Press Clips: America’s Most Consumed Beverages, Ranked
A National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey gets the scoop on what beverages Americans are drinking most .
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Bai Brands CEO Talks ‘Bai Bubbles’ and Beyond in “Beverage Buzz” Conference Call
Founder Ben Weiss is reporting that the company is approaching $50 million in sales.
PETea Revamp: Honest Gets a Custom Look, Unifies Tea & Ade Lines
Packaged in a custom-molded 16.9 oz. bottle, the new look also unifies the brand’s tea and “Honest-Ade” products into a single line, the latter reformulated and positioned as herbal teas.
Massachusetts’ Proposed Bottle Bill Suffers Landslide Defeat; California Cities Split Verdicts On Soda Tax
The beverage industry saw wins and losses in the results of last night’s midterm ballot questions.
BevNET’s 2014 Craft Spirits and Mixers Guide is Now Available for Download
The inaugural guide features a range of early-stage and established craft spirits brands, each producing an array of unique, small-batch spirits, from across the U.S. The compilation also includes a broad spectrum of mixer companies playing in the space, showcasing the continuing breadth of variety in the category.
Coke Life Goes National
Coke quietly announced the move at last month’s National Association of Convenience Stores show, where it sampled the mid-calorie product among a host of other new and soon-to-be-launched products, and yesterday made the news official.
Nielsen Numbers: CSD Pricing Holds Strong; Monster Beverage Sales Growth Declines
Coca Cola continues to lead the charge in CSD’s continued overall growth in sales.
The Flavor Rules
Promising brand propositions can fall apart if the flavor isn’t there, while marginally functional products can catch fire behind great taste. Brands will do whatever they can to maintain their flavor advantage (Coke’s secret formula, anyone?) while a switch in sweetener mix can totally undermine a product (Vitaminwater’s recent stevia experiment comes to mind).
FDA Rules In Favor Of Aspartame Use
Two citizen petitions aiming to ban the use of the non-caloric sweetener have been denied by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Report: Online Grocery Business To Hit $100 Billion In Sales by 2019
Packaged Facts estimates that online grocery shopping accounts for 3.5 percent of the overall grocery market and will grow to nearly 12 percent within five years.
NYT: After Lobbyist Influence, Missouri AG Dropped 5-hour Investigation
The New York Times earlier this week released a story detailing the efforts a lawyer representing 5-hour Energy who was said to have successfully swayed Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster into dropping an inquiry looking into whether the company had engaged in deceptive and misleading advertising.
Greenshoots, Struggling with Suppliers, Curtails Expansion
The wholesaler, which had just a few months earlier completed a multi-million-dollar capital raise, is faced with swelling bills, irate suppliers and a full-scale retreat from several distribution territories.
Press Clips: Brooklyn’s Hottest Beverage Trend
For those completely unfamiliar with switchel, you’re not alone; it’s a beverage that, until recently, hasn’t been widely consumed since colonial times.
Can Kombucha Go Mainstream?
It may be hard to imagine how, just a few short years ago, even to an informed readership like BevNET’s, kombucha was just a curiosity. And while it would be premature to deem kombucha as a mainstream beverage, things are changing.