A story published yesterday in The Huffington Post detailed multiple lawsuits filed against executives at Monster Energy, including accusations of sexual discrimination and assault.

After two years with the company, CEO Giannella Alvarez has left Harmless Harvest, the company confirmed this week. An interim CEO is in place but has not been named publicly.

Today, David Barber, co-owner of restaurants Blue Hill and Blue Hill at Stone Barns, announced the launch of Almanac Investments, a $30 million fund for agriculture and hospitality technology, CPG, and experiential retail companies.

SOM is a sleep-aid dietary supplement sold in 8.1 oz. cans in original and zero sugar varieties. The formula contains magnesium, vitamin B6, l-theanine, gaba, and melatonin to help give consumers a deep, restful slumber.

To better serve the brand's social mission, Runa is shifting its focus towards selling more product— specifically its growing line of 12 oz. canned “clean” energy drinks.

Through an agreement with Starbucks Coffee, Joyride is now producing and distributing Starbucks brand draft cold brew and nitro cold brew for the coffee giant’s foodservice accounts at hospitals, bookstores, colleges and offices in New York, Boston, San Diego, San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Know Brainer, a ketogenic creamer brand, has partnered with Nestlé via the Terra Food + Ag Tech Accelerator program to incubate the brand. The program began in October with an 8-week educational curriculum and will close an additional 8-week pilot period in February.

Today, “ultra-fresh” food and beverage producer Urban Remedy announced it had closed a $17 million round of capital, with General Mills' venture arm, 301 INC, leading the round.

Monster Energy today announced it has signed a new multi-year contract with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) to remain the “Official Energy Drink” of the mixed martial arts competition.

Over the past two years, several studies examining the effect of Berkeley, California’s sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax, voted into law by residents in 2014 and implemented in the spring of 2015, have shown a drop in soda consumption.

In sharing their five-year growth forecast for select categories in the U.S. beverage market, market research group Euromonitor reflected wins for some and losses for others.