Winter Fancy Food Show 2016 Recap
The further use of coconut as an ingredient (beyond just its juice) was one recurring trend that could be seen across a handful of brands and categories, from established leaders to first-time exhibitors.
Photo Gallery: New Products, Brand Updates From The 2016 Winter Fancy Food Show
In the following gallery, culled from our social media coverage of the Fancy Food Show, we offer a comprehensive look at new products and brand updates from beverage companies exhibiting at the event.
Review: Purity Organic’s Super-Premium Teas
Purity Organic has launched a new line of super-premium teas. Packaged in 14 oz. glass bottles, the line includes five varieties: three formulated with matcha, one with guayusa and one with mate.
Press Clips: Coca-Cola Signs Jordan Spieth to Multi-Year Endorsement Deal
While financial details of the partnership were not disclosed, a source familiar with the deal likened Spieth’s starpower to Lebron James, Jennifer Aniston and Taylor Swift, all of whom serve as brand ambassadors for other Coca-Cola products.
Review: Bruce Cost Original Spicy GB
Bruce Cost’s Original Spicy GB is the company's most recent offering in an 8.4 oz. can. Compared with its 12 oz. line, this seems like a much more appropriate portion. From a flavor perspective, this is still very much the Bruce Cost Ginger Ale that we know and love.
Hensley Picks Up Non-Alc DSD Spike Beverage As Part of Golden Eagle Acquisition
Earlier this week Hensley & Co., an Anheuser Busch InBev distributorship based in Tucson, Ariz., announced that it has acquired Golden Eagle Distributors, and along with it the beer wholesaler’s non-alcoholic-focused Spike Beverage DSD unit.
Brynwood Partners to Acquire Sunny Delight Beverages Co.
The deal, announced via press release Thursday, will see Brynwood Partners acquire Sunny Delight’s three beverage brands - Sunny D, Fruit2O and Veryfine - and the company’s four production facilities, located across the United States.
Review: Love Beets with a Hint of Ginger
This variety of Love Beets starts with a base of organic beet juice, just like the brand's other varieties. From there, the company has added what it describes as a “hint of ginger,” despite ginger juice being labeled as 6 percent of the formulation. While it’s definitely more than a “hint,” the product isn’t really spicy.
People on the Move: Annie Lawless Steps Down From Active Role at Suja
In a post published on her personal blog, Lawless wrote that “There were things that I loved at the beginning of the company that became lost.”
Sipp Hits the Target
Sipp Sparkling Organics today announced that, beginning in March, four of the brand’s varieties will be carried by 1,200 Target stores across the U.S.
Review: Lemoncocco
For all of the wild and crazy products that Jones Soda has come up with since its inception (e.g. Turkey & Gravy Soda), we were quite surprised to see Lemoncocco land on our desks. The product, which is non-carbonated, is a play on a classic Italian lemon and coconut drink.
Voss Water Sells Majority Stake to Reignwood Group
Voss CEO Jack Belsito discussed the investment in a call with BevNET Monday evening, saying that the company had begun scouting potential strategic investors about a year ago, eventually connecting with Reignwood Group via Goldman Sachs, which served as an advisor to Voss throughout the process.
Review: Zpirit Infuzed Water
The concept behind Zpirit Infuzed Water is something that we haven’t seen before: adding fruit chunks to a flavored water.
Essentia Expands DSD Network with Honickman Group and Hensley
The latest gains in distribution further Essentia’s pursuit of becoming a mainstream player within the greater premium bottled water segment -- one that continues to thrive amidst the decline in consumption of carbonated soft drinks.