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April brought healthy growth to the non-alcoholic beverage sector, as the category reported dollar sales up 2.3% in the 52-week period ending May 2, according to the latest analysis of NielsenIQ data by Goldman Sachs Equity Research.
A growing synergy between beverage brands and gummy supplements is benefiting both categories as consumers seek more functional consumables.
Functional wellness shot and cold-pressed juice brand Sol-ti has hired experienced beverage industry operators to help expand its retail footprint.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Attempting to separate fact from fiction in a short seller report is a dangerous pastime, no doubt. Last week’s NINGI Research report on Vita Coco does all but light the final match after dousing the coconut water company in flammable rhetoric, concluding after an incendiary 20 pages that “we don’t see why anyone should bet on this horse.”
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.
How does a boutique wellness bar — sporting no less than 32 juice SKUs and 12 shots, not to mention a host of other offerings — stake a claim to retail store shelves? That’s the question driving Pressed CEO Justin Nedelman.
It may be making a killing in the U.S., but Liquid Death turned up DOA across the pond.
Amid the growing coconut water set, 100 Coconuts is using partnerships with recognizable properties like Disney and Inter Miami to drive trial and build repeat customers in the natural channel.
In 2020, for reasons that should probably be obvious to everybody by now, foot traffic in the convenience channel plummeted. But times have quite thankfully changed and traffic is back up (+58.6% since January 2021, to be precise) as in-store sales surpassed $327.6 billion annually.
PepsiCo will spend the year ahead restoring consumer demand for snacks and drinks in North America after facing revenue declines in Q4 2024, CEO Ramon Laguarta said in an earnings report today.
Hemp-derived THC drink brands and beverage-alcohol distributors are growing closer as they seek to open up new opportunities in higher-dose products as value becomes a more pressing metric for shoppers.
The A2 dairy milk market didn’t exist in the U.S. two decades ago, but consumer interest is on the way up even as the overall dairy space faces declines.
