A Zevia stakeholder is urging the better-for-you soda brand to seek an immediate sale of the business, arguing that the company is more valuable as an asset than a public company after it “missed the category it helped create.”
Buoyed by several successful partnerships, Jones Soda Co. reported positive sales growth in its second quarter, while its modern soda and adult beverage categories faced challenges.
The Fireball owner has signed a binding agreement to acquire Au Vodka, a top-selling UK RTD vodka brand. The deal continues Sazerac's two-year buying spree and marks its largest push yet into the UK market.
BevNET CPG Media announced today that Bryce McDonald has returned as vice president of sales. He will lead the sales organization and work with partners to develop programs across the company's media, events, insights and professional resources.
Laird Superfood is beginning to see the payoff from its push to build a broader platform, with acquisitions, retail expansion and early operating synergies driving a significant increase in scale.
In the five years since The Coca-Cola Company paid $5.6 billion to purchase next-generation sports drink BodyArmor, it hasn’t always been smooth sailing for the brand, which was famously started by serial entrepreneurs Mike Repole and Lance Collins, along with co-founder Kobe Bryant.
Functionality is everywhere – but are consumers buying the benefit or seeing right through it? This week, we dig into the rise of protein- and fiber-enhanced snacks from Khloud, Doritos and Smartfood, the growing buzz around colostrum, and a troubling new study on avocado oil authenticity. Plus, we explore the enduring appeal of pickle flavor and Grillo’s winning collaboration strategy.
Poppi gets sour, 5-Hour gets spooky, Bulletproof gets moody and MALK gets 'whole.'
Pressed Juicery has appointed a new CMO and CSO as it extends deeper into retail. Death Wish Coffee adds former YumEarth Exec as CMO.
Unwell Beverages, the drinks business of celebrity podcaster Alex Cooper, is in the process of shutting down after Halloween.
Adult Non-Alc (ANA) beverage sales passed $1.08 billion in U.S. off-premise sales in 2026, with the real number likely higher when counting on-premise and alternative channel sales. But more than halfway through 2026, that growth is slowing as the category matures, splitting into competing brand strategies, and drawing in different buyers from the industry's early assumptions.
This week on the podcast, Nosh managing editor Monica Watrous and senior reporter Lukas Southard break down the federal government’s first proposed definition of ultraprocessed foods and a rocky quarter for Celsius. The hosts also dig into Khloé Kardashian’s latest Khloud innovation and Keurig Dr Pepper’s lime-forward reformulation of 7UP.
Charlotte-based Axum’s portfolio companies – including its latest acquisition, NBA star Victor Wembanyama’s fledgling hydration drink Barcode – will gain access to “strategic guidance” from L.A. Libations.
Lifeway recorded another quarter of sequential sales growth, though headwinds from elevated milk prices tempered short-term performance.
