Video: KeVita’s Moses: PepsiCo Believes in Probiotic Drinks
Its distribution partnership with PepsiCo in high gear, KeVita CEO Bill Moses sees its sparkling probiotic drinks as becoming a ubiquitous offering.
Q&A: Raley’s Responds to Report Regarding New Supplier Guidelines
Raley’s has replied to BevNET's questions about why it created a list of banned ingredients and its potential impact on the company in terms of sales and operations.
Video: Chris Reed Explains Facility Expansion
Reed's, Inc. CEO Chris Reed figures that tripling the speed of the production will help the company move forward with less labor and roll out more product to absorb his facility’s inherent overhead figures.
Review: Tio Gazpacho
Promoting its bottled gazpacho drinks with the tagline "no spoon required," Tio Gazpacho is a high pressure processed (HPP) take on the classic cold soup. The beverages, which come in three varieties, are well-executed in both formulation and packaging and an impressive addition to the HPP beverage category.
Sprouts to Carry Something Natural
The flavored sparkling waters will hit shelves in October at all 175+ stores across 10 states, giving the Boston-based company a wider footprint in the Southwest.
POM Wonderful Gives Tea Line a “Super” Makeover
Now marketed as “Antioxidant Super Teas,” the teas are filled in POM’s iconic bottles, and sold in a single-serve 12 oz. size, down from its original 16 oz. format.
Raley’s Issues New Whole Foods-Esque Supplier Guidelines
Placing it squarely at the forefront of natural food trends and greater demand for traceable goods, Raley’s has curated a list of 83 ingredients that will be banned in its stores.
Distribution Roundup: Retailers Embrace the Offbeat
The past few weeks of distribution deals indicate that while beverage buyers are continuing their faith in a proven category like coconut water, they’re not averse to innovation.
Review: Daily Greens Replenish
Daily Greens “Replenish” is the second hemp milk product to be added to the company's lineup of cold-pressed, HPP products. It’s made with water, hemp seeds, vanilla, coconut nectar, camu camu and cocoa, which results in a flavor that’s extremely enjoyable.
Beasties/Monster, Take 2
Nearly four months after a jury ruled that Monster Beverage Corp. must pay The Beastie Boys $1.7 million after ruling against the energy drink giant in long-running dispute over alleged unauthorized use of the rap group’s songs, two music publishers are seeking similar compensation.
Video Coverage of BevNET FBU L.A. is NOW AVAILABLE
If you were unable to join us at the event, or perhaps attended or watched the livestream and wanted to revisit the content, you’re in luck.
Coke Signs Deal With New Coke Bottler in Florida
The gradual evolution of The Coca-Cola Company’s business model in North America takes another step Wednesday, as the cola giant hands the keys to a new bottling operation in the Sunshine State.
Soda Giants Pledge to Cut Calories, ABA Tilts on Messaging
While not a complete capitulation of their efforts to disassociate soda consumption and links to obesity, the recently announced pledge by the world’s largest soda manufacturers to reduce beverage calories in the American diet represents a striking shift in communication.
Press Clips: Starbucks to Buy Rest of Japanese Business
Starbucks announced Tuesday that it will purchase the remaining 60.5 percent stake of Starbucks Coffee Japan Ltd that it doesn’t own for approximately $913.5 million, according to Reuters.