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Following an appearance on ABC’s “Shark Tank” and support from local investors, entrepreneur Danny Grossfeld launched HOTSHOT, an innovation that makes hot ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee.

Titan tea introduced two new flavors to its lineup of ready-to-drink teas. 

When Seth Goldman co-founded Honest Tea in 1998, he set out to not just develop not-too-sweet, organic beverages, but also a company that exemplifies honesty and integrity throughout its supply chain, product development, packaging and much more.

Lexaria Corp. offers ViPova, its line of cannabis-infused teas made with hemp derived CBD.

Seattle-based Starbucks Coffee Co. expanded its commitment to supporting the specialty coffee industry by announcing that it will distribute coffee trees to farmers most impacted by coffee rust, a plant fungus that damages millions of coffee trees around the world, the company says. Through September 2016, Starbucks will plant a coffee tree for every bag of coffee purchased in participating U.S. stores.

Anchorhead Coffee added a new ready-to-drink (RTD) cold-brew coffee to its product lineup. 

Dallas-based 7-Eleven is taking coffee home again with the launch of 7-Eleven-branded coffee pods for single-serve brewing systems, the company says. 

As a new mom, I have learned to embrace the phrase multi-tasking. I did not think that I would have perfected the morning ritual of singing “Pop Goes the Weasel,” applying makeup and rocking a baby at the same time, but I have. Although beverage-makers don’t need to include nursery rhymes in their product formulations, they are doing their own type of multi-tasking.

Obesity rates have more than doubled in adults and children since the 1970s, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Approximately 78.6 million adults are overweight or obese, with 12.7 million children and adolescents in the same category.

Convenience stores sit in a unique niche where they are presented with consumers and behaviors not found in any other food or beverage retail sector. The biggest challenge, yet opportunity, is that 84 percent of items purchased at convenience stores are consumed within the hour of purchase, according to the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS), Alexandria, Va.