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Taste Radio: Making The Hard Decision Can Be Humbling. But It Changed Everything For This Brand. Taste Radio: Making The Hard Decision Can Be Humbling. But It Changed Everything For This Brand.

Taste Radio: Making The Hard Decision Can Be Humbling. But It Changed Everything For This Brand.

by BevNET.com Staff,

Greater Than co-founders Mark and Jon Sider spoke about how timing and humility played into the brand’s dramatic repositioning, a shift that elicited over $8 million in DTC sales in each of the past two years. They also explained how they effectively incorporated user-generated content into digital media initiatives and opened up about how their relationship and those with others have been impacted by the challenges of entrepreneurship.

ICR 2023: Black Rifle, UNFI, SunOpta & Zevia Share Updates ICR 2023: Black Rifle, UNFI, SunOpta & Zevia Share Updates

ICR 2023: Black Rifle, UNFI, SunOpta & Zevia Share Updates

by BevNET.com Staff,

This week, a cross-section of public and private companies from across industries is meeting in Orlando, Florida for the 25th edition of the annual ICR conference. The invitation-only event featured a full-slate of daily presentations from publicly traded companies on its opening day today.

RodeoCPG Sells R&D To JPG Resources, Seeks To Scale Sales RodeoCPG Sells R&D To JPG Resources, Seeks To Scale Sales

RodeoCPG Sells R&D To JPG Resources, Seeks To Scale Sales

by Adrianne DeLuca,

JPG Resources has acquired RodeoCPG’s Brooklyn-based R&D team allowing JPG to better serve brands in the Big Apple, while Rodeo pivots toward becoming a targeted, tech-forward sales management platform.

Hold the Bubbles: Canned ‘Hard Water’ Has Arrived Hold the Bubbles: Canned ‘Hard Water’ Has Arrived

Hold the Bubbles: Canned ‘Hard Water’ Has Arrived

by Ferron Salniker,

While the term “hard water” might make you think of whether you need to change your detergent brand, in the case of Bluebird Hardwater, it’s a little more literal. The ready-to-drink cocktail launched this week offering the first canned beverage combining premium spirits with pure non-sparkling mineral water.

Taste Radio: What We Often Forget About Setting Goals Taste Radio: What We Often Forget About Setting Goals

Taste Radio: What We Often Forget About Setting Goals

by BevNET.com Staff,

Taste Radio’s hosts discussed the relative value of making resolutions and shared advice from a highly successful entrepreneur on how to set achievable goals. They also spoke about the arrival of 2023 trade shows, an effective way that early-stage brands can build awareness and riffed on a handful of new products and brand updates.

Middle Eastern Plant Milk Maker Koita Sets Sights on U.S. Middle Eastern Plant Milk Maker Koita Sets Sights on U.S.

Middle Eastern Plant Milk Maker Koita Sets Sights on U.S.

by Brad Avery,

For the past decade, Dubai-based Koita Foods has sought to modernize the plant-based beverage aisle in the Middle East with its line of non-dairy milk alternatives. Now launching in the U.S., the brand is hoping to make its name known in the crowded dairy alternative category.

Can Beanless Coffee Solve The Industry’s Sustainability Problems? Can Beanless Coffee Solve The Industry’s Sustainability Problems?

Can Beanless Coffee Solve The Industry’s Sustainability Problems?

by Lukas Southard,

A new generation of coffee alternative brands are pitching themselves as the solution to coffee's sustainability problems. Food tech operations say their processes and products use less land, less water and have a lower carbon footprint but still produces a cup that looks, smells and tastes like the real thing.

Albertsons: WA Supreme Court Accelerates Dividend Review Schedule Albertsons: WA Supreme Court Accelerates Dividend Review Schedule

Albertsons: WA Supreme Court Accelerates Dividend Review Schedule

by Martín Caballero,

The Washington State Supreme Court has accelerated the review process of a temporary block on grocery chain Albertsons’ $4 billion shareholder dividend. The expedited review, moved up to January 17 from its original date in February, aims to resolve questions over the payment, which has been a flashpoint for controversy since the $26 billion grocery mega-merger was announced in September.