Going from coffee to coconuts, Chris Gallant has been named CEO of ZICO Rising, officially joining the resurrected coconut water brand a week after announcing his departure from influencer-founded startup Chamberlain Coffee.
Specialty coffee and tea manufacturer BLK & Bold is kicking off football season with a new partner as the Black-owned business announced this week it has brought in College Football Hall of Famer Deion “Coach Prime” Sanders as co-owner and social change leader.
Non-alcoholic beverage sales felt some deceleration in the two-week period ending August 24, according to the latest analysis of NielsenIQ data by Goldman Sachs Equity Research. Total dollar sales fell -0.2% in the two-week period, compared to +0.6% in the four-week period and +2.3% in the 12-week period.
This month, explore how Walmart's Open Call program helps brands get on shelves, gain updates and strategies from Whole Foods Market, learn how Mazaah got Target’s attention, and dive into current functional ingredient trends with Bristol Farms. Our September calls are free and open to the public - just register in advance and mark your calendar.
We chatted with the founder of Amante 1530 about how she’s applying a profit-over-growth mindset to bev-alc, where she sees opportunity for more aperitif amaro players, and why her celebrity investor takes a backseat in the company’s branding (hint: there’s a “message in a bottle”).
Influential advisor and investor Ken Sadowsky and Taste Radio editor Ray Latif sip their way through an assemblage of beverages, as the former shares his perspective on trendy concepts, categories on the rise, package design, his investment thesis and successful retail strategies.
Startup brand Agua Bonita is still growing, but it’s been flanked by other brands in a category that has received widespread attention from all reaches of the beverage industry, from startups such as Bawi and Frescos Naturales, to launches from corporate giants like Coca-Cola and BlueTriton Brands.
A recent Linkedin post penned by an executive of online distribution platform Pod Foods ignited a passionate discussion about the limited routes to market for emerging brands and whether things might be changing for the better… or worse. Taste Radio’s hosts have their say on the matter.
In this week’s new products roundup, Welch’s makes its first foray into the zero-sugar category, Health-Ade builds up its SunSip prebiotic soda line, and Devil’s Foot Beverage Company unveils its ninth Zero Proof release.
Sazerac-owned BuzzBallz has selected the Reyes Beverage Group as its distributor in California, Illinois, Indiana and South Carolina, the multistate wholesaler announced today.
Despite reporting single-digit quarterly sales declines during separate earnings calls today, both Brown-Forman and Pernod Ricard remained optimistic about their abilities to return to growth in 2025.
ZBiotics, a food tech startup developing a slate of functional CPG products made with genetically modified probiotics, has closed a $12 million Series A funding round led by Spring Tide Capital. Joining Spring Tide are several other CPG-focused finance firms, including Access Capital, Seamless Capital, Goat Rodeo Capital and Seaside Ventures.
Join us for BevNET Live Winter 2024 on December 8-10, where a crucial part of our coverage will be a dive into the rapidly growing world of ready-to-drink (RTD) spirits. Kicking off on Sunday, December 8th, BevNET’s Cocktail Showdown offers a stage for innovative entrepreneurs in the RTD and ready-to-pour cocktail space.
Ready-to-drink products have built their brands around different cocktails: some are sessionable seltzers or old classics, others are obscure cocktails that haven’t yet hit mainstream. But Gin & Juice By Dre and Snoop, so far, is the only one that has emerged from a 90s rap anthem.
