Review: AMP: New Flavors
Pepsi’s AMP Energy Drink lineup has added three new flavors. Good, but not overly innovative.…
Review: Quick Strike Energy Drink
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Review: Vita 500 Energy Drink
Vita500 is a new caffeine free energy drink designed to give the energy necessary to extend the energy cycle without the habitual effects of caffeine.…
BevNET introduces Innovation magazine and web site
Beverage professionals now have a new name and new medium for the great content they found in BEVNET IBQ. The BevNET team recently mailed out the first issue of BevNET…
Review: Nitro2Go Instant Energy
Nitro2Go Instant Energy is an energy shot that’s designed to give you — you guessed it — instant energy.…
Review: Carpe Diem
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Corn prices hit all-time high $6 per bushel
Corn crossed $6 per bushel last week – an all time high that could increase the cost of producing beverages that use high-fructose corn syrup as a sweetener. Corn prices…
Review: Simply Originals
Simply Originals . . . . . Inspired by the past, aspiring for the future. Original and naturally functional Andean-based artisanal recipes which provide antioxidant benefits for the “youthfully aging”…
Review: Red Bull Simply Cola
Red Bull’s new entry isn’t an energy drink, but an all natural cola known as “Simply Cola.” Packaged in a 12 oz can, this marks Red Bull’s first new product…
Review: Java Monster: New Flavors
The Java Monster family has been extended again. This time they’ve added a a variety of themed flavors, including “Chai Hai,” “Russian,” and “Irish,” to name a few.…
Xyience to be sold for $15 million
A Nevada bankruptcy judge approved the $15 million sale of Xyience Inc. Tuesday after rejecting a last-minute offer for $15.5 million. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that Judge Mike Nakagawa…
CCE to drop Arizona in favor of glaceau in most markets
Arizona teas will lose distribution in many markets as a consequence of Coca-Cola’s May 2007 acquisition of glaceau, makers of vitaminwater. The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that Coca-Cola Enterprises, Coke’s…
Review: NOS Powershot
New from Fuze, the makers of NOS and a subsidiary of Coca-Cola, is NOS Powershot, a shot based version of the successful NOS Energy Drink.…
Reed’s cuts DSD sales staff to focus on grocery sales
, BevNET.com Staff Writer If you were waiting to get Reed’s Ginger Brew or Virgil’s Cola into the cooler case of your favorite corner store, put those hopes on ice.…