The company took the crown from a group of five other innovative early stage beverage brands -- NITRO Beverage Co, Sip City, Cusa Tea, Drink Peloton and Element Shrub -- participating in the final round of the Showdown.
The journey from startup to major brand -- and the nebulous in-between -- was a line through many of the presentations and fireside chat interviews on stage during the 19th edition of BevNET Live.
California-based Clearly Kombucha has been acquired by Molson Coors for an undisclosed fee, marking the multinational brewing company’s first purchase of a non-alcoholic beverage brand.
The finalists moved one step closer to winning the grand prize of $5,000 in cash and additional prizes.
Protein infused water maker Trimino Brands has raised $6 million in capital infusion, led by investment firm Vineyard Point Associates, LLC, the company announced this week.
Austin, Texas-based beverage technology company HeatGenie, which manufactures a self-heating aluminum can, has closed a $6 million round of funding led by ARTIS Labs, with additional investment from Almanac Investments and private individuals.
Why third-wave coffee pioneer and Blue Bottle founder James Freeman isn’t concerned with being ahead of the curve; how Jesse Merrill is changing the way people think about cottage cheese with innovative brand Good Culture; rising up with Mountain Mel’s, a maker of medicinal herbal teas, in this week’s Elevator Talk
Starbucks Corporation executive chairman and former CEO Howard Schultz announced Monday he will leave the company on June 26, ending his 36 years with the brand he led from its origins as a local Seattle chain to a global coffee juggernaut.
In this edition of People Moves, Laarni Niro is named COO at alkaline water brand AQUAhydrate; David Ross takes the helm at Live Soda; Townshend Group adds another Stumptown Coffee veteran; ABA President Susan Neely moves on.
BevNET is pleased to announce the return of its “Livestream Studio” at BevNET Live Summer 2018. The Livestream Studio is a talk show-style program that runs during the networking breaks and lunch hours.
British premium mixer maker Fever Tree opened a new U.S. headquarters today in Brooklyn, N.Y., taking direct control of all U.S. operations and signifying an increased focus on the North American market.
With the rise of online mega-retailers has also come the democratizing tool of direct-to-consumer (DTC) ecommerce. Within this fast growing space, many startups are now looking to subscription models as a tool to growing their business.
Michael Taylor, the vice president of non-alcohol at Anheuser-Busch who oversaw the acquisition of the Hiball and Alta Palla brands last year, has left the company to join Green Flash Brewing as CEO.
Carbonated soft drink (CSD) unit sales increased 3 percent in a year-over-year comparison for a four-week period ending on May 19, as reported in a generally positive Wells Fargo Securities beverage report on Nielsen sales data released earlier this week.
