With increased SKUs, retailers need to have broader product availability, and wholesalers want to have the ability to service those retailers more efficiently, as such, DSD solutions that aid with inventory, merchandising and forecasting automation are hot topics in the beverage industry.

Printing provider Brother Mobile Solutions Inc. (BMS) released the PocketJet 8 series, a suite of next-generation, full-page PocketJet printers.

By digitally connecting distributors to retailers, distributor salespeople have reallocated their time and reimagined how they approach their retail accounts.

Newly combined technology providers, Encompass Technologies + Orchestra Software announced that they have acquired Denver-based alcohol delivery startup Handoff. This acquisition furthers the company’s mission to digitally connect all tiers of the beverage industry, from first ingredients to last sip.

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), Burlington, Mass., and Plano, Texas, and The Honickman Companies, Pennsauken, N.J., jointly announced an agreement that allows KDP to sell and distribute key KDP brands in 18 counties serving 17 million people in New York and New Jersey. 

Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) and Polar Beverages, jointly announced a long-term franchise agreement that will provide national distribution to Polar Seltzer sparkling seltzer waters across all channels through KDP's direct-store-delivery (DSD) and manufacturing network.