Non-alcoholic beverage sales saw modest acceleration over the two-week period ending February 26, according to an analysis of NielsenIQ data by Goldman Sachs Equity Research. Dollar sales were up 14.8% in the two weeks and grew 11.5% for the 52-weeks, however Goldman noted that the period included Super Bowl Sunday, which occurred prior to the period the year before.
In this video, filmed last week at Natural Products Expo West 2022, HOP WTR co-founder and CEO Jordan Bass breaks down the brand’s new “Up to No Good” marketing campaign highlighting the brand’s “No Alcohol” credentials and sheds more light on the recent equity investment by MMA fighter Dustin Poirier into the company.
Immunity, energy and gut health were all over the show floor at Natural Products Expo West 2022, and especially within the coffee, kombucha and juice categories where innovations emphasized functionality and plant-based offerings. In this gallery of new products featured at the show last week, we highlight some of the show’s launches.
In this video, recorded last week at Natural Products Expo West 2022 in Anaheim, California, Orgain founder and CEO Andrew Abraham discussed the strategic decisions that helped set the stage for the company’s acquisition, how Nestlé will open new doors for the brand, and the new innovations the brand is debuting this year.
Allegations of sexual harassment at recently-concluded Natural Products Expo West are rocking social media and causing the show’s administrators to take stock of the behavior of guests on the floor and at ancillary events.
After three days spent exploring the cavernous halls of the Anaheim Convention Center and meeting with hundreds of exhibitors at Natural Products Expo West 2022, Taste Radio hosts Ray Latif and John Craven have compiled a list of their picks for the best new product introductions from the annual event.
Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is returning to the company on an interim basis, following the resignation of chief executive Kevin Johnson, effective April 4. Schultz, will also rejoin the company’s board of directors as it searches for a permanent replacement, according to media reports this morning.
Since joining cactus water brand Caliwater as a co-founder last year, actress Vanessa Hudgens has been a passionate advocate for the company as it seeks to establish itself as a better-for-you hydration option. In this video from Natural Products Expo West 2022 in Anaheim, California last week, the Tick, Tick…Boom! star discussed her experiences promoting the brand at sampling events, the company’s charitable initiatives, and teased a new kid’s line coming later this year.
Schilling Cider launched Vida Maté, a line of non-alcoholic yerba maté beverages, earlier this month that CEO Colin Schilling believes has the potential to outsell its hard cider portfolio.
In this dispatch from Natural Products Expo West 2022, we look at several of the Asian-inspired coffee launches including Vietnamese, Thai and Indonesian styled innovations. As well, a plant-based milk tea brand, Twrl, made its Expo debut and dairy cooperative Organic Valley introduced new innovations for new and expecting mothers.
This episode features an interview with NFL Hall of Fame quarterback Troy Aikman who has taken his talents from the gridiron to behind the bar as the co-founder of premium low-calorie beer brand Eight Beer. We also sat down with LDR Ventures co-managing director Maxine Kozler Koven for the second edition of “The Maxi Minutes,” in which she shared her thoughts on the wild world of NFTs.
Oatly took a broadsheet broadside yesterday, with the Wall Street Journal reporting on the ways that problems around the company’s attempts to scale over the past two years are affecting the faith of the markets. The story came as the stock price for the oat milk pioneer continued their steep descent Monday, bottoming at less than $5 per share, or less than ⅕ of a mid-June high of $29.
To wrap up our daily dispatches from Natural Products Expo West 2022 in Anaheim, California, BevNET managing editor Martin Caballero and NOSH editor Carol Ortenberg discuss their observations from the trade show’s third day, including a return to familiar flavors in beverage, how some brands are using legumes to cater to the plant-based trend and an exploration of how the return of consumers to brick-and-mortar shopping has impacted food and beverage packaging.
In this first post-Expo West dispatch, we look at how classic soda flavors are being embraced by next generation brands. As well, powders at the show proved prominent, several new awards honoring deceased industry veterans were given out, and Jones Soda provided a first look at its anticipated cannabis line.
