This week, a cross-section of public and private companies from across industries is meeting in Orlando, Florida for the 25th edition of the annual ICR conference. The invitation-only event featured a full-slate of daily presentations from publicly traded companies on its opening day today.
JPG Resources has acquired RodeoCPG’s Brooklyn-based R&D team allowing JPG to better serve brands in the Big Apple, while Rodeo pivots toward becoming a targeted, tech-forward sales management platform.
While the term “hard water” might make you think of whether you need to change your detergent brand, in the case of Bluebird Hardwater, it’s a little more literal. The ready-to-drink cocktail launched this week offering the first canned beverage combining premium spirits with pure non-sparkling mineral water.
Non-alcoholic beverage retailer Boisson has partnered with alcohol ecommerce platform Drizly to offer its catalog of over 125 NA brands to consumers across the country.
Taste Radio’s hosts discussed the relative value of making resolutions and shared advice from a highly successful entrepreneur on how to set achievable goals. They also spoke about the arrival of 2023 trade shows, an effective way that early-stage brands can build awareness and riffed on a handful of new products and brand updates.
In this first new products roundup of the New Year, Nguyen Coffee Supply unveils two new cold brew varieties, Super Coffee transitions its multi-serve bottle into rPET packaging and International Delight transports consumers to Central Perk cafe with its latest licensed flavor release.
For the past decade, Dubai-based Koita Foods has sought to modernize the plant-based beverage aisle in the Middle East with its line of non-dairy milk alternatives. Now launching in the U.S., the brand is hoping to make its name known in the crowded dairy alternative category.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
