BevNET Live: Assessing Growth Potential with Polar Beverages’ Ralph Crowley
At BevNET Live 2025, Polar Beverages president and CEO Ralph Crowley shared best practices for independent brands seeking to build a lasting legacy.
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Monster Energy Execs Scoop Up Rite Aid’s Thrifty Ice Cream Brand
Hilrod Holdings, a limited partnership tied to Monster Energy Corporation executives, was named the successful bidder for Rite Aid's Thrifty ice cream brand.
RNDC Lays Off More Than 1,700 Workers As It Exits California
The tally of layoffs has come in as Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) winds down operations in California.
Nombase, powered by BevNET, Launches New Data Hub: A Centralized Resource for Food, Beverage & Beer Industry Reports
Nombase, the digital platform serving professionals across the food, beverage, and beer industries, just launched the Nombase Data Hub, a centralized destination for exclusive industry reports from trusted partners including CGA powered by NIQ, Agrowgate, 3 Tier Beverages, FABID, SPATE, Brightfield Group, and others.
Taste Radio: One Of The Best Trade Shows We’ve Ever Attended? Fancy That.
The 2025 Summer Fancy Food Show was a vibrant celebration of everything we love about the food and beverage industry. From new concepts and inventive product launches to passionate entrepreneurs and irresistible bites and sips, the event was a sensory feast. The hosts spotlight ethnic brands, artisanal snacks and distinctive libations from one of the most exceptional trade shows they’ve ever experienced.
Gamer Supps Enters RTD With Creator-Approved Energy Drinks
Supplements producer Gamer Supps is making the leap into ready-to-drink products with the launch of a three-SKU line of 12 oz. energy drinks set to debut online on Friday.
Above Average: Joe Tea Expands Into Hydration, Cans, Snacks
Joe Tea is expanding globally while building on its core base of iced teas, lemonades and chips to bring innovation to snacking and beverage.
BevNET Live: What Strategics Want and How Your Brand Can Get Their Attention
Innovative trendsetters? Profitability-minded business plans? Big, big revenues? All of the above? Trying to figure out just what a major beverage strategic is looking for when it goes into M&A mode is not that simple.
Seattle Coffee Wars: Nestlé Files Petition Over Cold Brew Brand Name
Nestlé is petitioning the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over the trademark of cold brew maker Seattle Strong.
Jarritos, Taste Salud Aim for Latin Authenticity With Co-Branded Launch
Los Angeles-based Taste Salud has been marketing its agua fresca powder stick packs since 2021, but its recently launched collaboration with iconic Mexican soda brand Jarritos on a pair of releases represents a new phase of growth.
Reviews: Liquid Death’s On Fire, Plus One of the Most Unique THC Drinks Yet
A THC drink that thinks its a wine? Check. A sparkling water that thinks its liquid hot sauce? That, too. Both are accounted for in this week's review roundup, spotlighting new releases from Liquid Death and Mariona.
New Non-Alc Alternatives Debut At Summer Fancy Foods
t the Specialty Food Association’s Summer Fancy Food Show this week, new adult non-alc brands introduced themselves to the category and showed off new product innovation in the growing alcohol-free RTD set.
BevNET Live: What You Need to Make the Break for Mainstream Retail
Getting into mainstream retail is an uphill battle no matter where a brand is in its journey, but there’s no doubt that the earlier you are, the harder it is. So what’s a startup beverage company to do?
Pronghorn Adapts Investment Strategy To Focus On Growth-Stage Brands
With 38 investments since its founding in 2022, Pronghorn – the accelerator focused on cultivating the next generation of Black entrepreneurs and executives in spirits – has been one of the most active funds in the bev-alc space.