This week, the podcast team discusses the merger of two legacy cheesemakers and the exit of a major beverage alcohol distributor from a key spirits market. Next, the hosts dig into the debut of digitally-native supplement brand AG1 in physical retail and explore why the news of an energy drink startup’s new investor brings fresh opportunities for its growth goals.
There’s a new-ish manufacturer in town. After Flavor Reddy Foods grew its food manufacturing footprint via M&A in the past two years, the company is bringing the combined businesses together under one new entity, Trillium Foods.
DRY Soda founder Sharelle Klaus Azeroual is moving into the spirits business with a low-ABV gin, Second Sip, cofounded with spirits industry veterans Leo Robitschek and Nick Strangeway.
Tilray Brands chairman and CEO Irwin Simon doesn’t believe the narrative that drinkers – including the youngest legal-drinking-age consumers – are giving up alcohol.
As it works to wean itself off of the combustible tobacco products that made it a multi-billion dollar behemoth, British American Tobacco (BAT), the 123-year-old multinational nicotine producer, has been placing bets on the better-for-you, functional food and beverage sector
Three hemp-derived THC brands have lined up new financing rounds of less than $2 million each, even as regulatory challenges mount state-by-state.
The brand’s first-ever vodka cocktails -- Vodka Iced Tea + Meyer Lemonade and Vodka Iced Tea + Passion Fruit -- promise to be “bright, juicy and sippable,” per a press release this morning, and are each made with real black tea and fruit juice.
BevNET Live NYC is only one week away, taking place in New York City on June 11+12. Over 650 beverage executives are already registered, with more registering daily, and limited seats remain!
New government policies liable to drag down retail growth could be to the benefit of online grocers, with U.S. online grocery sales expected to outpace brick-and-mortar by 5.2x through 2029, according to a new report from ecommerce data and consulting firm Brick Meets Click.
When it comes to modern beverage success stories, few names are shouted louder—or tattooed more often—than Liquid Death. But behind the screaming skulls and viral videos lies a disciplined growth strategy, powered by brand clarity and executed with precision. At BevNET Live on June 11 & 12 in New York City, attendees will get a front-row seat to that strategy in action during “The Power of Brand: Liquid Death’s Lust for Life,” a discussion with the brand’s Chief Strategy Officer, Marisa Bertha.
CPG private equity firm Next In Natural (NeNa) has acquired Colorado-based kombucha and soda brand Rowdy Mermaid, along with new equity investor Luke Comer, founder of Sapient Stews, the company announced today.
According to a report last month in ModernRetail, the aftermarket for unsold food and beverage products is booming with a surging supply of premium items, a sign that the confluence of rising grocery prices, tight competition in key categories, and the influence of shifting dietary trends is having a material effect on the shelf.
Ayeshah Abuelhiga, the founder and CEO of Mason Dixie Foods, shares how she's taking on the legacy CPG heavyweights by building a bold, next-generation frozen food brand. She dives into how the company harnesses consumer insights, rigorous cost discipline and category whitespace to expand and how Mason Dixie is reshaping the definition of “natural” for modern shoppers.
It’s time to reveal the semifinalists for BevNET’s signature pitch competition, the New Beverage Showdown, taking place at BevNET Live in NYC on June 11 + 12.
