BevNET Live L.A. 2025: Special Cannabev Sessions Discuss Category Trajectory for 2026

The recent change to the 2018 Farm Bill that mandates the end of the hemp-based beverage business hit like an earthquake, but for now, at least, the buildings are still standing. Under the law, there’s now an expiration date for the manufacture of intoxicating hemp drinks – and, in fact, most of the $28 billion U.S. hemp business: Nov. 12, 2026.

Liquid Death Lands West Coast DSDs Ahead of Energy Launch

The new agreements add Sunset Distributing – a subsidiary of Hand Family Companies covering the Southern California market – as well as Pacific Northwest houses The Odom Corporation, Bigfoot Beverages and Summit Beverage Distribution Co.

Suja Files For IPO

Another cold chain company is heading for a public market exit. Suja Life, Inc. announced that it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Report: BeatBox Exploring $700M Sale To Anheuser-Busch InBev

Anheuser-Busch InBev (A-B) is reportedly in talks to acquire party punch brand BeatBox, according to a story by the Wall Street Journal. Citing unnamed “people familiar with the matter,” the…

Taste Radio: There’s Profit In Niche. A Lot Of It. Ask Dirty Sue.

What if the biggest opportunity in your industry is something no one else recognizes? In this episode, Eric “ET” Tecosky, the founder of pioneering cocktail ingredient brand Dirty Sue, unpacks how a simple gap behind the bar became a first-to-market product, a profitable niche, and a lesson in disciplined focus.