Alcohol Alternatives: The Rise of Adaptogenic and THC Drinks explores how functional adaptogen beverages and THC-infused drinks are emerging from different corners of wellness and cannabis culture - but converging around a shared consumer desire for controlled, purpose-driven effects.
After five years in operation, Spirited Away, the first non-alcoholic bottle shop in the U.S., has a new owner.
Laird Superfood is powering up its food and beverage platform with plans to acquire all outstanding equity of Navitas LLC in an all-cash transaction valued at $38.5 million.
The uncertainty surrounding the future cannabis regulations could impact the amount of hemp farmers plant in the coming year.
Brightfield Group unpacks how a category that barely registered a few years ago is now reshaping how consumers think about relaxation, socializing, and alcohol itself.
NextFoods Inc., the parent company of better-for-you beverage brands Cheribundi and GoodBelly, has raised $10 million in a funding round led by investment firm ECP Growth. ECP (Emil Capital Partners) has long been the largest investor in NextFoods and helped steer the 2023 merger with Cheribundi.
You’ve likely heard of clean beauty, but clean alcohol? A new trade group is aiming to do what many in the bev-alc industry have historically avoided: define what “clean” means when imbibing.
This week’s new products are offering up some holiday highs for consumers. We take a look at several new THC beverage launches from High Rise, Uncle Arnie’s and Louie Louie, as well as some non-infused innovations in coffee and creamers courtesy of MUD\WTR and Laird, and new energy drinks from C4, BUM and Playboy.
Three beverage industry investors discussed the metrics they use to guide their decisions in backing new drink brands.
Candy-coated dates, cocktails in pouches, collagen-infused beauty drinks and “noise-canceling” tonics. The latest wave of launches begs the question: is niche now the norm in food and beverage?
At BevNET Live Winter 2025, Generous Brands Chief Transformation Officer Todd Putman dove into the company’s unique position as an early-stage strategic acquirer and how the company strives to be the “Goldilocks of strategics” that can target brands that are “not too big and not too small” and grow mature brands into its existing platform.
President Donald Trump issued an executive order on Thursday directing the U.S. Attorney General to move cannabis from a Schedule I to Schedule III controlled substance, marking a watershed moment in the history of U.S. marijuana policy and a significant step forward for the nascent THC-infused beverage industry.
In recent distribution news, energy drink makers are capitalizing on demand in convenience, conventional grocery and airport channels.
Rising Chinese coffee giant Luckin Coffee is reportedly interested in a potential acquisition of Blue Bottle Coffee, according to a report in Bloomberg this week.
