Mark Duffy Takes the Reins at Universal Pasteurization and Cold Storage
Duffy said the company will be aggressive in its efforts to expand its operations and earn more business.
Early-Stage Intros: Meeting The Next Generation of Beverage Brands
It’s fair to say that tea-based tonics, birch tree water and canned wine are beverage concepts that might not be ready for mainstream grocery aisles. However, they may represent the kind of bleeding-edge innovation that has propelled significant change on beverage shelves over the past decade.
People Moves: Steele Joins High Brew Coffee, Ricks Segues from Peet’s to Noah’s Bagels, Project Juice Adds CEO
Executive-level moves in premium coffee and cold-pressed juice highlight this edition of People Moves.
Review: Juicera
Cold-pressed and HPP juice brand Juicera has revamped its packaging and added two new varieties: Simply Orange and Coconut Lemon Water. Without question, the new look is cleaner and more polished looking. However, it’s somewhat easy to miss the Juicera logo.
Wells Fargo C-Store Survey: Monster Is Back On Track
Monster Energy appears to be returning to form following a period of growing pains and “transition issues” that resulted from the energy drink giant’s transition into The Coca Cola Company’s distribution system last year.
Distribution News: More Shelf Space for Protein Drinks
Protein-infused beverages in a variety of formats have picked up new distribution and retail placement in recent weeks.
Review: UVO
UVO is a first-of-its-kind “sun protective supplement” drink that claims to provides 3-5 hours of sun protection. It’s a function that’s definitely going to require a significant leap of faith to trust the functionality of this product (if it doesn’t work, you get sunburned, right?).
Caliwater Adds Peach and Berry Flavors to its Range
The launch of new flavors at the top of 2016 follows what was a year of high-profile media placements for cactus water, along with notable gains in distribution for Caliwater.
Review: Found Watermelon Basil
Found’s latest flavor is this one, Watermelon Basil, and it very much follows in the footsteps of the brand's other flavors.
Press Clips: Sweet Leaf’s Christopher, Vitaminwater’s Oza Lead $156 Million Fund
Fortune profiled the raise, which included contributions from several former investors of Christopher’s Deep Eddy Vodka and Sweet Leaf Tea Co.
Distribution Arm of Columbia Gorge Reduces Area Coverage, Focuses on West Coast
The move, confirmed by company president Jimmy Stewart, represents another reduction in area coverage for Cogo Northwest, which in addition to Columbia Gorge juices carries those from Stumptown Coffee, GT’s Kombucha and HotLips Soda, among others, on its trucks.
Review: Black mp Living Water
Black Living Water is a bottled water beverage that blends water from the Rocky Mountains with fulvic and humic acid, probiotics, trace minerals, and electrolytes. At a pH of 10, this product also qualifies as an alkaline water.
Garden of Flavor Launches Line of “Cold-Pressed Energy” Juices
Distributed by UNFI, the line comes in Aronia Berries, Wheatgrass, Turmeric + Ginger and Pear + Lemon varieties with a suggested retail price of $5.99 - $6.99 per 16 oz. bottle.
With WheyUp on its Way Out, Erik Rothchild Launches FITWHEY
A decade after he launched WheyUp, a first-to-market protein and energy drink hybrid, the brand’s founder is back with a revamped version of his original offering called FITWHEY.