With former Mela COO Nick Spiekhout and former CEO Dominic Purpura at the helm as Co-Presidents, Chiarella's immediate goal is to establish a foothold for the brand in U.S. food service and hospitality, channels where its premium aesthetic and design can thrive.
He built an eight-figure brand without raising a single dollar of outside capital. In this episode, Curious Elixirs founder and CEO J.W. Wiseman explains exactly how he did it. He shares how a direct-to-consumer strategy fueled profitable growth from day one, why relentless product refinement has always taken priority over rapid expansion, and the lessons that have helped the brand thrive on its own terms.
As many companies across the beverage aisle run towards wellness, one alcohol replacement brand is backing away from it. The Free Spirits Company has overhauled its packaging, formulas and messaging across its full lineup of zero-proof spirits and ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktails, repositioning the five-year-old brand toward the cocktail ritual itself.
Hockey Stick Ventures is raising a $3 million Fund I after backing several brands as a three-year-old investment syndicator.
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FAVE has raised a $1 million seed round led by Supernatural Ventures as the California-based brand makes its retail debut exclusively at nearly 500 Sprouts Farmers Market stores nationwide.
Brown-Forman president and CEO Lawson Whiting will retire, effective once the company names a successor, the Jack Daniel's parent announced today.
Premium soda startup Something & Nothing can now be found in over 200 H-E-B locations across Texas, launching an exclusive 4-pack format in the retailer for the first time in the U.S. market.
The Goodness of Hemp Act is a forthcoming bill that would unite some industry stakeholders and open a regulatory pathway for hemp products.
Finding a decade-old, growing brand still led by its founder can be harder than one might think. But when you do, you’ll find a founder who is not only dedicated to their business, but capable of evolving and adapting to the ever-changing demands of the beverage industry.
AI is rewriting the rules of product discovery, and brands that aren't optimized for algorithms risk becoming invisible. The Taste Radio team explores how AI is reshaping retail and marketing, unpacks a proposed class action lawsuit over protein labeling claims, and explains why early-stage founders should build with mainstream consumers – not just niche audiences – in mind.
Protein and hemp are all over this week's new product gallery thanks to launches from Lumen, Premier Protein, Javvy, BREZ and others, but hydration is also in the mix with innovation from C4 and Waiakea.
The receiver overseeing Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey case is accusing Farm Credit Mid-America of negligence, after the lender allegedly ignored years of red flags while a rogue CFO falsified financial reports, misappropriated funds for personal purchases and increased the whiskey brand's credit line from $35 million to $67 million.
BellRing Brands, the maker of Premier Protein and Dymatize, has named Snak King chief executive Michael Axelrod as the successor to outgoing head Darcy Davenport, assuming the role of president and CEO effective July 29.
The near-complete wind-down of Republic National Distributing Company’s (RNDC) national operations is sending shockwaves through the three-tier system – triggering a wave of transitions and emboldening distributors to delay payments, according to suppliers. Meanwhile, the country's largest spirits distributor has cut staff.
