Four Loko Co-Founder Gets Fit With Koia
Chris Hunter made his name with the caffeinated "energy beer" Four Loko. Now he's getting fit with Koia, a plant-based energy drink available exclusively in Whole Foods.
Chris Hunter made his name with the caffeinated "energy beer" Four Loko. Now he's getting fit with Koia, a plant-based energy drink available exclusively in Whole Foods.
Here’s an extra course of conference hype for you to enjoy with your Thanksgiving meal: we’ve added a couple of surprise speakers to the final agenda for BevNET Live.
In an investor call held this morning, DPS president and CEO Larry Young said that the company is “excited to see this team continue the breakthrough and disruptive innovation providing consumers with great-tasting and low-calorie beverages” and hailed the acquisition of Bai as one that “makes a tremendous amount of sense for us.”
Sources close to the deal have put the purchase price at between $200 and $300 million.
Tio Gazpacho will collaborate with Andrés, a culinary innovator often credited with the Spanish tapas boom in the U.S and whose company owns 25 restaurants in the U.S. and Mexico, on new marketing, retail and sourcing initiatives for the brand.
Earlier this year, SOUND Sparkling Tea updated its label, which is, at least in our opinion, a sizable step forward. And it’s definitely a huge upgrade from where it started back when the brand was known as Sodterra.
Less than 12 months after scaling up operations by moving into a 1,600 square foot facility, Confluence, makers of canned nitro-infused cold brew coffees, will be adding nearly five times the space when they relocate to a new 10,450 square foot warehouse in mid-December.
At BevNET Live in Santa Monica, representatives from consumer products fund KarpReilly will be on hand to share insights and strategic tips garnered from the companies it’s worked with -- including Zola, Spindrift, LifeAID and KeVita -- as well as usable ideas for beverage companies from an investment footprint that sprawls across similar food and restaurant companies.
As part of our discussion, Health-Ade’s founding trio ruminated on the rapid evolution of the company, which launched in 2012 and is now one of the leading kombucha makers in the U.S.
Personnel changes see change up for Steaz executives, Hain Celestial Canada CEO takes extra position, Eternal Water welcomes new sales team members and former Kraft Beverages president joins Dyla Brands.
Wicked Lekker is a USDA Organic line of rooibos tea beverages that are enhanced with moringa, a somewhat bleeding edge ingredient that is purported to have a host of benefits.
These Breakout Sessions continue a tradition of providing the audience with the opportunity to go in-depth in key areas like distribution, sales, investment, marketing and the legal issues that can determine the ultimate success or failure of an emerging brand.
Dean Foods has partnered with farmer cooperative CROPP to distribute Organic Valley milk across the U.S., marking the company's entrance into organic dairy products.
Iconic is a line of low-sugar protein drinks that has been through a few revisions since it first launched a few years back. Its latest effort, which launched earlier this year, sticks with the PET bottle that came with the last revision, but it features an updated design.