Lake Hour Hires First CEO, Eyes Hard Tea Expansion
Lake Hour, the ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktail brand co-founded by a Marvel actor and film producer, is adding a spirits industry veteran to the top of its setlist.
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Reviews: Pepsi Prebiotic Impresses, Mirth Water Brings Joy
This week's reviews examines Pepsi's much-hyped move into prebiotic sodas via its flagship CSD, as well as organic fruit juice sweetened sparkling waters from Mirth.
Monster Backing Female-Focused Innovation, ‘Premium’ Partnerships
Monster Energy explained during its investor day presentation how it was reaching across the gender gap with innovation and rebranding.
Zero Proof Playbook: John Wiseman of Curious Elixirs On A Decade In Adult Non-Alc
We chat with the founder of Curious Elixirs about untapped channels, what adult non-alc spaces will need to get right to survive, and why we may see fewer adult non-alc brands in the future.
BevNET Announces Nominees for 2025 Spirits Awards
The BevNET Spirits Awards are focused on shining a light on the dynamic spirits industry, including large and small spirits Companies, ready-to-drink cocktails, ready-to-serve cocktails and non-alcoholic spirits. Now, let’s see our nominees! Winners will be announced on December 17th on BevNET.com.
San Francisco To Sue Ultraprocessed Food Makers
San Francisco just declared war on America’s snack aisle, filing the nation’s first government lawsuit today against the largest manufacturers of ultraprocessed foods.
Ripple Foods Raises $17M, Names O’Grady as CEO
Plant-based milk producer Ripple Foods today announced the close of a $17 million funding round and the appointment of Becky O’Grady as its permanent CEO , setting the stage to execute on its growth plans in the new year.
AriZona Acquires Anaheim Plant From Manna Beverages
Manna Beverages has sold its Anaheim, California, production facility to U.S. Beverage Packers West LLC, a subsidiary of AriZona Beverages USA.
Taste Radio: Innovation, Localization & Logistics. A Blueprint For Global Brands.
Bringing a hit international food brand to the U.S. sounds glamorous, but behind every success story is a maze of challenges most consumers never see. In this special crossover episode of Taste Radio and the Nombase Podcast, Lucía Conejo-Mir of Ines Rosales and Jennifer Donnellan of Lakrids by Bülow reveal the real work behind breaking into the American market.
Scotland’s Spirits Of Virtue Builds Arkansas Facility To Scale NA Tequila, Bourbon
Scottish ANA maker Spirits of Virtue is opening a 30,000 sq. ft. facility in Arkansas, where it will make alternatives to tequila and bourbon.
Horizon Acquires Maple Hill Creamery
Horizon Family Brands has acquired organic, grass-fed dairy company Maple Hill Creamery, strengthening the company's retail presence, which already includes a selection products under the Horizon Organics and Wallaby Organics brands.
Hiyo Lands Investment, Multi-Year Partnership with Live Nation
Non-alcoholic social tonic maker Hiyo is the latest beverage maker to align with concert promotion giant Live Nation, which has similarly backed brands like JOLENE Coffee, Liquid Death and Owen's Craft Mixers.
Distribution: No Cap! Grows SoCal Footprint; Fruga Debuts in Sprouts
Better-for-you soda brand No Cap (stylized as NO CAP! Soda Pop) has added SoCal distributors John Lenore & Co. and various Anheuser-Busch InBev houses to its fleet of DSD partners.
Bev-Alc Sales Slide Ahead of The Holidays
Bev-alc suppliers are certainly looking to the holidays for a little cheer after sales were down across categories for the two-week period ending November 15, according to analysis of NIQ data from Goldman Sachs Equity Research.