FBU Chicago to Feature Special “Pitch Panel” for Entrepreneurs
BevNET FBU Chicago will offer three entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch their business plan on stage to a panel of three experienced investors, applications are now open!
Non-Alcoholic Beverage Companies and Independent Distributors: Lawsuits in the Making?
It is well known that contracts between producers of alcoholic beverages and their independent distributors are subject to extensive state regulation. Less understood are the network of state laws – sometimes called “relationship laws” – designed to protect local, independent distributors of non-alcoholic beverages.
Review: Red Jacket Joe’s Clean Half & Half
In the traditional sense, “Half & Half” is a blend of equal parts iced tea and lemonade. Red Jacket’s riff on this breaks from this playbook a bit, blending guayusa tea, lemonade and apple juice to create this product, Joe’s Clean Half & Half.
Pepsi Passes Diet Coke as the No. 2 Soda in the U.S.
The shift speaks to the faster and more drastic drop of diet soda within the greater fall from grace of carbonated soft drinks, which have now seen a full decade of declines.
Video: Darrelle Revis, Channing Tatum — An Expo West Brand Ambassador Smackdown
With Darrelle Revis and Channing Tatum on board, the star power was there; but how did they do while reppin’ their brands? Let’s go to the tape and see.
Review: Soylent
Soylent’s ready to drink “version 1.3” (released at the end of 2014) is a powdered nutritional shake mix that is the commercialized version of the do-it-yourself recipe (which can be found on the Internet), and designed to satisfy all nutritional requirements that the human body needs.
When Titans Battle for Balance
Once built around one potent brand, companies like Coke, Pepsi, AB-InBev, Campbell’s are adjusting to changing times and changing tastes, including some consumers who disdain their core brands altogether.
BevNET Live: Q Drinks CEO Jordan Silbert Talks Premium Pricing
Silbert will be discussing the key ways that the brand was able to stay on course through an economic slowdown and how it is now aimed for even further growth in the marketplace.
Rooibee Raises $2 Million; DRINKmaple Adds $1.5 Million
The Louisville-based organic tea makers announced the news Wednesday in a company press release, revealing that the final $500,000 of their yearlong Series A2 fundraising round came from equity-based crowdfunding platform CircleUp.
Review: Califia Farms Concentrated Cold Brew Coffee
Califia Farms, which had previously produced only ready-to-drink coffees, has officially jumped into the cold brew coffee concentrate category with this product. The key selling point of this multi-serve beverage is, much like other cold brew products, its low acidity level, which Califia touts as being 60 percent lower than hot brewed coffee.
Evian, Fiji, Perrier and the Battle for Relevance
The bottled water wars are back and even the 1 percent are being sent off to battle.
Press Clips: Kraft and Heinz Announce Mega Merger; Coke Plans For a World Without Happiness
Behind the blockbuster deal are Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital, who originally partnered up in 2013 to buy Heinz for $23 billion.
Review: Velu
Velu is a beverage that’s focused on a classic ingredient for juice bars: wheatgrass. It’s one of those under-loved ingredients that is generally consumed -- many times in shot form -- purely for health purposes rather than flavor. That’s what Velu is setting out to change with its flagship product.
Still Infused with Faith
“The cap category hasn’t even started yet,” insists Mikel Anderson, whose Blast Cap Technologies develops and sells caps to other manufacturers. “It’s not even born yet."