BevNET Live will welcome one of the natural products business’ original heroes and reflect on the power of capital infusion within one of its most popular emerging categories. The event, held on June 6 and 7 at the Metropolitan West in Manhattan, will feature a talk from Gary Hirshberg, the founder of Stonyfield Farm yogurt and one of the best-known voices of the entrepreneurial food and beverage movement.
Massachusetts-based botanical essence water brand Blossom Water has unveiled new packaging and a reformulation reducing the amount of sugar from 11 g to 5 g per bottle, removing erythritol and agave, and adding probiotics.
RxBar went from launch to $600 million acquisition in less than five years. Co-founder/CEO Peter Rahal shares the secrets to the company’s speedy success; how PicoBrew is disrupting the business of beer, booze and beyond; does innovative snack brand Avolov have a patented path to growth?
Keep It Cool Cold Brew is launching with both a cold brew coffee and a cold brew cascara “tea.”
In this edition of People Moves, we report on major shakeups in the CEO positions at AQUAhydrate, Moonshine Sweet Tea and LIVE Soda. Also, Vive Organic hires a new director of marketing, Nestle Waters North America loses its chief sustainability officer, and Andrew Simpson joins Sunshine Beverages as VP of sales.
Jim Murphy will succeed Matthew Mitchell as Vice President, Strategy and Venturing, at The Coca-Cola Company’s Venturing and Emerging Brands (VEB) unit, the company announced in an email on Friday.
During an earnings call with investors on Thursday, CEO Kevin Johnson partially attributed the company’s growth during the quarter to its $384 million sale of Tazo Tea to Unilever in November, as well as the strategic decision to close Teavana cafes in order to focus on that brand’s CPG products.
Buoyed by an expansion of its cold-chain distribution network Coldcraft, the Emeryville, Calif.-based coffee roaster and retailer is preparing several new RTD product launches over the coming weeks to further build its brand presence across multiple retail channels.
PepsiCo’s snack business helped offset declining performance from its beverage brands during the first quarter of 2018, according to financial results released by the company earlier today.
The latest extension of the GT’s Kombucha seasonal lineup is Bloom, which blends elderflower, jasmine, and violet in what might be their most unique seasonal release to date.
The company, which launched online in November 2017, markets a line of plant-based protein beverages targeted at active women. Each SKU is vegan and non-GMO, contains 180 to 190 calories per 11 oz. Tetra Pak container, and has 13 g of protein.
Dr Pepper Snapple (DPS) saw net income decline and revenue increase during the first quarter of 2018, according to a Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) this morning.
Hubble Fizzy Juice is line of beverages that combines two popular trends: cold pressed juice and carbonation.
Courtney Reum, co-founder of M13, explains why the brand development and investment firm focuses on the convergence of consumer brands, media and tech; meet Wing Lam, the wild and winsome co-founder of the iconic restaurant chain Wahoo’s Fish Taco; an Elevator Talk that will pique your interest in “cold brewed tea crystals.”
