The Coca-Cola Company has reshaped the lineup at sparkling water brand AHA, adding two new flavors, pulling two others, and making a stronger callout on its lightly caffeinated SKUs.

Nick Taranto, the co-founder of pioneering meal kid company Plated and beer alternative brand HOP WTR, spoke about why storytelling is the key to any successful company, how his experience in the Marines and at Harvard Business School influenced his perspective as an entrepreneur and why he’s bullish on Bitcoin and sober-curious lifestyles.

The CPG venture fund once known as Accel Foods has combined forces with two other firms to launch a publicly traded “blank check” company to target more consumer brands. Together with Scharf Brothers and Mistral Equity Partners, AF Acquisitions will initially offer 20 million shares at $10 each in an attempt to raise up to $200 million for its initial public offering.

In a move that surely marks the end of oat milk’s time outside the mainstream, Swedish brand Oatly announced today that it will be added to the new spring menu at Starbucks Coffee locations nationwide starting tomorrow.

Starr and L.A. Edwards, the co-founders of vegan dip brand Bitchin’ Sauce, spoke about how consumers respond to the brand’s quirky name and why they’ll never change the primary elements of its packaging, how they landed a deal with Costco early into the brand’s development and why they believe that owning a production facility has given them an advantage when working with retailers.

Monster Energy continued to push the throttle in the accelerating energy category, reporting a 17.6% increase in net sales during Q4 2020.

In the face of the global pandemic, Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) reported strong results in its Q4 and full year earnings report today, driven by increases in at-home consumption and ecommerce sales. Net sales increased 6.4% to $3.12 billion in the fourth quarter and 4.5% to $11.62 billion for the full year.