Anouck Gotlib, CEO of European-inspired snack brand Belgian Boys, spoke about how her background in fashion influenced the brand’s identity, the key to successful relationships with retail buyers, how Costco has become a critical partner for incubating new products, best practices for effective merchandising and how the company landed a deal with JetBlue.
Lemon Perfect Enters Big Geyser, Expands Whole Foods; CLEAN Cause Goes Chainwide in Whole Foods; Kill Cliff Adds Publix, Weis Market; SkinTE Goes Chainwide in Sprouts; The Bitter Housewife Adds Whole Foods Rocky Mountain Region
Four events over six days. Last December was packed with business discussions and networking across the beverage, food, beer and cannabis industries. Now it’s time to revisit those insights and dive deeper. The complete agenda of presentations from BevNET Live, NOSH Live, Brewbound Live and Cannabis Forum are now available to watch online, including main stage and educational presentations, Livestream Studio interviews and breakout session discussions.
On a day when people around the world have romance top of mind, Absolut is launching Drink Responsibly. #SexResponsibly – a bold new campaign to help spark a conversation on the role of consent in safe, healthy sex.
Watershed Distillery recently announced the limited release of their 100th batch of bourbon in honor of their ten-year anniversary.
Doc Pepe’s Lab, a spirit-driven, ready-to-drink cocktail lab in Monterey Bay, unveils two additional cocktails to its existing barrel-finished product line. The Negroni and Boulevardier join the company’s four flagship cocktails, the Manhattan and Old Fashioned, and Cuvée Reserve styles of each aforementioned.
A new generation of innovative start-ups are attempting to change the category’s trajectory with versatile, premium products that appeal to young consumers who grew up alongside the third-wave coffee movement.
New York-based VIDE Beverages announces a new distribution agreement with Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, the country’s largest wine and spirits distributor. VIDE offers a new and innovative approach to the canned cocktail space, currently offering two vodka soda products in the metro New York area.
Constellation Brands announced this week it has acquired a minority ownership stake in Karma Culture LLC, the makers of Karma Wellness Water. The deal marks the beer and spirits giant’s first investment in a non-alcoholic beverage brand through its Constellation Ventures arm. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
In this roundup of People Moves: Fernando Mercé steps down as CEO of Nestlé Waters North America, SodaStream USA adds Matt Kahn as its first ever United States-based CMO and Jordan Shulman joins Better Booch as VP of sales. Meanwhile, Juliet Blake leaves Lemon Perfect to launch a brand consulting service and Red Thread Coffee Co. names its new VP of sales and operations.
Mountjoy Enterprises is pleased to announce two new flavors of Mountjoy Sparkling CBD sparkling water — Black Cherry and Nature Berry — bringing the total number of flavors in the Mountjoy Sparkling line to seven.
The premier whiskey and bourbon tasting event in the United States has chosen DIVINIA Water as the finest back at Whiskies of the World in 2020, highlighting the versatility of the world’s premier bottled water.
Multi-platinum producer, singer, and songwriter Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd has invested in award-winning HFactor, Hydrogen Infused Water.
Canned water maker Liquid Death announced today it has raised $9 million in a Series A funding round led by Velvet Sea Ventures, bringing the company’s total funding to $11.25 million. The round will primarily help the brand to build out its sales team ahead of national expansion in retail and on-premise outlets this year and will also help to increase manufacturing output.
