Beverage Industry Magazine

Beverage Industry - February 2019

2019 February

February’s cover feature tells the story of Cott Corporation and its journey in how it became one of the biggest companies in the HOD market. Also examined in this month’s issue is the top trends in the wine, health-and-wellness, and cognitive health and energy categories. Discover other top trends in products, packaging and ingredients!

Check back throughout the month for additional content.

Cover Story

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Tom Harrington, chief executive officer for Cott Corporation. - Beverage Industry

Cott Corporation sees bright future with HOD water

Cott’s services business reaches 2.5 million customers
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Jessica Jacobsen
February 21, 2019
Given the volume growth of packaged water, beverage manufacturers have taken notice of how consumers are reaching for hydration beverages over sweeter options, prompting them to rethink their own portfolios. This shifting sentiment caught the attention of Cott Corporation, thereby paving the way for the beverage manufacturer to create a new identity for itself.
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Features

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Hoist bottles with shrink sleeves. - Beverage Industry

Shrink, stretch labels revolutionize beverage packaging

Suppliers address sustainability through downgauging
jessica Jacobsen
Jessica Jacobsen
February 5, 2019
Today’s consumers are blessed with an ever-growing choice of beverage solutions. As these beverage options proliferate, so do the packaging options. Among the options, shrink and stretch labeling materials are “stretching” the creativity brand owners can utilize for packaging.
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Guayusa leaf extract. - Beverage Industry

Cognitive health, energy ingredients drive usage upswing

Ingredient suppliers offer options to boost energy and cognition
Barbara Harfmann
February 6, 2018

When it comes to beverage fortification, beverage-makers have embarked on their own quest to provide consumers with functional cognitive performance and energy, and ingredient suppliers are ensuring brand owners have more options that will support these dual benefits.


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Distribution Technologies Racking System - Beverage Industry

Storage systems, ASRS address space issues in beverage plants

Automated storage and retrieval systems can provide 50 percent more space
February 14, 2019
To keep up with burgeoning stock, warehouse experts are “looking up” and strategizing storage solutions that deal with decreased high-moving SKUs and the challenges of “long tail” slow-moving products.
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BevOps Fleet Summit 2019 in Las Vegas - Beverage Industry

BevOps Fleet Summit heads to Las Vegas

Annual summit welcomes fleet, operations experts
February 15, 2019
An event for beverage warehousing and distribution professionals, the BevOps Fleet Summit will take place March 19-21 at the M Resort Spa & Casino in Henderson, Nev. The three-day conference will address the business challenges and industry trends of today’s beverage marketplace and how operators can prepare for what’s next.
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Me and the Bees Lemonade - Beverage Industry

Me & the Bee’s Lemonade celebrates 10 years of ‘bee-lieving’

Founder and CEO Mikaila Ulmer pitched story on “Shark Tank”
Barbara Harfmann
February 18, 2019

Not many 12 year olds can say that they have pitched their business on TV’s “Shark Tank,” introduced then-President Barack Obama at the United State of Women Summit, who jokingly suggested he should work for her, and formed her own nonprofit, Healthy Hive Foundation, which is aimed at saving the honeybee and the food supply.


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Beverage operators must develop effective maintenance plans

Preventative, emergency plans necessary for effective program
John Peter Koss - Beverage Industry
John Peter Koss
February 25, 2019
Every segment of the beverage industry is a capital intensive operation. The facility, machinery, equipment and processes required to build a carbonated soft drink (CSD) plant, brewery, winery or distillery creates assets from which a return would be expected. With such important investments, the created assets must be protected to ensure maximized utilization and efficiency, as well as minimized downtime and damage.
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Columns

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Copper Fox Distiller New Branding - Beverage Industry

Copper Fox Distillery rebrands whiskey, gin portfolio

Brand consolidation under Copper Fox reflects distiller’s history, culture
February 11, 2019
“The new packaging and label design better organizes our current product portfolio, better communicates our rich brand story at the shelf, and helps cut down on confusion as it didn’t seem that people understood our Copper Fox Rye and Wasmund’s Single Malt were from the same distillery,” said Rick Wasmund, founder and master distiller at Copper Fox Distillery, in statement.
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GO!Smart organic cold-pressed juice - 7-Eleven - Beverage Industry

7-Eleven adds 3 cold-pressed, organic juices

7-Select GO!Smart available in Pomegranate, Blackberry, Melon
February 11, 2019
The new 7-Select GO!Smart 100 percent fruit juices feature unusual varieties that aren’t typically found in every grocery and convenience store, the company says.
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Beverage companies continue to promote their brands

February 13, 2019
PepsiCo launched Hello Goodness, a fleet of self-driving robots that contain snacks and beverages for college students. Rapper Pusha-T and 1800 Tequila launched a new recording and artist discovery platform. Pizza Hut announced it will continue to expand its category-first beer delivery program.
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A sweet, lower-calorie taste

Ingredient company introduces ASTRAEA Allulose sweetener
February 13, 2019
The on-trend sweetener is 70 percent as sweet as sugar and helps manufacturers reduce sucrose in their recipes and develop reduced-calorie food and beverages to meet growing consumer demand, the companies say.
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GEA Craft Yeast Propagator

Sales of GEA Craft Propagator now underway

Equipment enables craft brewers to experiment with yeast varietals, beer flavors
February 18, 2019

With production volumes ranging from 5 to 25 hectoliters, the propagator’s dimensions are adaptable to GEA’s brewhouse solutions CRAFTSTAR and COMPACT-STAR, which encompass brew sizes of 25 to 125 hectoliters, the company says.


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Delta T Systems Chiller - Beverage Industry

Ambient dew points now standard in all Delta T Systems’ chillers

Controller adapts temperature, humidity to improve polymer strength, appearance
February 19, 2019
To help companies that produce wine, beer, distilled or dairy products or that require heating and/or cooling as part of its beverage process, Delta T Systems Inc. announced that its chiller technology now incorporates ambient dew points as a control system variable.
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SOMIC FLEXX III - Beverage Industry

Somic America offers new packaging machine

Retail-ready case packaging system displays products in nested or standing
February 20, 2019
The new concept allows manufacturers to pack primary packages in a flat, nested position or a standing display orientation, the company says.
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Charles Ross & Son multi-shaft mixer, Model PVM-1500. - Beverage Industry

Charles Ross & Son improves multi-shaft mixer

Model PVM-1500 operates at lower cost
February 25, 2019
The new lifting design is a double-acting, fully hydraulic cylinder operating at a much higher pressure, allowing for a smaller cylinder and significantly less oil for operation, the company says.
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