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.
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.
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.
Cloud Water Brands, the New York-based beverage company behind a line of CBD-infused and immunity drinks, has raised $5 million as part of its Series A funding to support nationwide distribution expansion.
Dollar sales of non-alcoholic beer, wine and spirits at off-premise retailers have more than doubled in the last three years, according to market research firm NielsenIQ.
Sparkling Ice's parent company Talking Rain Beverage has named longtime finance official Luke Fisher as the company’s new chief financial officer.
Ball Corp., the world’s largest manufacturer of aluminum beverage cans, has sold its business in Russia to the Arnest Group for $530 million. Arnest is “the largest manufacturer of perfume, cosmetic and household products in aerosol packaging in Russia,” and Ball’s aluminum aerosol division has collaborated with Arnest in the past.
Following a successful first year, Oatly is brewing up a second edition of its Big Idea Grant initiative to help small coffee businesses pursue their strategies, projects and innovative ideas.
Ready-to-drink beverage-alcohol (RTDs) has crossed into every alcoholic-beverage category, with spirits-based and wine-based RTDs, hard seltzers, flavored malt beverages (FMBs) and more. And RTD consumers aren’t sticking to just one category, according to Bump Williams Consulting (BWC).
Edible cannabis company Ripple and Caliper Holdings co-founder Jeremy Goldstein is stepping down as COO as the company moves into licensing agreement-based business model.
Botanical-infused sparkling water brand Aura Bora announced today the closing of a series A funding round that brings its total lifetime financing north of $10 million. The raise was led by Siddhi Capital, with additional participation from other firms as well as Waterloo co-founder Clayton Christopher.
BevNET’s Cocktail Showdown is back! The competition will take place live and in-person on Sunday, Dec. 4 – just one day prior to BevNET Live Winter 2022 in Santa Monica, California.
Strong demand for bottled water, sports drinks and ready-to-drink coffee helped accelerate total non-alcoholic beverage sales over the Labor Day holiday earlier this month, as sales grew 13% year-over-year during the two-week period ended on September 10, according to a Goldman Sachs Equity Research Report based on NielsenIQ data.
Barely four months after its initial reveal, Eat the Change’s Just Ice Tea is rolling out to stores this week. Seth Goldman, co-founder of Eat the Change and Honest Tea, first announced the new line of ready-to-drink teas in June, only two weeks after The Coca-Cola Company announced it would discontinue Honest Tea by the end of this year.
