Basket sizes for frozen foods, packaged foods and beverages up vs. 2019
May 5, 2020
For the United States, sales trends remain slightly elevated as total store sales are up 4.1 percent, according to IRI data. Total non-edible sale are relatively flat (up 0.8 percent), while total edible sales are up 5.1 percent.
Kombucha Heal-In helps deliver kombucha to frontline workers
May 5, 2020
Kombucha Brewers International (KBI), Los Angeles, has rallied the industry for a giveback program to help healthcare workers and food banks throughout the United States. The Kombucha Heal-In is a week-long initiative from May 5-11, with the goal of providing 100,000 bottles of kombucha to those on the frontlines as a way to protect and provide resilience for these most vulnerable populations, it says.
BNP Media, the parent company to Beverage Industry, has been monitoring the evolving situation around COVID-19/Coronavirus, which is rapidly changing. The health and safety of its attendees, sponsors, vendors and staff at its events remains a top priority.
Lime, Peach flavors added to spirit-crafted hard seltzer brand
May 4, 2020
Modesto, Calif.-based E. & J. Gallo's High Noon Hard Seltzer announced the addition of two new flavors to their portfolio: Lime and Peach. As the brand prepares for summer, High Noon also announced a media partnership with Barstool Sports, a next-generation sports media company.
#MyBrocktail Tip Program offers weekly tips as part of virtual cocktail challenge
May 1, 2020
New York-based Brockmans Gin and its team understands the restaurant and bar community in the United States and around the world is struggling through the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Third wave of research show current state of economy remains top concern
May 1, 2020
The COVID-19 outbreak has forced business leaders globally into uncharted territory as together we face the challenges surrounding the pandemic. In new research, Clear Seas Research, a BNP Media company, examines some of the different aspects.
Consumer Brands Association weekly study shows consumers report continued trust in CPG industry
April 29, 2020
New results released today by the Consumer Brands Association, Arlington, Va., show that in the survey’s eighth week, Americans have settled into pandemic life, feeling less concerned about the coronavirus but believing that the government will move to reopen the country sooner than it should.
Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) Burlington, Mass., and Plano, Texas, announced its first quarter results, which ended March 31, reporting a 4.4 percent net sales growth to $2.61 billion, compared with $2.5 billion a year ago.
In the Readers’ Choice: New Product of the Month for March, the visitors to bevindustry.com have shown that they are taking comfort in healthy solutions.
Beverage company adds Bang Energy drinks to distribution network
April 28, 2020
Purchase, N.Y.-based PepsiCo and Vital Pharmaceuticals Inc. (VPX), Weston, Fla., the manufacturer of Bang Energy drinks, announced that they have entered into an exclusive alliance for PepsiCo to distribute the portfolio of Bang Energy beverages in the United States. This alliance is effective immediately and is set to significantly increase distribution of the Bang beverage lineup, it says