNFI last year, C2O now finds itself as a company on the rise — albeit one that is facing many…

In this episode of BevNET TV, John Craven, the founder and CEO of BevNET and Andrew Guard, a beverage specialist at BevNET, examine the emergence of chia as a functional…

The most talked about segment at our recent BevNET Live Summer 11 event in NYC was the “New Beverage Showdown”, a new beverage brand competition that we developed in partnership…

BevNET TV is a new web video series in which beverage industry experts, entrepreneurs and analysts show and discuss important trends and news in the beverage business. In this first…

In her 30-plus years in the beverage industry, Debbie Wildrick has gained a strong reputation as a savvy sales and marketing executive for 7-Eleven and Tropicana as well as for several entrepreneurial start-ups, including FRS Healthy Energy. In December 2010, Wildrick joined energy shot maker BAZI as the executive vice president of sales and marketing, and in a recent interview with BevNET founder John Craven, Wildrick spoke about her new role at BAZI as well as the challenges of brand building, particularly in the thriving, highly competitive, energy beverage category

With just under 40 days to go before BevNET Live in New York City, we thought it might be worthwhile to give you a taste of the exciting content and…

Having been involved in the beverage industry at almost every level, Bob and Bill Sipper have seen hundreds, if not thousands, of new companies come and go. And in their combined decades of experience, the brothers – and now business partners -- have developed their own sense of the elements that contribute to the success of new brands, as well as the common problems that trip up most.

It’s been a big couple of years for husband-and-wife team Theo and Kara Goldin. Their company, Hint, which produces unsweetened essence waters, has doubled year-over-year sales, is nationwide in Starbucks, and has a product that’s well positioned at a time when more and more consumers are seeking natural, low-sugar beverage options. But that wasn’t always the case for Hint.

The new product season got off to a blazing start at Natural Products Expo West. Whether they were real introductions, re-introductions of products from earlier in the year, or soon-to-come…

With more than 130 beverage companies buying booth space, and a few dozen more tramping the aisles, Natural Products Expo West provided a near-comprehensive look at the way entrepreneurial beverage…

On a recent trip to Miami, I had a chance to sit down with the David Lekach, CEO of Dream Water, a brand that is part of the rapidly changing…

During BevNET Live Winter 10 in Santa Monica, CA, I sat down with Chris Cuvelier, founder and CEO of Zola, which is one of the leading players in the ready-to-drink…