No matter the functional promise, it takes a lot more than a good idea to build a successful brand. It takes an audience of consumers and customers to successfully carve out territory in the drink case. At BevNET Live L.A. 2025, three brand leaders will discuss how they successfully scaled into a wide consumer base by finding their initial audience.
On the CPG Week Podcast, the team discusses the impending hemp ban, Gopuff's $250 million and supplement makers launching energy drinks.
Over six months since introducing its refreshed aluminum packaging, Saint James Iced Tea is enjoying the benefits of a glow up. The startup beverage maker moved away from cartons this spring and the difference was felt instantly.
It’s not often that the genesis for a ready-to-drink (RTD) cocktail happens beyond a bar or a boardroom, but, in the case of Shake Up Cocktails, inspiration struck at a Midwest state fair.
Fruit and bubbles are always a winning pair, as we see in this week's reviews, which features fruit-flavored cane sugar sodas from Pura Soda alongside a pair of bubbly lemonades from Lemonati.
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.
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.
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).
Zevia CEO Amy Taylor detailed her company’s plan to drive productivity savings and reach profitability while scaling within a highly competitive space, part of a wide-ranging strategy discussion at the Stephens Annual Investment Conference in Nashville this week.
Functional adult non-alc spirits brand Aplós has closed a $5 million funding round, the company announced today.
There are only two days left to submit your nominations for BevNET's 2025 Spirits Awards! Nominations close this Friday, November 21.
Revenue remained strong in its Q4 and fiscal year 2025 earnings report today, but BellRing Brands – maker of Premier Protein and Dymatize – fell short of analyst expectations despite outperforming throughout the fiscal year.
The Q4 2025 Supply Chain report from Agrowgate paints a picture of a beverage industry entering 2026 with far more stability - yet no shortage of strategic inflection points.
Betty Buzz and Betty Booze are collaborating with New York City restaurant Serendipity3 on a limited edition holiday menu, “Sip into the Season,” available through December.
