PepsiCo recently completed a test of warmed soft drinks and teas at approximately 12 CVS locations in the Boston area. Packaged in 7.5 oz. cans, the beverages, which included colas and teas, were displayed in a countertop warming cabinet heated to 122°F.
Bizzy Coffee is a St. Paul, Minn.-based startup focused on the cold brew coffee category. The company's initial offering comes in the form of a shelf-stable concentrate, which is USDA Organic certified and contains no calories or sugar.
The country’s largest supermarket chain has added two fast-growing beverage brands to over 1,000 of its locations.
Every week we receive samples of new drinks sent to us from a wide variety of beverage companies. Most of the products are loaded into a cooler in the front of the office and available to everyone. While some drinks fly off the shelf, others sit around for weeks on end. In this podcast, we discuss why this happens and attempt to delineate the reasons behind consumption decisions in the office.
Based on a 1,000-year-old West African recipe, Ginjan is a beverage that features ginger, pineapple, lemon, vanilla and anise as its key ingredients. The product is also sweetened with sugar, which results in a total of 30g of sugar and 120 calories per bottle.
We’re pleased to announce that BevNET Live Summer 2016 will feature a special edition of Beverage School, BevNET’s signature introduction to the beverage business. The session is a key learning and networking opportunity for early-stage beverage entrepreneurs and industry newcomers.
Before Kravitz joined AQUAhydrate as CEO in November 2014, he spent over 30 years as an officer and leader at Coca-Cola, earning credentials in general management, strategy and planning, operations, sales, marketing, business development and revenue management.
The Emeryville, Calif.-based brand is the brainchild of founders Neil Renninger, co-founder and former chief technology officer at Amyris Biotechnologies, and Adam Lowry, co-founder of sustainable cleaning products company Method.
Just Chill, which is a “calming drink designed to help reduce stress and enhance focus,” recently launched a zero-calorie extension. Unlike Just Chill’s other flavors, which have 70 calories per can, this product contains no sugar and uses a blend of erythritol and stevia.
In this edition of the BevNET podcast, Alex Matthews, the co-founder and CEO of Juice Served Here, discusses the thriving market for cold-pressed juice in Southern California -- “there’s probably going to come a moment when there’s a juicery on every street corner here in L.A.,” he says -- and why he believes “staying true to your mission” will be the key factor for success among the growing range of juice companies in the region.
The announcement follows a successful test in which DPSG distributed Core in Northern California, parts of Nevada and western Pennsylvania beginning in September, 2015. Core president and operating manager Paul Nadel said that the goal of the trial was “to see how the two companies interacted” and evaluate potential for a larger partnership.
Happy Tree Maple Water’s Cold Brew Coffee offering is a high pressure processed (HPP) blend of maple water and coffee. What’s really unique about this offering is that Happy Tree actually cold-brewed the coffee with maple water rather than water. This results in a unique and smooth flavor profile that’s really outstanding.
Reuters reports that the Supreme Court had declined to review the lower court’s ruling that POM’s advertising claims - that the product treats conditions including heart disease, prostate cancer and erectile dysfunction - were not supported by “competent and reliable scientific evidence.”
Starting with the packaging, the design of Gundalow Juice is something that is a bit different than your standard HPP juice. This starts with the use of a black shrink sleeve label that covers almost all of the bottle aside from a small portion of the bottom where the liquid can be seen. It’s eye-catching, but less vibrant than competing brands, which often focus on bright, positive colors rather than black.
