The food and beverage industry hasn’t been one to shy away from crowdfunding models to date, either via donations on sites like Kickstarter or investment platforms like CircleUp.
Weiland Jr., discussed his career pivot during a call with BevNET last week, where he described a longtime passion for the military as “a calling that’s been burning inside me for the last few years.”
The premise behind GoldenBrew Tea, which hails from Portland, Ore, is to create micro-brewed organic teas. The company's attention to ingredient detail starts with using whole tea leaves rather than “fannings” (leftovers from higher grade tea) used by other tea brands. The teas are sweetened products with either honey or agave.
In this podcast, BevNET CEO John Craven interviews Doug Evans, the founder and CEO of Juicero, a new high-tech countertop juicing machine. Evans discusses the development of Juicero, its introduction to the market and how it fits into the expanding landscape for cold-pressed juice. He also responds to criticism about the unit’s price tag ($700) and talks about his long-term vision for Juicero.
This variety, which blends watermelon, red pepper, cucumber, tomato, lemon, sea salt, cilantro, olive oil, white wine vinegar, black pepper, and cayenne, has that bright flavor that we love about the original Tio Gazpacho, along with the refreshing flavor of watermelon.
On Monday the fast-growing flavored sparkling water brand announced new distribution to the United Kingdom and Ireland, where it’s launched its three top-selling SKUs - Black Raspberry, Orange Mango and Peach Nectarine - at more than 8,000 stores, with a targeted presence in London, Dublin and Belfast.
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.
