Ready-to-drink tea company to build 110,000-square-foot production facility
January 31, 2023
Milo’s Tea Co., Bessemer, Ala., announced it will invest more than $130 million initially to build a new manufacturing and distribution facility in Spartanburg County, S.C. In the beginning, this new facility will bring more than 100 jobs to the area. Milo’s expects to break ground by mid-March 2023 and start production of its famous tea and lemonade in fall 2024.
Saint James Tea announced it is expanding its line of organic, ready-to-drink teas with a refreshing new flavor: Blood Orange & Hibiscus Organic Black Tea.
Just Ice Tea hits shelves this month at retailers nationwide
September 20, 2022
Co-founders of Honest Tea Seth Goldman and Barry Nalebuff announced their return to the bottled tea business alongside celebrity Chef Spike Mendelsohn with the launch of Just Ice Tea, a ready-to-drink organic iced tea brand focused on sourcing simple ingredients and Fair Trade Certified teas and sweeteners.
CLEAN Cause announced an exclusive can collection in honor of National Recovery Month. CLEAN Cause released 1,200 limited-edition cherry lime flavored cans featuring an exclusive label designed by Ben Haggerty, better known as Macklemore, with 100% of proceeds going to recovery housing scholarships.
This year’s State of the Industry report on the U.S. tea market notes that as the overall beverage market is adjusting to the impact of the pandemic, refrigerated, ready-to-drink (RTD) tea segments drive growth.
With the impact of the pandemic forcing the beverage market to adjust, experts note that, the tea and ready-to-drink (RTD) tea category have already begun recalibrating.