Adding to the growing ranks of lemonade/tea blends, Snapple has introduced Diet Half n’ Half Lemonade Iced Tea, a low-calorie extension of its popular Half ‘n Half flavor. Snapple is hoping that momentum for the burgeoning category will continue, and will promote the launch of Diet Half n’ Half with a national FSI campaign as well as new television advertising and a heavily promoted social media effort.

The first redesign of Barq's packaging in 20 years takes the beverage back to its founding roots in the Gulf Coast region where the brand was founded 114 years ago. While Barq's cans and labels will maintain their distinctive silver sheen, Coca-Cola, which purchased Barq's in 1995, pays homage to the brand's heritage in New Orleans, Louisiana and Biloxi, Mississippi.

Greenlight Beverages, the maker of Chronic Ice, a line of hemp iced teas, has announced the introduction of two new flavors, a hemp soda, and plans for future line extensions. Greenlight will launch Chronic Ice Grape Escape and Peach Perfection as well as Chronic Ice Ginger Ale next month. Along with the new flavors and soda, Greenlight will also introduce a new packaging design "that expresses the hemp beverage’s refreshing-now-and-healthy-later benefit."

New coconut water/hydration beverage Power Coco debuted recently, and it's got a set of investors who might sound familiar. The four-sku line, which is out of Arizona, is the product of former minor league baseball player Tyler Beuerlein and Stephen Vasquez, a former sales executive with O.N.E. and Glaceau.