Meet with Whole Foods Market Spirits Buyers at BevNET Live Winter 2024
At BevNET Live in Marina del Rey on December 8-10, beverage and spirits brands can participate in retailer One-to-One meetings with Whole Foods Market spirits buyers.
SPINS Q2 Report: What’s New in the Juice Category?
This is the first of our exclusive quarterly industry reports from SPINS. This report, which focuses on Q2 trends in the juice category, features exclusive content created just for our BevNET Insider audience!
Legal Updates: Crossover Beverage Guidance Takes Shape, DTC Laws Advance
With crossover products gaining shelf space, more guidance is emerging from trade associations and states to steer how brands, retailers and regulators define and treat these offerings.
Diageo Sells Rum Brand Pampero to Gruppo Montenegro
Diageo has completed its second brand sale in the span of a month, announcing today it has offloaded Venezuelan rum label Pampero to Italian food and spirits company Gruppo Montenegro.
Elevator Talk: Pecana, KEY, Vigie Limoncello, (parentheses), Water Plus Supplements
Watch founders and CEOs introduce their brands and provide a recap of recent news and updates. This week's special co-host is Adam Louras, a partner with Mercenary, who shared his thoughts, questions and feedback with the participants.
Tropicana’s “Creative Renaissance” Revamps Naked, Modernizes Marketing
Three years after PepsiCo divested its stake to private equity firm PAI Partners, the Tropicana Brands Group (TBG) has established a clear operational philosophy: act like a “$3 billion startup.”
Beverage Bytes Survey: C-Stores Celebrate Good Times, For Now
Convenience store retailers are an upbeat bunch at the moment, per the latest Beverage Bytes survey of around 30,000 retail locations (~20% of the channel) by Goldman Sachs Equity Research.
Uncle Nearest Launches Mentorship Program to Cultivate Brand Advocacy, Bar Industry Leaders
Fast-growing whiskey company Uncle Nearest has launched a unique trade mentorship program, leveraging a brand advocacy strategy its creator said is centered on investing in bartenders and building long-term relationships.
Taste Radio: Adapt & Evolve. How Guittard’s Sweet Strategy Continues To Pay Off.
Amy Guittard, the CMO and fifth-generation owner of Guittard Chocolate, speaks about the duality of her role as both a steward and agent of change, the challenge of competing with both small brands and large conglomerates and how she helped the company navigate a major threat to its core business.
Marketing: Steph and Ayesha Curry Join PLEZi Nutrition; MTN DEW Introduces ‘The Mountain Dude’
Golden State Warriors star and CPG investor Stephen Curry and his wife, Ayesha, announced today they have joined PLEZi, the kids drink brand co-founded by former First Lady Michelle Obama, as investors and brand partners.
Distribution: Prebiotic Soda LEVO Launches Retail with Kroger; Yesly Goes Nationwide
LEVO, a prebiotic soda brand launched by Phocus parent company Clear Cut Brands, is launching into retail with Kroger supermarket accounts, the brand announced this month; Functional water brand Yesly is going national with a limited time launch at Sprouts Farmers Market stores.
Spirits Distribution: Tribini Buzzes into Jersey, Mid-Proof Sommarøy Spirits Hits Grocery
Our latest distribution roundup finds Tribini amping up the buzz in Jersey and mid-proof Sommarøy Spirits making headway into the grocery channel, while tequila products Margs and Lo Siento sign deals with new distributors as they go deep in Virginia and Georgia respectively.
BevNET Live Winter 2024: Discounted Room Block Open in Marina del Rey
It’s time to book your room for BevNET Live! The leading event for the beverage industry heads to Marina del Rey, California on December 8-10. Register now to stay just steps from the action and save on your stay at the Marina del Rey Marriott Hotel.
Pernod Ricard Spins Out American Whiskey Subsidiary
Pernod Ricard is honing in on its American whiskey ambitions with a new U.S.-based subsidiary, North American Distillers (NADL), responsible for global operations for all of its American whiskey portfolio brands.