Hand Crafted to Go: Cascal Gets Canned
It’s been on the market for three years, but Coca-Cola’s fermented CasCal soda has remained largely under the radar, with a distribution footprint confined almost entirely to Whole Foods and…
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Sunsweet Names Innovation Group
Sunsweet Growers Inc. has posted notice that it plans to be a player in the entrepreneurial beverage market. The supplier of all things prune announced that it was forming a…
Function Drinks Bought by Sunsweet
Function Drinks, once seen as a potential heir to the grow-fast-and-flip national DSD model exemplified by Glaceau, has been sold to produce and beverage manufacturer Sunsweet Growers Inc. While deal…
Consumer Group: Coconut Waters Fall Short on Electrolyte Claims
A review of the electrolyte content of the three leading coconut water brands, ZICO, O.N.E., and Vita Coco by the consumer group ConsumerLab.com found that samples of both Vita Coco…
Hansen Natural Reports Record Revenue, Strong Earnings
Bolstered by continued demand for Monster Energy and strong sales internationally, Hansen Natural Corporation reported record revenue of $462.1 million in the second quarter of 2011, up 26.4 percent over…
Body Armor Launches in San Diego
Already distributed in several markets along the West Coast, Body Armor, a new highly functional beverage, recently launched in San Diego. As the company is planning for a nationwide rollout…
FUZE Founder Lance Collins Ignites BevNET Live Lineup
BevNET is pleased to announce that Lance Collins, the brand architect who created innovative beverage brands Fuze and NOS – and now, Body Armor – will speak on the topic…
Enter Your Brand in BevNET’s Best of 2011 Awards
Did your company launch a new beverage in 2011? Or did you revise an existing one? If so, now is the time to enter your product in BevNET’s “Best of…
BevNET TV: An Interview With Mark Rampolla of ZICO
As the coconut water category continues to expand, ZICO, one of the first companies in the space, has emerged as a strong category player whose sales and distribution have drastically…
“Soda Sommelier” Danny Ginsburg Opens Showroom for Premium CSDs
“Soda Sommelier” might be a title he made up for himself, but after 40 years in the beverage industry, Real Soda founder Danny Ginsburg has certainly come to earn the…
BevNET TV Episode 4: Tom First Discusses Purity Organic Deal In-Depth
As a follow-up to our story on First Beverage Group purchasing a stake in Purity Organic Juices, BevNET CEO John Craven sat down with Tom First, co-managing director of First…
Harmless Harvest Strips Down, Goes Raw
It was last October when a new company called Harmless Harvest generated considerable buzz at the Natural Products Expo East show with an ambitious pair of products: a natural, functional…
BevNET Company Directory Relaunched; User Reviews Added
The BevNET.com Company Directory, which has listings for almost 2,000 companies that service the industry (including suppliers, services, legal, investors, and distributors), has been given a makeover. While we've added some new features to help increase visibility for the companies that are listed (such as links to their presences on Twitter and Facebook), the biggest change is the addition of user reviews. Our goal is to create a place where industry professionals can go to learn what kinds of experiences, both good and bad, their peers have had with the countless vendors that are in this space. That said, we highly encourage you to find your company's listing and make sure that the information is current -- and we hope that you'll ask your customers to write a review on your company's page. Click the link below to view the Company Directory now.
Adina: We Need $10 Million
With news that company has been talking to potential investors leaking out, BevNET spoke with Adina President Norm Snyder recently to determine the current state of the brand. According to…