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California roaster Equator Coffees is rolling its single and multiserve cold brews out to over 1,500 retail stores across the country, going chainwide in Whole Foods and Sprouts with an additional 476 Kroger banner locations on the docket.
Relaxtion drink Trip is making good on its goal for US expansion in 2025, announcing today the release of a new flavor and distribution, as well as a hiring of Abby Redick as SVP of Sales.
Tractor Beverage is expanding its reach in the on-premise through a new multi-year alliance with live entertainment giants AEG that grants Tractor “exclusive rights across key beverage categories” at music venues owned and operated by AEG nationwide.
Building a following in exotically flavored glass bottles since 2017, Seven Teas has landed new distribution partnerships and increased consumer interest in the last year as it expanded into canned teas and lemonades.
KDP announced this morning that it is investing $300 million in Philadelphia-based coffee company La Colombe, making it the second largest investor in the brand with a 33% equity stake and strengthening its ambitions of moving deeper into the RTD coffee category.
In a BevNET video interview, three female founders in the non-alcoholic set discuss the growing contingent of women pushing the category into new places with NA bottle shops, pop-ups and innovative products to bring more inclusivity to the movement.
The non-alc category has made gains in on-premise distribution finding inroads with local music venues, pop-ups events and smaller festivals where there is a lower cost of entry than larger live shows and the consumer base is easier to access.
After two years of working to expand distribution beyond its home market in San Francisco, functional beverage brand Wildwonder may have begun to hit its stride, launching a new flavor – Pineapple Paradise – on a 3-month exclusive with Sprouts nationwide.
Watermelon water maker Mela has partnered with independent California distributor Stone Distributing Co., making it one of the first non-alcoholic beverage brands in the DSD house’s portfolio of beer, hard kombucha and spirits brands.
Backed with over $50 million in investment, former CEO of the Roundy’s and Mariano’s chains Bob Mariano has embarked on his latest venture in the Chicago area, Dom’s Kitchen and Market. The retailer hopes to have 15 stores by the end of next year building on an omnichannel, experiential type of food shopping grounded in prepared foods, heavier product curation and app-based connectivity.
New functional energy drink BrainPOP is leaning into its target market among physicians and surgeons building out distribution in both clinics and hospital cafes as well as traditional convenience channels in the metropolitan New York area.
Thrive Market’s beverage category manager Christine Dang talked to BevNET recently about the platform’s strategy evolution during and after the pandemic, how the direct-to-consumer model provides different challenges to the beverage category and how pack size and format play an integral role in curating the platform’s offerings.
The Coca-Cola Company has licensed its Simply and Minute Maid brands to distribute fresh grapes and citrus fruit marking the first time the beverage maker has partnered with a fresh produce company.
Lemon Perfect is moving into nearly 500 Target stores, cannabis beverage brand Cann is now available in New York state and Bored Cow makes its national retail channel debut in Sprouts Farmers Market.
Coachella Music Festival has for the first time partnered with a non-alcoholic retailer, The New Bar, to offer zero-proof cocktails and ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages bringing for inclusivity to the NA community at the two-weekend concert event in Southern California.
Personalized nutritional supplement company Gainful is branching out from DTC with a national launch in Target featuring a simplified customization process to reach retail customers both online and in-store.
Olipop has been clear about its mission to convert traditional soda drinkers to its low-calorie, functional soft drinks, an effort that now extends to foodservice through a new partnership with sweetgreen.
