Each year, BevNET’s annual “Best Of” Awards honor companies, brands, individuals, products, ideas and trends from across the dynamic and ever-changing beverage industry landscape. This year, our coveted awards show returns live and in-person on December 7th during BevNET Live Winter 2021.
In 2019, Day One was initially positioned to be a leading beverage brand for Genius Fund, a multimillion dollar startup that aimed to become a multibillion dollar leader in the California cannabis market. Now, under new ownership, Day One is relaunching, announcing this week plans to enter retail in seven states as well as resuming online direct-to-consumer sales.
Lyre’s is a manufacturer of non-alcoholic spirits and ready-to-drink non alcoholic spirits. Their two most recent offerings, American Malt & Cola and Dark ‘N Spicy, brings their total RTD SKUs to five and we figured that it’s a good time to try the line.
The leading pitch competition for the beverage industry is back live and in person! New Beverage Showdown returns to BevNET Live Winter 2021 in Santa Monica, California. Startup non-alcoholic beverage brands will take the spotlight during BevNET Live on December 6th and 7th.
After years of effort by activists including multiple legislative attempts, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 45 into law yesterday, creating a regulatory framework to immediately allow for the legal sale of CBD-infused products.
Whether in the form of licensed partnerships or by creating their own outlandish candy inspired flavors many in the rising sub-set of “performance energy” drink brands have found that their consumers have a serious sweet tooth. Also, Java Monster unleashes Cold Brew, Pepsi strategizes around energy and Vita Coco keeps tweaking.
National supply chain management company Bettaway announced the opening of a new logistics management center to complement the recent construction of its 1.2 million square-foot AriZona Iced Tea production and distribution facility in Keasbey, New Jersey. The Keasbey campus is now the largest production and distribution center in AriZona Iced Tea’s network.
Truss CBD USA, a joint venture by Molson Coors Beverage Company and cannabis products maker HEXO USA, announced today plans to expand its Veryvell brand of CBD beverages across the country following its launch in the Colorado market last year.
Analysts from Goldman Sachs Equity Research were overwhelmingly positive about Keurig Dr Pepper’s (KDP) long term growth potential following the company’s Investor Day webcast last week. In an analysis of the webcast, Goldman Sachs said the company’s “upbeat outlook delivered on our expectations” to accelerate topline growth and increase earnings.
All channel sales remained strong and accelerated across most non-alcoholic beverage categories, increasing 14.4% year-over-year during the two-week period ending on September 25, even as volumes continue to migrate back toward on-premise, according to an analysis of Nielsen data by Goldman Sachs Equity Research.
Despite a “volatile supply chain and cost environment,” PepsiCo reported double-digit growth in its Q3 earnings report today, with net revenue in the quarter up 11.6%. According to the company, organic revenue was up 9% in the third quarter. Earnings per share (EPS) was $1.60, down 3%, while core EPS was $1.79 (up 5.5%).
Boston-based canned chocolate milk brand Slate announced this week that it has raised $3.3 million, adding to a previously announced seed round that now closes at $5 million. Founded in 2018 by Manny Lubin and Josh Belinsky, Slate produces a line of protein rich chocolate milks marketed towards adult consumers.
In this episode, we explored the respective paths of four early-stage and emerging brand owners, from brand ideation and early struggles to social strategies and retail planning. The conversations highlight the perspective of founders who are attempting to reframe legacy categories via next-generation brands and products.
Drawing expertise from the worlds of investment, online commerce, and cannabis, these speakers will help give founders a series of views of the future of the beverage business, showing potential avenues for channeling entrepreneurial rigor into pathways to growth.
