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Chlorophyll Water Seeking ‘Low Seven-Figure’ Round to Scale Into Aluminum, Walmart
Functional beverage Chlorophyll Water is raising its first institutional round as it unveils an aluminum can format and prepares to enter Walmart.
Quince Now Selling Food & Wine, Expanding Affordable Luxury
Online retailer Quince is now selling food and wine, as it begins building a curated set of premium, giftable products from specialty producers, global brands and more.
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GoodPop Set to Exit Beverages, Refocus on Core Frozen Biz
GoodPop has discontinued its kid-positioned sparkling juice drinks in order to focus on its core offerings in frozen treats.
Coffee, But Make It Like Skoal: New Formats Chase Caffeine Consumers
From pouches to sprays to pastes, on-the-go caffeine consumers searching for portable alternatives to coffee or energy drinks have new formats to choose from.
Pricing Action Can’t Lift Volume in Latest NielsenIQ Retail Report
The warm May weather doesn’t seem to have encouraged beverage sales, as non-alc volumes decelerated in the two-weeks ending May 31, according to the latest NielsenIQ data analysis by Goldman Sachs Equity Research.
Amazon Moves Whole Foods Leadership In-House
Amazon is consolidating the Whole Foods leadership team under its Worldwide Grocery Stores with Jason Buechel at the head.
How NIQ’s New Nutrition Scoring Could Guide Pricing
NielsenIQ has joined forces with FoodHealth Co. to integrate their respective datasets, enabling brands to spot and craft pitches around the incrementality their products could bring to a retailer’s set on the basis of price, health and how those factors affect consumer purchasing habits.
Going Green: THC Brands Line Up Investments Amid Regulatory Storm Clouds
Three hemp-derived THC brands have lined up new financing rounds of less than $2 million each, even as regulatory challenges mount state-by-state.
Fed Policies That Drag On Retail Could Be eGrocery’s Gain, Report Suggests
New government policies liable to drag down retail growth could be to the benefit of online grocers, with U.S. online grocery sales expected to outpace brick-and-mortar by 5.2x through 2029, according to a new report from ecommerce data and consulting firm Brick Meets Click.
Retailer Confidence Drops 15 Points Since 2024; 73% See Private Label as Priority
Uncertainty and pessimism are rising major among U.S. retailers as labor challenges and inflation have dampened future outlook, according to a report by Progressive Grocer last week.
Distribution: Laurel’s Takes A2 Lattes East With Wegmans
The Los Angeles-based RTD coffee maker is bringing its three-SKU line of A2 dairy milk-based lattes — including a new matcha variety — into all 150-plus Wegmans stores this month, a move that founder Isabel Washington says brings the brand deeper into a channel where it can thrive.
DoorDash: Consumers Increasing Adult Beverage Delivery Orders Across Bev-Alc, NA and THC
Consumers want more beverages delivered to their doorsteps – alcoholic and otherwise – according to a recent survey by food and beverage e-commerce delivery platform DoorDash.
Sales Rise Over Easter, But Will They Keep Up?
Some categories enjoyed a sales lift during the Easter holiday: in the 4-wks, CSDs (+6.5%), energy drinks (see below), and non-alc beer (+25.6%) picked up speed.
Beer Run: Can THC Brands Find Safety in Three-Tier System?
Having leveraged DTC distribution to meet the unique needs of the category, hemp brands are now facing a massive question: how to marry steady online sales with the larger opportunity within beverage-alcohol retail.
Web Weed: THC Drinks Crush It Online – But For How Long?
After successfully building a strong consumer base online with DTC, the hemp-derived THC drink category is weighing whether ecommerce is a viable long-term channel for success or a familiar first step to broader retail goals.
Oatly CEO: Company ‘On Track’ for First Year of Profitable Growth Since Going Public
Despite a “dynamic operating environment,” Oatly CEO Jean-Christophe Flatin claims the company remains on track to deliver its first full year of profitable growth since going public in 2021.