BevNET & NOSH will host our next Investor Speed Dating event next month on Thursday, May 20. Speed Dating is a virtual event series designed to facilitate direct, one-to-one connections between emerging food and beverage brands with a variety of industry gatekeepers and experts, including retailers, distributors, service providers and investors.
Ryan Close, founder of on-demand cocktail machine Bartesian, which today completed a $20 million funding round and added actress Mila Kunis to its advisory board, spoke about the company’s breakout success, why overconfidence was helpful early on, how B2B sales were key to its initial funding strategy, communicating long-term value to customers and how Close assesses opportunities to scale.
Launched in 2020, Wize Coffee Leaf is a product that positions itself as a better for you tea that’s both low in sugar and lightly caffeinated. The RTD line is available in three flavors, including Lemon, Mango and Grapefruit.
Marking its unofficial transition from soft launch into wide release, Zen WTR has revealed its slate of celebrity investors ahead of a retail push that aspires to take the brand into 50,000 locations by the end of the year.
Recess Mood takes the New York-based brand into a different state of mind. While the flagship product offered a sense of “calm, cool and collected” through a combination of hemp extract and adaptogenic herbs, Mood is positioned as a caffeine and CBD-free “uplift” delivered via a proprietary blend of magnesium L-theorate.
With the launch of the working group Band of Brands, Quinn Snacks founder and CEO Kristy Lewis hopes she can ease some of the burden of implementing of environmentally friendly measures and help food and beverage companies have a bigger impact on the supply chain.
Backed by an Oscar-winning actor and one of most country’s most prestigious culinary organizations, organic sparkling tea line Enroot has enjoyed plenty of pre-launch buzz prior to its formal debut online and in stores on Thursday.
Pre-existing off-premise positioning boosted craft spirits’ chances, but an increase in demand also helped the industry thrive. Alcohol e-commerce platform Drizly recently reported that wine was replaced for the first time by liquor, and that demand shows no sign of slowing.
In extending into the broader energy space with the introduction of a new three-SKU Matcha Love line this month, the company is seeking to strengthen its credentials with the younger, wellness-minded demographic that has fueled the brand’s growth thus far.
In one of largest and most comprehensive monthly galleries yet, we highlight some of the new releases from across the beverage world that you would likely have seen at this year's Expo West, featuring innovations in dairy, plant-based, energy, functional drinks and more.
Volume gains and reduced discounting helped craft soda maker Reed’s report a nearly 50% increase in net sales during Q4 2020, according to an earnings report released by the company yesterday.
As the bottled water category has witnessed disruption from sustainably packaged water brands, M&A activity among premium brands and innovation in the form of functionality, The Alkaline Water Company is aiming to do it all. Founded in 2012, the Arizona-based, publicly-traded beverage company owns the Alkaline88 brand, which over the past few years has expanded its portfolio from bulk jugs of 8.8 pH water to include sustainably-packaged lines, flavors and CBD-infused drinks.
In this gallery, we highlight some of the notable recent releases from the past month, highlighted by a slew of tequila-based cocktails and seltzers, an RTD debut from Savage and Cooke, and baseball-themed cans from Cutwater Spirits.
Mason Dixie Foods founder and CEO Ayeshah Abuelhiga spoke about how the combination of her family’s history in the food business along with the impact of bias and inequality in her career prompted her foray into entrepreneurship, how she prepared for and managed meteoric growth and why she’s calling out antiquated ways of doing business in the baking industry.
