A Sticky Problem: Obesity Rates are Up, Sugar Consumption is Down
Americans drink too many sugary drinks, if you buy the exhaustive coverage of the obesity problem in the United States. But 50 percent of Americans don’t drink sugary drinks on…
Red Bull Takes Aim at Bullseye Energy
In a federal lawsuit filed in Vancouver, Red Bull and its subsidiary Red Bull Canada have accused Bullseye Beverages of infringing on company trademarks and using deceptive marketing intended to…
Review: Stumptown “Cold Brew”
While most ready to drink coffee beverages use coffee, milk, sugar, and a bunch of other stuff in their formulations, few have really gone after the super-premium coffee consumer. Stumptown,…
Review: ToppLez Cafe 125
While you might not know it from the packaging, Topplez 125 is an iced coffee drink. What’s even more interesting are some of the ingredients that are used in this…
BevNET Live Adds Case Study on Sweet Leaf Tea
When you’re building an authentic, entrepreneurial beverage brand, there are two key financial issues: raising the right amount of money, and spending it properly. Using Sweet Leaf Tea as the lens – and its founder and former CEO, Clayton Christopher, as well as key investors Michael Farello (Partner, Catteron Partners) and William Pearson (CFO, Nestle Waters North America) as the guides – BevNET Live attendees will have the opportunity to hear, and discuss, how that happened for one beverage company.
Fentimans and Cherrytree Records Launch New Alternative Pop
In a partnership befitting the term “alternative pop,” Fentimans has aligned itself with Cherrytree Records, a Los Angeles-based music label, to create a new cherry cola for its line of…
Review: TEAse
Sugar sweetened iced tea is one of those categories that we’d call “a safe bet” — people are always going to drink it and it’s a very big category to…
HINT Loses Key Sales Executive
Tom Keeney, a veteran beverage sales manager who has served as the VP of Sales for Hint since 2008, abruptly left the company Tuesday. Largely credited with helping guide the…
Review: ZUN Cans
ZUN, a an energy drink that is also enhanced with cognitive ingredients CoQ10 and choline, recently added a new, larger package to the line up. Specifically, both ZUN Original and…
Review: Real Beanz Nutrient Enhanced Iced Coffee
Ready to drink coffee is a very challenging category to go into, with Starbucks owned brands (distributed by Pepsi) holding a 98% share in the latest IRI report. Still, there…
Dr Pepper Snapple to Increase Stake in HYDRIVE Energy
Dr Pepper Snapple Group is looking for a boost of energy – HYDRIVE Energy, that is. The board of directors for Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPSG) recently authorized an investment…
Review: CasCal Moves to Cans
CasCal, which is a line of fermented sodas from Coca-Cola’s Venturing and Emerging Brands division known as Nexstep Beverages, has recently moved its lineup from glass to cans. And to…
Honest Tea Refreshes Labels as PET (Plastic) Line Gains National Distribution
BETHESDA, Md., Sept. 6, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Honest Tea, the nation’s top-selling organic bottled tea company, today unveiled a redesign of its PET (plastic) line of Honest Tea® and Honest…
Review: 50 Cent’s Street King Energy Shot
Announced only a few days ago, Street King Energy Shot is an energy shot that was created for rapper 50 Cent by Pure Growth Partners (you can read more about…