RodeoCPG Sells R&D To JPG Resources, Seeks To Scale Sales

JPG Resources has acquired RodeoCPG’s Brooklyn-based R&D team allowing JPG to better serve brands in the Big Apple, while Rodeo pivots toward becoming a targeted, tech-forward sales management platform.

Hold the Bubbles: Canned ‘Hard Water’ Has Arrived

While the term “hard water” might make you think of whether you need to change your detergent brand, in the case of Bluebird Hardwater, it’s a little more literal. The ready-to-drink cocktail launched this week offering the first canned beverage combining premium spirits with pure non-sparkling mineral water.

Taste Radio: What We Often Forget About Setting Goals

Taste Radio’s hosts discussed the relative value of making resolutions and shared advice from a highly successful entrepreneur on how to set achievable goals. They also spoke about the arrival of 2023 trade shows, an effective way that early-stage brands can build awareness and riffed on a handful of new products and brand updates.

Middle Eastern Plant Milk Maker Koita Sets Sights on U.S.

For the past decade, Dubai-based Koita Foods has sought to modernize the plant-based beverage aisle in the Middle East with its line of non-dairy milk alternatives. Now launching in the U.S., the brand is hoping to make its name known in the crowded dairy alternative category.

Can Beanless Coffee Solve The Industry’s Sustainability Problems?

A new generation of coffee alternative brands are pitching themselves as the solution to coffee's sustainability problems. Food tech operations say their processes and products use less land, less water and have a lower carbon footprint but still produces a cup that looks, smells and tastes like the real thing.

Albertsons: WA Supreme Court Accelerates Dividend Review Schedule

The Washington State Supreme Court has accelerated the review process of a temporary block on grocery chain Albertsons’ $4 billion shareholder dividend. The expedited review, moved up to January 17 from its original date in February, aims to resolve questions over the payment, which has been a flashpoint for controversy since the $26 billion grocery mega-merger was announced in September.

Logan Paul’s PRIME Expands into Energy Drinks

After rapidly establishing itself last year as one of the fastest growing brands in the sports drink category, PRIME is expanding into the energy drink set with the launch of its third product line, PRIME Energy.

Spirits: 9 New Whiskey Launches to Ring in the New Year

In this first new whiskey roundup of 2023, Writers’ Tears brings its “Red Head” single malt expression stateside, Dingle Distillery releases its first core expression and TINCUP launches its oldest whiskey to date.