Ep. 72 of Taste Radio features a conversation with Poorvi Patodia, founder and CEO of Biena, a fast-growing maker of roasted chickpea snacks. Patovia discussed how the combination of familiar snack flavors and a healthy, whole food option continues to win over investors, distributors, retailers and consumers.
Approximately a year after Genius Juice discontinued its flagship coconut smoothie line, the beverage maker is shifting gears once again with a relaunch of its original product. CEO Alex Bayer said the company never wanted to discontinue its smoothie line, but that the company’s distribution had grown too wide for its manufacturing capabilities.
For this review, we’re taking a look at three of the four flavors, including Ginger, Berry, and Peach (Green was not yet available). The products are USDA Organic and packaged in a 15.2 oz. glass bottle. Plus, these being products from Suja, they contain cold-pressed juice that ranges from 3 percent to 8 percent in terms of volume.
In a move that will give Spindrift a deeper presence l in the New York metro area, the sparkling water company today announced a long-term distribution deal with DSD giant Big Geyser.
One day after Whole Foods' shareholders voted to approve the nearly $14 billion acquisition by Amazon, the e-commerce giant unveiled strategic changes to be rolled out across the retailer's stores beginning next week.
The capital infusion will be used to grow Revive's brewery operations, scale its staff, and expand its national distribution footprint, which will include integration into Peet's company-owned cold-chain Direct-Store-Delivery (DSD) network, Coldcraft.
According to several industry analysts who shared their insights with BevNET for this story, while the company should continue to enjoy LaCroix’s outsized success in the short-term, issues on the horizon could present National Beverage with serious challenges in the future.
We’ve seen a handful of companies attempt to create butter or MCT oil enhanced coffee products, but, whether intentionally or simply because of missteps in their packaging design, most of them have done so with a very technical and educated consumer as their target.
B'More Organic, founded in 2011 by Andrew Buerger and his wife Jennifer, markets a line of organic skyr smoothies that are available nationwide in seven flavors: plain, strawberry, mango banana, caffe latte, vanilla and coconut.
In a press release last week, Royal Cup announced the closure of the acquisition, which included both the Icebox brand trademark and the New Orleans company’s production facilities. Icebox founder and president Bebe Goodrich has joined Royal Cup as director of liquid product innovation, overseeing the newly formed ready-to-drink arm.
Following the same format as their maple-based soda and seltzer products, Sap!’s Birch product is made by blending organic birch sap with sparkling water and citric acid.
Ep. 71 of the podcast includes an interview with Doug Zell, co-founder, Intelligentsia Coffee. Zell discussed how Intelligentsia’s relentless pursuit for improvement permeates its retail and packaged coffee business and why “quality will always find an audience."
Having been acquired by PepsiCo in late 2016, Kevita is continuing to forge ahead with new line extensions. Their latest products are these two additions to their USDA Organic certified Master Brew Kombucha lineup: Roots Beer and Blueberry Basil.
Buffalo, New York is well known for its sports teams, lakes, and chicken wings. Now a new kombucha company is looking to add fermented tea to that storied list and spread the “Buffalove” across New York state and along the East Coast.
