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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.
Adult non-alc retailers are responding to growing demand and increased competition by focusing on experiential and community building retail strategies to keep consumers coming back for more.
Gopuff’s seemingly interminable search for growth has taken it deeper into digital advertising with the introduction of several new tools aimed at capturing more Gen Z and millennial consumers.
Our latest distribution roundup finds Eva Longoria’s Casa Del Sol securing a national deal with Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits and Hella Cocktail Co’s new RTD margarita line building a California footprint, while Ponyboy Slings celebrates a packaging refresh with bigger moves into Nashville and Kentucky.
Non-alcoholic beverage sales “modestly accelerated” in the latest two-week period ending September 7, with those sales increases driven by improved volumes amid stable pricing growth.
After a lackluster adoption in the early 2020s, a second wave of CBD-infused hydration and sports drinks is building a new consumer base alongside the successful adoption of low-dose, hemp-derived cannabis beverages.
Molson Coors chief commercial officer Michelle St. Jacques laid out the company’s 2025 strategy in the U.S. as part of its “next chapter” as she opened the 2024 distributor convention in San Antonio Tuesday afternoon.
Hemp-derived cannabis companies face an uncertain path forward as they navigate an increasingly difficult climate for retail distribution as states like California restrict what can be sold and where.
Citing concerns over public health, California's Governor Gavin Newsom proposed on Friday an emergency regulation that will heavily restrict “intoxicating hemp products.”
In the emerging adult non-alcoholic segment, we’ve seen retailers like Sèchey and Boisson make the jump from online to brick-and-mortar stores in search of a wider audience. It’s a smart strategy – but can it be reverse engineered for another new and disruptive category: THC infused drinks?
Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) may be sitting on a robust portfolio of coffee brands, but it’s Black Rifle Coffee Company’s upcoming energy drink line that has the beverage giant entering a new distribution deal.
Sazerac-owned BuzzBallz has selected the Reyes Beverage Group as its distributor in California, Illinois, Indiana and South Carolina, the multistate wholesaler announced today.
The non-alcoholic alternative movement continues to build momentum but alcohol-removed wine is struggling to keep up as sourcing, production and a higher price point hinder broad consumer appeal.
Our latest distribution roundup finds Green River going after bartenders in new markets and Alpine Distilling chasing Tennessee's culinary scene, while Howie’s Spiked Alc-A-Chino signs a deal with Live Nation. Plus, news from Good Days and Costa Tequila.
Little Saints founder and CEO Megan Klein talked with BevNET about the existential challenges of operating a NA brand, learning its customers' needs and the strength of being digitally native as the brands grows.
