Looking at the numbers at the seventh incarnation of BevNET Live, which finished up on Tuesday after two days of intense teaching, networking and community building in New York City, however, the event started and ended with the simplest number: one.
If you’ve ever watched True Blood on HBO and hoped that they’d make a branded beverage to go with it, you are in luck. Check out “Tru Blood,” which is…
As of April, Sparkling Ice’s growth was up an almost-unheard-of 2000 percent, to more than $43 million, according to SymphonyIRI, which named the brand a “Rising Star” in April. And that’s not counting accounts like Wal-Mart, where the brand also thrives.
In what has become one of the most compelling parts of BevNET Live, the New Beverage Showdown once again rocked the conference, dazzling attendees with a range of innovative and on-trend products, and offering some pulsating drama to end the show. The competition, ultimately won by Grady's Cold Brew, gave companies the opportunity to showcase their brands in front of a judging panel of beverage veterans and experts, and an audience of 500 industry professionals.
A letter sent to stockholders of the long-struggling Adina beverage company seemed to indicate that the new age beverage shop's doors are about to close for good. The company is selling through its remaining stock but is also liquidating its assets in order to satisfy debt obligations.
989 is a beverage that features a cap dispenser for the nutrients, flavor, and coloring. Like other products in this up and coming segment, the product is clean and enjoyable,…
Spindrift “Water” is a novel approach to making a low calorie CSD. Like their flagship Spindrift Soda line, they’ve mixed sparkling water with fresh not-from-concentrate fruit juices and purees. In…
Andalé Energy Drink is a new soccer / Mexico themed energy drink that comes in regular, sugar free, and a shot. While this is clearly a product that’s targeting an…
BevNET.com, Inc. is pleased to announce the addition of BeverageSchool.com to its lineup of resources and media geared towards beverage professionals. Beverage School is an on-demand, video-based learning tool especially designed for newcomers to the beverage industry.
Rob Ehrlich, of Rob’s Really Good, has always been fast on his feet when it comes to rolling out on-trend products, but this has to be something of a record. One day after New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg launched his latest salvo against the beverage industry by attempting to severely restrict the sale of sugary beverages larger than 16 ounces, Ehrlich announced plans to release three zero-calorie Kola-nut based sparkling beverages.
Only nine months after its launch, Coco Café is going national. The company recently revealed that it will enter the Dr Pepper Snapple (DPSG) system beginning in early June, a key piece of a national DSD network that the company hopes to complete later this summer. Acute beverage watchers will note that Coco Café is mirroring the same growth path as parent company Vita Coco, which has begun transitioning most of its distribution to national DPSG houses.
BevNET has learned that former Muscle Milk marketing chief John Blair has joined shot-and-a-beer brand Bruvado as President after a slow exit from the protein drink's parent company, Cytosport.
The Honey Lemonade with Ginseng flavor is what appears to be the flagship flavor of the Jack Nicklaus Golden Bear Lemonade line from AriZona Beverages. However, it wasn’t sent in…
Corn refiners suffered a defeat yesterday as the FDA rejected an industry petition to rename high-fructose corn syrup as “corn sugar” on nutritional labels. The Corn Refiners Association (CRA), sought the name change as part of an effort to reverse years of controversy and negative publicity about the health effects of the sweetener. However, the FDA decided that "corn sugar" does not "accurately identify or describe the basic nature of the food or its characterizing properties."
