Review: WhiteWave Takes Aim at Frappuccino with SToK Cold-Brew Coffee
SToK is a relative latecomer to the cold brew coffee category, and we think it’s going to take some serious brand building effort to get traction.
Peet’s Introduces New Line of Ready-to-Drink Cold Brew Coffees
Peet’s Cold Brew will ship starting today and will soon be available in select Peet’s Coffee cafés, grocery stores, and partner locations in the San Francisco Bay Area before expanding into new markets.
BevNET Podcast Ep. 16: Honestly, Seth, This Was Beyond A Meaty Visit
The BevNET Podcast team quizzed Seth Goldman on a number of other topics, including the ongoing battle over GMO labeling and its impact on the organic movement, as well as the long-term future for Honest within the Coke system.
Review: Pressery Bone Broth — Bone Broth Meets Cold-Pressed Juice
For Pressery, which produces HPP cold-pressed juices and drinking vinegars, a line of bone broths might not seem like the most logical brand extension. After all, the company's other lines are purely vegan and bone broth takes the company into the carnivore realm.
Spindrift Reveals Packaging Refresh, Transitions “Seltzer” to “Sparkling Water”
The sparkling beverage brand shared the revamp - featured across its soda and carbonated water product lines - with BevNET ahead of its upcoming rollout into stores and foodservice outlets next month.
Suja Enters Emerging Drinking Vinegars Segment with Upcoming Line Extension
Made with organic apple cider vinegar, cold-pressed fruits and vegetables, and four billion vegan probiotic cultures, the line extension is set to debut at Whole Foods Markets across the country beginning in September.
Review: Genius Drops HPP and Gets a New Package
From a packaging perspective, the new green label more effectively catches the eye than prior efforts. You are almost immediately drawn to the “Original Coconut Smoothie,” which is both the flavor name and the descriptor of what’s inside the bottle.
Wells Fargo C-Store Survey: Weather, Among Other Factors, Sees Monster’s Sales Slow
Convenience store sales of non-alcoholic beverages were up 4.6 percent for the second quarter of 2016, according to Wells Fargo Securities’ latest “Beverage Buzz” report.
Karma Culture Raises $2.25 Million with Green Circle Capital Partners
Company founder and CEO CJ Rapp discussed the deliberately “modest” capital raise in a call with BevNET, saying the company raised the necessary funds to support its recent “Push For Better” campaign alongside the recent launch of its Karma Probiotics line extension.
BevNET Podcast Ep. 15: Chewing the Fancy Food Fat
The gang from Project NOSH mines food trends from the recent Summer Fancy Food Show in Manhattan.
Project Juice Takes Aim At Off-Premise, Hires Leader of Wholesale Development
Project Juice announced the news in a press release on Tuesday, in which CEO Susan Shields said the addition of Jirik - and the creation of the new position - arrives as part of Project Juice’s efforts to expand its wholesale business beyond its brick and mortar locations and the business’ continuing evolution from “from a cold pressed juice to a plant-powered nutrition brand."
Tom First Departing First Beverage Ventures for Castanea Partners
First will remain a board member with several brands that he started working with via First Beverage, including Health-Ade, Purity, Q, and Project Juice.
Review: Vita 500 Seems Lost in Translation
Vita 500 is a vitamin drink that is popular in South Korea, which is where the product is manufactured. Its key benefits are its 500mg of vitamin C (830% RDA) as well as B vitamins, which come inside a formulation that tastes somewhat like a non-carbonated cousin of an energy drink.
Amid a Surge in Distribution, Genius Juice Gets a New Look
Genius Juice, which has made significant strides in the distribution of its organic coconut smoothies, recently unveiled a new look. The revamp comes with a simplified name for the brand, now known simply as “Genius,” and two new flavor varieties.