Having acquired a majority stake in Bloom last month, C4-maker Nutrabolt is now armed with two distinct, cross-category RTD brands, and is ready to nudge the throttle forward in 2026, as we heard last week at NACS.
Taste Tomorrow Ventures, the venture capital arm of beverage incubator L.A. Libations, has made a strategic minority investment in happy products.
Kratom and kava beverages maker Mitra-9 Brands is seeking to toss a pair of proposed class action lawsuits against it, including one case in which the plaintiff claimed to have bought Mitra-9 products before the company existed.
Amid murky times for THC beverages in its home state of Ohio, the state’s largest craft brewery, Rhinegeist, is wading into the intoxicating hemp beverage category with Fuzzy Bones.
If you thought Skimmers, Anheuser-Busch InBev’s (A-B) entrant into the vodka-based tea segment, looked a bit too similar to the space’s lead brand Surfside, you’re not alone.
Yerba mate brand Clean Cause has converted $2.3 million to equity after raising the amount as a convertible note from previous investors last September.
Since its founding in 2021, Drink Weird has prided itself on its unique, outsider brand identity. But can that approach now help the company solidify yerba mate’s place in convenience stores?
Global rap star Future and Ohza founder Ryan Ayotte want consumers to drink in style with Roué, a new brand of fine wines and RTD cocktails launching this month.
BevNET's coverage from the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) trade show continues with a look at formulation and packaging changes from two major players in the hydration category.
It’s becoming a familiar story: weaker volumes again weighed down sequential non-alcoholic beverage sales growth in the two-week period ending October 4, according to Goldman Sach’s latest analysis of NielsenIQ data, including xAOC and convenience, plus Amazon.
THC seltzers, local sports partnerships and growing Boulevard’s new No. 1 brand are among the highlights of Duvel USA’s 2026 distribution convention, featuring skits mimicking popular movies and TV shows.
Bar brand Barebells showed off its move into beverages with Protein Soda at last week's NACS show, as other brands also joined the fast-growing category.
The fast-growing coffee chain is launching an ambitious cross-format push into retail, enlisting supplier Trilliant to produce a full slate of innovation set to hit shelves in January.
Specialty coffee pioneer George Howell shares how a long-term vision and a commitment to quality over trends helped reshape American coffee culture, even after Starbucks acquired his original brand. He also reveals the little-known origins of the drink that would become the Frappuccino, critiques why many cafés fall short on customer experience, and explains his unapologetic views on flavored coffee.
