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BevNET Live Winter 2019: OWYN, Halen Brands on Dialing In Brand and Channel

In this video recorded at BevNET Live Winter 2019 in Santa Monica, California, Mark Olivieri, president of plant-based protein brand OWYN, and Jason Cohen, founder and co-CEO of Halen Brands, which acquired OWYN in 2017, discuss how a brand can create not just a transaction, but a movement.

Press Clips: Philosopher Helps Kitu Life Super Coffee Diversify Team

When the founders of Kitu Life Super Coffee, makers of protein-enhanced RTD coffees and a recent BevNET Best of 2019 award winner, noticed “locker room” culture creeping into the start-up’s New York office last year, they sought to stamp it out by adding a new team member: a philosopher.

GNC Launches Mad Pony Energy

The stampede is coming, America. Today, GNC Holdings, Inc., a global health and wellness brand that helps people LIVE WELL, announced the launch of MAD PONY ENERGY, available exclusively at the retailer and on GNC.com.

ROAR’s Evolution Continues With Powder Stick Launch

At the close of a year spent honing its image and messaging, electrolyte infusion beverage maker ROAR Organic is channeling its momentum into the launch of Electrolyte Powder Sticks, a three-SKU line of single-serving mix packets.

Investment Roundup: Grady’s Calls for Crowdfunding; JAB Forms Peet’s JDE

In this roundup of recent investment and M&A news, New York-based Grady's Cold Brew kicks off a crowdfunding investment campaign online, IFF and DuPont come together, and the merger of Peet's Coffee and Jacobs Douwe Egberts sets the stage for potentially the world's biggest publicly traded coffee company.

BevNET Live Winter 2019: How Wandering Bear Went Omnichannel from the Outset

In this video recorded at BevNET Live Winter 2019 in Santa Monica, California, Wandering Bear co-founder and CEO Matt Bachmann dives into how his early stage coffee brand has interwoven its multi-channel strategy with its marketing strategy and minimized dependence on traditional retail outlets in order to meet consumers at the office, on the shelf and directly in their kitchens through ecommerce.

Taste Radio Insider Ep. 65: The News, Trends & Innovation That Shaped 2019

This week, members of the BevNET and NOSH editorial teams joined us for a discussion of some of the major news stories, trends and innovation from 2019. Among the topics of conversation were developments in the burgeoning cannabis CPG segment, explosive growth in the oat milk and sparkling water categories and the evolution of frozen food and plant-based meats.

The West Hollywood EDITION Chooses Llanllyr SOURCE as its Premium Water and Mixer Partner

Llanllyr SOURCE, the premium Spring Water and Natural Mixer brand, has been chosen by The West Hollywood EDITION hotel, which launched in November, for all of its bars and guest rooms. The move comes as the global hotel group moves towards a plastic-free and more sustainable-focussed future, having launched its Stay Plastic Free initiative in 2018.  

Distributors Sue Fiji Over Contract Dispute

In a complaint filed in Superior Court of California, Los Angeles County on September 11, three distributors — North Carolina-based Carolina Beverage Corp. and Dixie Riverside and Alligator Beverage, both headquartered in Georgia — claim Fiji Water broke their respective contracts by forcing retailers in their sales territories to stop accepting product deliveries and making no attempt to negotiate terms to service those accounts