BRĒZ Battles for Balance Amidst Swirling Regulatory, Financial Crosswinds
BRĒZ is trying to reposition itself for long-term growth and adjust its strategy to shifting regulatory demands after a challenging 2025.
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DryWater Finds Everyday Hydration Niche, Expands To 41K Doors
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Daily Briefing (Insiders Only): How Modern Soda Is Positioning For The Masses
There’s zero doubt that the beverage industry is experiencing a new wave of CSD innovation, but what we call this reimagining is still a little fizzy. Gut Health Drinks? Functional Pop? Or we could follow the lead of Walmart last week and just call it a clean and simple “Modern Soda.”
KDP: RTD Beverages Grow, But Coffee Hampers Q3 Performance
Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) today posted a 2.3% year-over-year increase in net sales to $3.89 billion in Q3, fueled by segment growth in U.S. refreshment beverages and international markets that was weighed down by a continued decline in U.S. coffee sales.
Whole Foods’ 2025 Predictions
It’s already mid-way through October and 2025 will be here before we know it. With the new year coming up fast, Whole Foods Market has released its annual top 10 food and beverage forecast for 2025, including a few big things to watch out for in the beverage category. Here’s some of the highlights.
Distribution: HappyPop Goes To Texas, Ketone Drinks Abound
In distribution news, HappyPop has ventured out of Southern California with a 10-store launch in Central Market locations in Texas while ketone and kava beverages have signed on with Sprouts.
Open Water Unveils ‘Optimistic’ New Packaging
Ten years after launching, Open Water has refreshed its packaging in an effort to highlight the brand's sustainability mission as it aims to increase its retail footprint.
How Illicit Elixirs’ Approached Prime Day Promos
With the rise of online shopping, and omnipresence of platforms such as Amazon, Walmart and Target, the pressure to outperform past promotional events is building. Forget Black Friday, according to Illicit Elixirs’ co-founder Jason Gaboriau, Amazon Prime Day events have “become a pop culture moment.”
NielsenIQ: Non-Alcoholic Beverages Report Sequential Sales Growth
Non-alcoholic beverage sales continued to tick back up in the latest two-week period, driven by “stronger” volume growth paired with “slightly softer” pricing.
Another Round? How Adult NA Retailers Keep Customers Coming Back
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.
Insider Daily Briefing: Gopuff’s Latest Delivery? New Tools For Advertisers
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.
Insider Daily Briefing: Why Cannabevs Keep Chugging Despite Challenges
Daily BevNET readers are likely aware of the regulatory setbacks that have hit big cannabis markets like California and New Jersey in recent weeks, but despite those challenges more cannabis industry players are flocking to the opportunity.
Low-ABV Brands Aim To Prove They’re More Than ‘Diet’ Wine
Low-ABV wine is trying to thread the needle between non-alc and moderating consumers by offering a product that assuages the health concerns of alcohol consumption while maintaining the flavor and experience of traditional wine.
NielsenIQ: Volume Improvement Fuels “Moderate” Sales Growth
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.
Working It Out: Will THC Infused Sports Drinks Improve Category Performance?
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.
Just Ice Tea Wants to Lead Tea’s Next Wave
Since its 2022 speedrun from concept to launch in the wake of Honest Tea’s demise, Just Ice Tea has often measured its successes against its predecessor’s 24-year-long lifespan. And that is still the benchmark for Seth Goldman as Just establishes itself as the number two RTD tea in the natural channel.