Doubling Sales In A Year, Milo’s Tea Hits $400 million

Milo’s Tea Company has quietly become the fourth largest iced tea maker in the U.S. by steadily building new production capacity and incrementally expanding its target consumer base out of the regional south.

Taste Radio: How Do You Build A Profitable Business That Generates Millions In Annual Revenue? Think ‘Petit.’

Max Pouvreau, the founder of premium pudding brand Petit Pot, explained why he has always emphasized frugality and cautious spending, how the hire of an experienced operations executive and planning strategy helped the company scale production and achieve profitability and how being ahead of the curve on permissible indulgence has benefited the brand’s development.

BevNET Live Winter 2022: How Celsius Got Red Hot

Celsius CEO John Fieldly will bring the story of Celsius’ long climb to the top to the BevNET Live Winter audience this December 5 and 6 in Santa Monica, Calif. Fieldly will go through the company’s search for effective brand positioning and retail efficiency, and the ways that he’s been able to make the product work for a growing set of consumers, retailers, and investors – all of whom are seeing their investment in the brand pay off. 

Scent-Based Bottled Water Maker SZENT Prepares Relaunch

The California-based scented bottled water brand is preparing to relaunch this fall after supply shortages forced it into a long hibernation last year, said CEO Shawn Griffis, and will debut an expanded product portfolio including new sparkling and kids lines.

Once Overlooked, Female Consumers Now Driving Growth in Energy Drinks

Most of the $17.5 billion in annual energy drink sales has, traditionally, come from young, male consumers. But that’s beginning to change. In recent years, brands like CELSIUS and Alani Nu have seen triple-digit sales gains with much of the growth being credited to women entering the energy category.

Download the BevNET & NOSH Insider Booth Planner for Expo East 2022

Next week, natural and organic product companies and manufacturers will convene at the Philadelphia Convention Center in Philadelphia, PA for Natural Products Expo East 2022. To help our audience of retailers, investors and brands find our BevNET and NOSH Insiders that are exhibiting, we’ve produced a special pre-show Expo East 2022 Booth Guide featuring the company names and booth numbers of our Insiders.

Taste Radio: The Most Asked Question We Hear From Founders. Jacqui Has A Hot Take.

In this episode, Taste Radio’s hosts reflected on recent networking and live podcast events at BevNET’s San Diego office and Super Coffee headquarters in Austin. They also addressed an often asked question from early-stage entrepreneurs and highlighted a few unusual products before Jacqui Brugliera took on one of the hottest of challenges.