Bear Maple recently entered the beverage landscape with its first offering, a line of "sparkling ginger elixir" beverages. Positioned as a healthier alternative to classic carbonated soft drinks (CSDs), these elixirs combine ginseng's purported health benefits with the simplicity of clean, natural ingredients for an easy-to-enjoy drink.
Keurig Dr Pepper brought its incoming CEO to its Q1 earnings call which included positive sales growth, a slight dip in net income driven by the company's still-recovering coffee segment and a gross margin gain.
Congo Brands, the Kentucky-based company behind beverage brands Alani Nu, PRIME and 3D Energy, announced today it has hired former Red Bull executive Mark Rappaport to serve as its first Chief Commercial Officer.
Specialty Vietnamese coffee brand Nguyen Coffee Supply is heading to the mass market with a launch into 500 Target stores across the country, a move that will grow the brand’s footprint for its RTD robusta bean coffees to over 300% since the start of the year.
Good Food Holdings has kicked off a bold new era for the company with its adoption of new in-store technology at all five of its banners, adding amenities like digital item tags, smart shopping carts, and apps with A.I. capabilities.
Surfside, a fast-growing line of canned iced tea and vodka cocktails, is getting the summer par-tea started with five new SKUs and a distribution expansion putting the brand in over 40 states, the company announced today.
Outfox Hospitality’s former partners are waking up to a new world this morning after the company pulled the equivalent of a corporate Irish Exit yesterday by immediately shutting all 33 Foxtrot and two Dom’s stores nationwide.
In its Q1 FY2024, PepsiCo reported moderate revenue growth driven primarily through its international business despite Quaker Foods pulling back on earnings.
Outfox Hospitality’s future is unclear today after growing reports indicate that the company has shuttered all its Dom’s and Foxtrot stores today with potential bankruptcy looming.
Tom Spier and Dayton Miller, managing partners of BFG Partners, a venture capital firm with investments in several high-profile and fast-growing brands, including Olipop and Graza, dive deep into investment strategy, their evaluation of fast-growing categories, how they assess gross margin in the near- and long-term lifecycle of a brand and what a polished pitch says about a founder.
This Friday, April 26, early registration pricing expires for BevNET Live Summer 2024, taking place on June 12 + 13 in New York City. Register before the weekend and save $100.
Pernod Ricard-owned Corby Spirit and Wine, Canada’s second largest marketer and distributor of spirits and wines, has agreed to purchase RTD brand Nude for $8 million ($11 million CAD).
Two months after the FTC completed a review of Kroger and Albertsons’ proposed supermarket mega-merger and filed a lawsuit to block the deal, the grocery chains have added more store locations and assets to an updated version of their definitive divestiture agreement with C&S Wholesalers.
After a 50-year run in BevAlc that saw him launch New Riff Distilling and The Party Source, Kentucky’s largest spirits retailer, Ken Lewis retired last month.
