Pop Up Grocer Goes Full-Time In Brick and Mortar
The pop-up grocery store concept will open its first permanent brick and mortar location at 205 Bleecker Street in New York City this winter.
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Lucas Bols Acquires Non-Alcoholic Spirits Brand Fluère
Dutch drinks firm Lucas Bols has acquired Fluère, a premium alcohol-free spirits brand from the Netherlands. The approximately $1.05 million deal was completed January 1.
Oatly Moves To Hybrid Production Via Deal With Ya YA Foods
Oatly is making moves toward its transition to an asset-light, supply chain strategy after inking a $72 million deal with Toronto-based co-packer Ya YA foods on Tuesday.
Can Beanless Coffee Solve The Industry’s Sustainability Problems?
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
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.
Shifting From Subscriptions, Speakeasy Aims to Build Digital Storefront for Premium Spirits
Founded in 2015, Speakeasy has since ditched the subscription box model and now offers technology, warehousing and order fulfillment for wine and spirits brands. It’s also one of the few white label e-commerce sites that provides brands the tools to implement a digital storefront on their own websites.
Logan Paul’s PRIME Expands into Energy Drinks
After rapidly establishing itself last year as one of the fastest growing brands in the sports drink category, PRIME is expanding into the energy drink set with the launch of its third product line, PRIME Energy.
Spirits: 9 New Whiskey Launches to Ring in the New Year
In this first new whiskey roundup of 2023, Writers’ Tears brings its “Red Head” single malt expression stateside, Dingle Distillery releases its first core expression and TINCUP launches its oldest whiskey to date.
NielsenIQ: Non-Alc Bev Sales Decelerate Towards EOY
Non-alcoholic beverage sales slowed but remained positive, up 11.8% year-over-year, while volume declines picked up pace. Average pricing growth remained “robust and largely stable,” up 13.3% driven by double digit growth in key categories.
Good Wolf Relaunches Under New Ownership
After shutting down operations last year, Portland, Oregon-based probiotic tonic brand Good Wolf has relaunched under new ownership. Good Wolf announced the relaunch last week alongside a refreshed website featuring Hibiscus Bloom, Ginger Lemon and Pina Colada flavors in 12 oz. cans, but products have been back on the market for several months according to the brand’s new owner, Nathan Keane.
Taste Radio: How Trendsetters Build Profitable And Sustainable Brands
This special edition of the podcast features highlights from interviews with six founders, creators and innovators who joined us on the show during the second half of 2022. Our guests include Alison Cayne, the founder and CEO of Haven’s Kitchen; Dan Lourenco and Ryan Hughes, the co-founders of Ghost; Anna-Lena Kamenetzky, the founder and CEO of Touch Capital; Ibraheem Basir, the founder and CEO of A Dozen Cousins; Chitra Agrawal, the founder and CEO of Brooklyn Delhi; and Maxime Pouvreau, the founder of Petit Pot.
Sazerac to Move Portfolio From RNDC in Several States Including California, Texas & Florida
On the heels of moving its portfolio of brands to beer wholesalers in Washington state and Colorado last August, Sazerac Company announced last week a major change to its route-to-market in several states.
This Week’s New Products: RTD Coffee from Sylvester Stallone & Anime-inspired Energy Drinks
In this final new products’ roundup of 2022, Nestlé goes dairy-free with Perfect Day, Sylvester Stallone enters the RTD coffee set and G Fuel takes inspiration from an anime franchise.
The Top 10 Most Read BevNET Stories of 2022
Celebrity brand launches, better-for-you alternatives and Bang Energy were top of the mind for BevNET’s readers this year. With the final week of 2022 nearing an end, here is our annual Top 10 Most Read Stories of the year.