Philadelphia-based La Colombe announced growth with Whole Foods Market Inc., Austin, Texas, which launches the brand into the national spotlight as a key relationship for the retailer, the company says.

Phillips Distilling Co., Princeton, Minn., announced Revel Stoke has introduced a bold new line of flavored whiskies that speaks to today's independent whisky drinker.

INDOGGO Gin, a spirits brand developed by multi-faceted entertainer and hip-hop legend Snoop Dogg, in partnership with Princeton, Minn.-based Prestige Beverage Group and Trusted Spirits, New York, announced its first nationwide bus tour across the United States. 

More than 7,000 brewing industry professionals convened in Denver for the 38th annual Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America (CBC) presented by the Brewers Association (BA).

Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market’s global buyers and experts unveiled their Top 10 anticipated food trends for 2022 in the retailer’s seventh-annual Trends predictions. Buzz-less spirits, yuzu, reducetarianism and functional beverages made with prebiotics and botanicals are among the food influences expected to rise in popularity next year.

Hopland, Calif.-based Fetzer announced its Thanksgiving campaign ahead of its key selling period. Developed with media agency Cutwater, Here's to #Friendsgiving offers a 2021 take on Fetzer's traditional Thanksgiving campaigns, as America's most diverse generation yet comes to the table with new ways to connect and with new favorite foods, the company says.

The latest evaluation of a public commitment by America’s beverage companies and brokered by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to reduce the sugar people get from beverages shows that consumption of full-calorie beverages declined in 2020 as consumers shifted toward low- and zero-sugar beverages for the fourth consecutive year.

Middleborough, Mass.-based, agricultural cooperative Ocean Spray, in partnership with actor, director and cookbook author Jesse Tyler Ferguson, launched the hashtag #BetterTogether initiative in support of the national campaign No Kid Hungry. 

Birmingham, Mich.-based Happi, introduced its signature, cannabis-infused sparkling water: Happi. With all-natural, vegan ingredients and a microdose of 2.5 mg of THC in each can, Happi is Michigan’s first-to-market cannabis infused water, as it aims to redefine happy hour with a better-for-you alcohol alternative, the company says.

For consumers looking to get a jump on seasonal holiday flavors, Seattle-based Starbucks Corp. released it Starbucks holiday at-home products.