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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.
Hand Family Companies (HFC) has made a blockbuster deal to add Stone Distributing Company and Classic Beverage in Southern California to its newly formed Sunset Distributing subsidiary, the multistate independent Anheuser-Busch distributor announced today.
Tilray Brands announced its launch into intoxicating hemp drinks last year, Ty Gilmore, the company's president of North America, chatted about the strategy it is taking to the category.
Operating under the company’s Tilray Wellness better-for-you food and beverage division, the launch comes after Tilray bought HiBall from Anheuser-Busch InBev in an $85 million cash deal that also included eight craft beer brands.
The natural channel retailer will launch Cure’s Kids line, including Fruit Punch, Pink Lemonade and Mixed Berry flavors, in over 500 stores across the country beginning next week. That rollout will be followed by the addition of Cure’s core adult-focused products in April.
Canopy USA-owned THC products line Wana Brands is now available nationwide in Total Wine & More stores with three flavors of its hemp-based, non-alcoholic drinks; The Ryl Company has joined up with 7-Eleven to add 500 new locations in the New York Metro area, New York State and the brand’s backyard New Jersey.
The medical-grade meal replacement brand announced today the launch of a new line of plant-based Kids Nutrition drinks into 302 Target locations across the country, as well as online at Target.com, marking a major expansion outside of the medical channel and into mainstream retail.
When Adam Spiegel founded Sonoma Distilling Company in 2010, it was the 15th distillery to open in California. Now the Golden State boasts more than 300 distilleries, more than any other state, and Spiegel is embarking on a new chapter aiming to help revitalize what he calls a “broken three-tier system.”
Cannabis beverages are at a crossroads where on the one hand it is seeking clearer regulation on the path to broader retail distribution, but aligning with the alcohol industry could sacrifice hemp drinks' key growth driver: ecommerce sales.
Brown-Forman is ditching Republic National Distributing Company (RNDC) for evolving total-beverage distributor Reyes Beverage Group in California.
Northeast distributor Dora’s Naturals is out of the High-Pressure Processing business as the company has sold its HPP assets to Universal Pure Holdings LLC, a cold chain food safety solutions provider.
Kiki Milk, maker of an organic plant-based milk line marketed to children and families, is extending its brick-and-mortar footprint with 440 Sprouts Farmers Market locations across the country; Korean Pear beverage brand Seoul Juice is now available nationwide in QuikTrip locations.
Functional drink Tru recently closed a $4.6 million funding round highlighted by further alignment with Polar Beverage who will now be handling manufacturing, distribution and warehousing for the brand.
Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits (SGWS) has consistently charged independent retailers as much as 12% to 67% more than national and regional chains for the same products, according to newly unsealed redactions in the Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) price discrimination case against the distributor.
Non-alcoholic (NA) beer maker Athletic Brewing Company has struck a multi-year sponsorship deal with Live Nation to make its beer available in 117 concert venues and at four major music festivals.
