Diddy Wins Round One in Legal Battle With Diageo
Sean “Diddy” Combs has won the first round in the lawsuit against Diageo alleging that his spirits brands received worse treatment because of his race.
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Taste Radio: The Competition You Didn’t See Coming. Plus, The Redemption Of Premium.
When legacy brands start looking like startups, should entrepreneurs be worried? The hosts discuss. They also highlight several new and notable products, including chakra-specific shots and a cap-activated bottled cocktail. We also meet with Alan Kennedy, the master blender for rye-forward whiskey brand Redemption, who discusses the brand’s emphasis on premiumization of experience across its portfolio.
Gatorade, Muscle Milk Bring Brand Recognition To New Spaces
The team over at PepsiCo-owned Gatorade and Muscle Milk are not trying to reinvent the wheel, that’s for sure. In fact, they are going deeper into their own specialized wheelhouses with the announcement of two new product lines today: Gatorade Water and Muscle Milk Plant.
NIQ: Non-Alc Reaches $510M; NA Craft Beer and Spirits Drive Growth
Non-alcohol spirits, wine and beer now have a market value exceeding half a billion dollars in off-premise channels, according to a new NIQ report on the category.
“Not Anywhere Close To A Ceiling”: Six Questions with The Zero Proof’s Sean Goldsmith
Adult, non-alcoholic beverage retailer The Zero Proof was one of the early adopters of offering the sober curious community ecommerce options for non-alc beverages. Co-founder Sean Goldsmith talked to BevNET about the company’s expansion into wholesale and what he sees in the future for the non-alc set.
How Has Three Trees Bootstrapped Through The Alt-Milk Biz?
Over its near-decade on the market, alt-milk maker Three Trees has added many different nuts, seeds and even oats into its mixes, but one ingredient – outside capital – has been left out of the recipe.
The Macallan Deepens Supply Chain With Cask Maker Acquisition and U.S. Partnership
The Macallan has locked up a stock of barrels. The well-known Edrington-owned Scotch whisky brand has completed an acquisition of the Spain-based Vasyma cooperage business, while also entering a joint-venture partnership with Ohio’s Coopers Oak to further deepen its supply chain
Spirits: New RTD Cocktail Releases From Glenlivet, BeatBox, Sugarlands, Devil’s Foot
In this roundup of new ready-to-drink cocktails Devil’s Foot ventures outside of the soda category, BeatBox shows team spirit with its Oklahoma State University collaboration and Glenlivet unveils its new Twist & Mix innovation.
Distribution Roundup: Odyssey Journeys Into 7-Eleven
Mushroom elixir maker Odyssey is traversing the East Coast; Genius Juice’s new line of functional Boost Shots are now available in Erewhon stores in California; Kratom seltzer brand Mitra9 announced via LinkedIn that its 12 oz. drinks are now being sold in Hy-Vee stores.
New Tequila from VC Banks on Additive-Free Luxury
As new luxury tequilas aim to compete with those started by celebrity partners, one brand is hoping to carve out a niche in the segment by emphasizing what it doesn’t have.
BevNET & NOSH Community Calls This September: CPG Investments, DSD Secrets, Packaging Design
This month, join us for conversations with an angel investment group, explore DSD secrets that skyrocket case sales, and take a look at stand-out packaging designs from Expo East.
Taste Radio: This Life-Saving, Anti-Brand Entrepreneur Is A Lucky F*ck
Serial entrepreneur Richard Laver chronicles his path from a 12-year-old child who survived a plane crash that killed 136 people, to being homeless at age 27, to the birth of his daughter and how she inspired the development of successful plant-based nutrition brand Kate Farms. He also discussed the launch of Lucky F*ck, his upstart “anti-brand” line of energy drinks, and how it's following in the footsteps of Liquid Death.
Harsh Winds From Chi-Town: The Push To Nationalize Malört
If you’ve stumbled into a Chicago bar late at night, it’s likely you’ve been offered a shot of Jeppson’s Malört. Like Fernet to San Francisco, the Swedish-style liquor has become a bartender's handshake in the city and an unlikely regional icon. Now, hitting its 90th anniversary, the owners are building on its organic social media buzz, merchandise collection, and even its polarizing taste to push it into bars across the country.
This Week’s New Products: Cannabis-Infused Instant Drink Mixes, Olipop, Spindrift, Elmhurst 1925
In this week’s new products roundup, Elmhurst and Spindrift launch (and re-launch) flavors inspired by a classic Thanksgiving dessert, Brelixi makes its debut with a line of fruity cannabis-infused instant drink mixes and G Fuel teams up with Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon.