Califia Farms, a leading plant-based food and beverage company, announced that Dave Ritterbush has been named chief executive officer (CEO). Greg Steltenpohl, plant-based pioneer and the company's founder will retire as CEO and remain on the board as an executive director.
QR codes on limited-edition bottles take citizen to registration site
Jones Soda Co., Seattle, is putting voter registration tools into customers’ hands with voting-themed labels featuring QR codes taking citizens directly to a registration site.
For the upcoming holiday season, Heineken, a brand of HEINEKEN USA, White Plains, N.Y., has created “unlimited” different bottles each with a unique number and design.
StoneShine combines Stone’s hops, fruits with JuneShine’s hard kombucha formulation
JuneShine and Stone Brewing, both San Diego based, have joined forces to create StoneShine: a limited-edition hard kombucha flavor. With a 6 percent alcohol by volume, StoneShine mixes Stone’s legendary hops and Masumoto Farm’s famed stone fruits into JuneShine’s signature hard kombucha formulation, the companies say. Like JuneShine’s original flavors, StoneShine is organic, gluten free, non-GMO, and contains antioxidants, vitamins and probiotics.
Dos Equis, a brand of White Plains, N.Y.-based HEINEKEN USA, announced the latest updates to its packaging as part of an overall brand refresh to maintain relevance with today’s consumer.
NFL-themed Bud Light packaging to be available at retail beginning Sept. 7
Bud Light, a brand of St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch, announced that fans who select Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Gardner Minshew II in the first round of their Fantasy Football draft can enter for a chance to win a case worth of Bud Light.
Association will provide leadership in transition to circular economy for plastics
The American Beverage Association (ABA), Washington, D.C., announced it has joined the newly formed U.S. Plastics Pact as a Not-for-Profit Founding Activator. In this role, ABA will provide leadership in the transition to the circular economy for plastics and work with pact stakeholders to promote its acceleration, the association says.
Company on track to achieve goal of 100% recyclable or compostable packaging and 30% PCR content by 2025
Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Burlington, Mass., and Plano, Texas, published its 2019 Corporate Responsibility Report, highlighting a year in which the company made advancements on its goals to reduce packaging waste, improve energy and water efficiency and secure responsibly sourced coffee and brewers.
Seasonal craft beers available in variety pack, Pumpkin available on draft and 6-packs
Boston-based Harpoon Brewery and Dunkin’, Canton, Mass., are at it again, launching a series of new coffee- and doughnut-infused beers for fall. A trio of new beers, Harpoon Dunkin’ Pumpkin Spiced Latte Ale, Boston Kreme Stout, and Jelly Donut IPA, join Harpoon Dunkin’ Coffee Porter on shelves this September and mark the first time beers have been brewed with actual doughnuts from Dunkin’, the companies say.