Review: Mamma Chia — New Flavors
Mamma Chia, which took home BevNET’s Best of 2011 Award for “Best Non-Carbonated Beverage”, is back with two new flavors: Coconut Mango and Pomegranate Mint. The flavor profiles on these…
Piña Pullback: Zico Changes SKU Names
As a product class, coconut water is heading to the mainstream. But at least one company has decided that, in some cases, the liquid is exotic enough without the extra…
Beverage Companies Flooding the Snack Aisle
Just when you thought it couldn't get any more crowded with beverage company relations, particularly given the dueling investments from Glaceau millionaires Rohan Oza (Popchips) and Mike Repole and Darius Bikoff (Pirate's Booty) the snack aisle is once again facing incursions from its liquid relations. Which is a complicated way of saying that iced tea and juice titan AriZona is heading into the snack food business with AriZona Chips 'n Dip, a square package with separate compartments for tortilla chips and either cheese dip or salsa.
Review: Pussy Natural Energy Drink
Hailing from the United Kingdom, Pussy Energy Drink is a product whose name has been creating quite a stir (at least in the media) since its launch. While we’re not…
Press Clips: Coke Tipped FDA on O.J.; New Soda Tax Study; Pepsi Beverages Settles Race Charges
First it was apple juice and arsenic; this week it's orange juice and fungicide. Earlier this week, the FDA halted shipments of the citrus juice in its bottled and frozen form while it tested for traces of the anti-fungal carbendazim, a chemical that is banned in the U.S. but is still used in Brazil. A recent story on CNN.com explains that it was Coca-Cola that originally alerted the FDA about the fungicide.
Dublin Dr Pepper Done; Suit Settlement Saves Sugar
A trademark infringement lawsuit filed in June by Dr Pepper Snapple Group against Dublin Dr Pepper, the soda's oldest distributor, has been settled, with the larger company regaining control of the brand in Dublin Dr Pepper's six-county area. Dublin Dr Pepper -- founded in 1891 -- had a cult following for its use of unique glass bottles featuring the Dublin name and a recipe that used cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in its version of Dr Pepper.
2012 Winter Fancy Food Show – Beverage Exhibitor List
The 2012 Winter Fancy Food Show is being held January 15-17 in San Francisco’s Moscone Center. We've created a comprehensive list of exhibitors that are showcasing beverage-related products at the event. We'll be on hand to cover the show as well. If you'll be attending, please drop us a line.
CE-Yo No Mo’ — Hirshberg Leaves Stonyfield President/CEO Role
He's been a standard-bearer for the organic success story for years, as well as a mentor to Honest Tea co-founder Seth Goldman, but Stonyfield founder Gary Hirshberg announced today that he's handing day-to-day operations over to former Ben & Jerry's CEO Walt Freese. Hirshberg's sale of Stonyfield to Danone in 2003 -- and subsequent operation of the company as a unit with autonomy within that larger company -- is largely seen as a model for Goldman's sale of Honest Tea to the Coca-Cola Co. last year.
Review: Noah’s Water
NOAH’S California Spring Water began operations in 1992 as part of the family owned beverage company, Varni Brothers (a 7Up bottler). The Varni’s decided on Adobe Springs as the source…
Video: Sweet Leaf 3 — How Nestle Made Its Move
Welcome to part three of our video replay of BevNET Live’s special “Building Sweet Leaf Up and Out” case study. In this installment, William Pearson, the CFO of Nestle Waters…
Early Registration Open for BevNET Live Summer 2012 in NYC
Early Registration pricing is now available for BevNET Live's summer event, which will be held on June 4 and 5 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Manhattan. Early registration does more than provide a significant discount; it also guarantees you a place at the event. That's important because, despite the fact that attendance continues to increase (thereby increasing networking and business opportunities) all previously held BevNET Live events have sold out. BevNET Live is the premier learning, networking, and business event in the entrepreneurial beverage space.
BevNET Live Santa Monica Wrapup — Photo Galleries Included
In case you missed it, here’s what we learned at BevNET Live’s Santa Monica event in December: Monster Energy sees itself as a lifestyle company. Red Bull is a media empire. As for high-end CSD Izze, Co-founder Todd Woloson said that he saw it as something like an onion. Those ideas about branding – and many other off-beat ideas that are necessary to distinguish beverage companies in highly competitive times – came alive during the BevNET Live Winter event that concluded on Tuesday in Santa Monica.
BevNET’s 2012 Functional Beverage Guide is Now Accepting Listings
BevNET is now accepting listings for the 2012 Functional Beverage Guide. To be published as a special section in the March issue of BevNET Magazine, the Functional Beverage Guide feature functional beverage brands and their suppliers. Listed alphabetically, beverage brands will be tagged with functional attributes (i.e. energy, relaxation). Brands will be indexed according to function at the start of the guide.
Jenkins, PCGA Looking for NEXT Investors
It’s an interesting play in an expanding space: NEXT Proteins, the current project of Designer Whey and Detour Bar founder David Jenkins, is attempting to sell its collection of protein-centric…