Plant-based milk alternatives have surged 61% in the last five years and will continue to grow, while cow’s milk differentiates into new products to slow its decline.
Using LED lighting, hydroponics and climate control, Farm.One vertical farm in New York is growing in success to deliver year-round fresh plants and herbs to its customers.
Far from being just a drink from the past, mead is becoming a ‘drink of the future’ in the premium alcoholic beverages category, according to a report by GlobalData.
New Zealand dairy cooperative Fonterra is adding a new channel to its global foodservice business – Beverage House – to capitalize on what it says is an increased global demand for ‘adventurous’ tea and coffee drinks.
A Mintel report found that 55% of all American consumers prefer drinking at home to going out; and 61% of millennials say the reason they stay home is because it’s cheaper. In response, bars need to think about offering consumers a unique experience....
Cold brew coffee may have up to twice the caffeine as conventional hot brewed coffee, but research done by Kerry found that the beverage’s flavor profile provides an even stronger draw for consumers to the category.
Functional beverages have come a long way since consumers first got a taste of drinks that delivered more than taste and refreshment, LA Libations founder and CEO Danny Stepper said at The Beverage Forum in Chicago this week.
The Pulse Beverage Corporation has secured international distribution to bring its Natural Cabana lemonade and limeade drinks to the Republic of China (Taiwan) through US-based distributor, Better4U Food & Beverage Inc.
Despite being one of the largest bottled water markets globally with an overall consumer trend towards premiumization, the growth of bottled water’s retail sales have slowed and are projected to continue to decline due to market saturation, Mintel finds....
Online grocery offers huge potential for the alcohol category as the virtual channel accounts for just 5% of all online alcohol sales (US$1.7bn) currently but will soon explode, according to Rabobank.
Diageo has acquired Belsazar to expand in the aperitif sector as consumers shift towards more casual occasions, seeing demand for lower ABV (Alcohol By Volume) cocktails and an increase in long drinks.
CCL Industries has signed a binding agreement to acquire Treofan America and Trespaphan Mexico Holdings from M&C for approximately $255m with the deal expected to close in Q2, 2018.
Brown-Forman’s American whiskey portfolio, which includes Jack Daniel’s products and super-premium brands like Woodford Reserve and Old Forester, has shown strong growth in Q318 helped by product innovation and increased marketing efforts.
Australia's Bundaberg Brewed Drinks has entered a distribution partnership with PepsiCo, bringing its craft sodas to more than 400,000 US stores, restaurants, and bars later this month.
Sainsbury’s own ‘Fairly Traded’ label must take more care to distinguish itself sufficiently from the Fairtrade Foundation scheme, says the UK’s advertising standards watchdog, as it bans one advert for ‘Fairly Traded’ tea from running again.
Off-premise beer consumption has stalled recently while on-premise drinking at bars and restaurants continues to grow, which has made way for a third channel of beer drinking centered around community and experience, says the Brewers Association (BA).
Analyst: 'Playing on the organic theme is a logical move'
Michelob Ultra has expanded its low-calorie portfolio with the launch of Michelob Ultra Pure Gold, a beer made with organic grains, further tapping into a growing consumer audience seeking a balanced, active lifestyle.
PureCircle is set to plant nearly 16,000 tons of stevia in 2018 - a 200% increase from the year before - to meet increasing global industry demand for a zero-calorie sweetener that tastes ‘the most sugar-like.’
PepsiCo’s CEO says 2018 will be a year of 'robust marketing in innovation' for its legacy and new, innovative beverage brands after organic sales of the company’s North American Beverages segment - its largest division - slipped by 3% in Q4...
Growth for the core Heineken brand – including performance ‘ahead of expectations’ for new alcohol-free Heineken 0.0 – has helped boost Heineken’s FY2017 results.
Private equity firm Castanea Partners has made a minority investment in Portland, Oregon-based Brew Dr. Kombucha’s parent company Townshend Group (TTG), with an eye on expanding the organic kombucha brand’s US reach and consumer awareness.
The widening spectrum of low- and no-alcohol options and smaller packs and serving sizes are finding relevance in mature markets, according to Euromonitor.
Canadian R&D company and brewer of alcohol-free beer, Province Brands, has filed a provisional patent for the technology to develop a beer brewed from the cannabis plant.
Los Angeles-based Right On Brands, makers of cannabinoid (CBD) flavored Endo Water, has partnered with distributor Statewide Beverage Company to expand its reach in California, riding the growth of CBD consumer products.
The beer industry’s first round of consolidation is largely over as macro US brewers have slowed their pace of craft brewery acquisitions, making way for other types of deals that offer small brewers new paths forward, says Rabobank.
International Dispensing Corporation (IDC) has successfully partnered with ZAP Logistics dairy distributor to deliver unrefrigerated milk using ‘The Answer’ aseptic tap.
Private label wine is building momentum in the US, thanks to national supermarket chains such as Aldi, Trader Joe’s, Costco, and Whole Foods taking on the identity as trusted wine vendors, says Brian Sharoff, president of Private Label Manufacturers Association...
Diageo-owned Guinness has released a 'full-flavored, non-alcoholic' lager, Open Gate Pure Brew, created after two years of experimentation by brewers at St. James Gate in Dublin, Ireland.
Cha Gardens has introduced a low-yield high-end tea, grown at an altitude of 2,100 to 2,300 meters in China’s Daba Mountain region, to the US market: available in select fine dining restaurants and online.
La Colombe Draft Latte has seized a 1% share of RTD coffee sales in the US grocery category after operating for one year, according to IRI data ending Dec. 3, 2017.
LGC Capital, Creso Pharma, and Baltic Beer Company have formed a joint venture company, CLV Frontier Brands, which aims to develop a full beverage portfolio using cannabis terpene blends and hemp ingredients worldwide, starting with beer.
Chicago loose-leaf tea company, Tiesta Tea, has broadened its portfolio with the launch of a ready-to-drink (RTD) cold brew tea line, a segment within the category that continues to heat up with consumer interest.
Nestlé Waters North America is considering building a $50m bottling facility in Centre County, Pennsylvania, US, driven by growing consumer demand for bottled water.
Consumption of alcoholic drinks has been largely static in recent years whereas the use of cannabis is growing and will continue to expand, offering a commercial opportunity for the alcohol industry in North America, according to Euromonitor analysts.
Western Europe continues to account for the vast majority of global Champagne sales (75%) with France making up 49% of global volume sales, followed by the UK at 10%, Euromonitor data shows.
JAB Holding Company’s path of coffee acquisitions continues with a $361m bid from its subsidiary tea and coffee business, Jacobs Douwe Egberts (JDE), for Malaysia’s OldTown Berhad.
