Boylan Bottling has enlisted Castle Co-Packers to boost its production and supply lines as the premium soda maker looks to meet rising demand for its products on the East Coast, according to an article in Drinks Business Review. Castle, a Pennsylvania-based independent bottler, will provide production, warehousing, and logistical support for Boylan, which produces a line of premium birch beers and sodas in glass bottles.
Blue Print Cleanse is a line of juices that are designed to be part of their proprietary nutritional cleanse system (which is offered in several levels of intensity). Putting the…
There’s breaking news today concerning the fates of three beverage companies whose financial travails have been touched on frequently on BevNET and in the media at large. RelaxZen, Adina, and New Leaf are all fairly new, entrepreneurial beverage companies run by executives of varying degrees of industry experience.
While new product introductions for relaxation drinks appear to be slowing, products offering to help improve sleep continue to come to market. One of the more interesting ones that we’ve…
SoBe Lifewater recently launched several new flavors that feature the addition of coconut water from concentrate. These products, which use a blend of stevia and sugar, come in the same…
Led by rising sales of almond milk, the market for dairy alternative beverages reached $1.33 billion in 2011, according to a new report from Packaged Facts. The report states that as consumers seek out healthier substitutes for dairy drinks, many are increasingly turning toward consumption of soy milk, almond milk, and rice milk.
82Go Water (that’s “eight-to-go”) is the brainchild of BAWLS Guarana founder and former CEO, Hoby Buppert (see also: 82Go’s New Beverage Showdown presentation at BevNET Live). 82Go contains eight ounces…
Kraft Foods will eliminate 1,600 positions in North America and relocate its beverages and snacks unit from Chicago, as the food and drink conglomerate prepares to split into two companies, the company announced Tuesday. The company hopes the changes will place it in a stronger position to execute its global sales strategies.
The Winter 2012 Fancy Food show in San Francisco wrapped up this past Tuesday afternoon; while the overall number of beverage companies was light for the third year in a row (approximately 40), the stalwarts seeking specialty channel retailers and distributors were present – sparkling juices and juice, gourmet sparkling and still waters, coconut waters, coffee and teas, and gourmet CSDs. As in previous years, exhibitors said they were pleased by the density of the foot traffic and “meetings” with large influential retailers and wholesalers walking the aisles.
They’ve crunched the Consumer Price Index numbers over at investment bank Morgan Stanley, and the takeaway is this: beverages got more expensive last year, and as the year went on,…
It hasn’t reached the same level of tumultuous rage directed at the recently proposed “Stop Online Piracy Act,” but fans of Dublin Dr Pepper are downright angry that their beloved brand is now gone, and some are taking to the streets to voice their dismay. A number of devoted enthusiasts and former retailers of Dublin Dr Pepper have begun a boycott of Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) products to protest a recent legal settlement that will end a trademark infringement lawsuit between the two companies.
Hailing from Boulder, Colorado, Bhakti Chai is a line of ready to drink fresh (meaning not shelf stable) chai beverages. These soy milk based formulations include fresh pressed ginger juice…
Kraft’s MiO, which won BevNET’s Best of 2011 Award for Best Tablet, Powder, or Mix, recently launched their Energy line that they announced back at NACS 2011. Using the same…
With the addition of former Vitaminwater president Mike Repole to the board of year-old multifunction beverage Body Armor, the second of three key executives on the team that grew and sold Glaceau to the Coca-Cola Co., Inc. is now back in the beverage business. Repole, has spent the past four years -- and his share of the $4.1 billion Coke paid for Glaceau -- breeding horses and growing both the Pirate's Booty snack brand and Energy Kitchen restaurants.
