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BevNET Podcast Ep. 57: Whole Foods Fights to Remain Relevant
12 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Tim Sperry spent nearly 25 years as an executive at Whole Foods and was a key figure in the company's ascent from a small grocery chain to a household...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 56: Going Next Level With FoodFutureCo
05 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In an interview recorded for this edition of the BevNET Podcast, we sat down with Gigi Lee Chang, the managing director of cause-oriented food busines...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 55: Juicero Jeopardy, Sour Soylent, and Avoiding the Bottle Blues
28 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of the podcast, BevNET's John Craven and Jeff Klineman discussed some of the big stories in the food and beverage business, including ...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 54: Fixing The Disconnect Between Functionality and Brand Story
21 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Livio Bisterzo thinks millennials are the new hippies. And he's got just the snack for them. A longtime entrepreneur, Bisterzo is the founder and CEO ...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 53: IRI CEO on How Artificial Intelligence Will 'Automate The Simple'
14 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Last week IRI, a global market research firm based in Chicago, held its annual "Growth Summit," a three-day conference designed to help CPG manufactur...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 52: How To Revolutionize, Democratize Healthy Food? Chew On It.
07 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Adam Melonas has a pretty simple mission: he wants you to eat tasty, healthy snacks. The Australian-born chef and entrepreneur is the founder and CEO ...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 51: Ripe Opportunities to Win in Beverage
31 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mining trends at the recently held Natural Products Expo West 2017, Howard Telford, a senior beverages analyst with market research firm Euromonitor, ...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 50: The Dirty Way To Disrupt Distribution; Why Change Is Progress
24 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Zak Normandin is a determinedly practical entrepreneur. As a new father, he was concerned that there were few companies selling organic foods for babi...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 49: Bulletproof's Dave Asprey Wants to Save Your Life, One Bio-Hack At a Time
17 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As the founder and CEO of Bulletproof Nutrition, Dave Asprey presides over a company dedicated to hacking human biology through nutrient-dense food an...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 48: When's The Right Time to Sell? Nick Giannuzzi Suggests a Heat Check.
09 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of the BevNET Podcast, we're joined by prominent food and beverage attorney Nick Giannuzzi. The founder and managing partner of the Th...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 47: Klocked In -- Why Sparking Ice Is Looking for a Stablemate
02 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kevin Klock, the president and CEO of Talking Rain, believes that while timing and some luck played a role in the remarkable success of Sparkling Ice,...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 46: Why "You're Your Own Best Salesman"; Protein's Potential
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of the BevNET Podcast, we're joined by Michael Schwartz, the co-founder and managing partner of Organic Food Incubator, a shared produ...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 45: How Reda Reigns As One of NYC's Beverage Kingmakers
17 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Big Geyser, the largest independent beverage distributor in metro New York, has played a critical role in the development of some of the most successf...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 44: BodyArmor/Vitaminwater Co-Founder Mike Repole: "It's Gold or Nothing."
10 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Repole, the co-founder of BodyArmor, is unsatisfied. Why? Because BodyArmor, despite its impressive growth in recent years, is not the world's to...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 43: Will Bevi Make Bottled Water Obsolete?
03 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, the podcast team visited the Boston offices of Bevi, a high-tech water cooler that customizes still and sparkling water with unsweetened, z...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 42: Rounding Out the Numbers With Investment Platform CircleUp
27 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the past two years, crowd investing firm CircleUp has morphed from solely a platform for investors to fund innovative, early-stage consumer brands ...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 41: Five Brand Attributes That Spell Success for Whipstich's Mike Burgmaier
13 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
BevNET's podcast team recently visited with Mike Burgmaier, the co-founder and managing director of Whipstitch Capital, an investment bank that provid...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 40: The Trends to Watch in Beverage, Beer and Food
06 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Year two of the BevNET Podcast begins with a discussion on trends to watch in the worlds of non-alcoholic beverages, craft beer and natural foods. In ...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 39: What Happens at BevNET Live…
22 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It took us a couple of weeks to recover from the biggest BevNET Live conference yet, but in this edition of the podcast, we reflected on the three-day...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 38: Mouthwatering Innovation? FoodMinds Says It's In the Can.
16 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of the BevNET Podcast, the team is joined by Grant Prentice, the vice president of strategic insights for FoodMinds, a food nutrition ...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 37: Califia Farms CEO: "The Biggest Could Be Ahead of Us"
09 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Greg Steltenpohl, the CEO of Califia Farms and a beverage entrepreneur for nearly four decades, is constantly thinking about innovation. For Steltenpo...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 36: High-Stepping With L.A. Libations Co-Founder
02 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The career of Danny Stepper, a co-founder of beverage incubator L.A. Libations, is one that comes with lot of stories -- and he's happy to tell them. ...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 35: Health-Ade Co-Founder -- Kombucha is Poster Child for "Real Food" Movement
18 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Health-Ade's new 50,000 sq. ft. production facility in Torrance, Calif. is impressive: state-of-the art equipment, automated technology, and plenty of...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 34: Zico's Mark Rampolla -- Investors Love Brands Focused on Systematic Change
11 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
These days Zico founder Mark Rampolla spends most of his time thinking about transformative technology and better-for-you sweets. Three years removed ...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 33: The Secret Sauce in Coke's Recipe for Entrepreneurial Investment
04 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
A couple weeks ago, the podcast team had an opportunity to sit down with Scott Uzzell, the president of the Coca-Cola Co.'s Venturing and Emerging Bra...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 32: Conveniently, a Conversation About BevNET's Five-Star Reviews
28 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
After a few weeks on the road, the podcast team finally made it back in the conference room at BevNET HQ, where we recently chatted about our travels....
BevNET Podcast Ep. 31: What's Trending Among London's Libations?
21 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
For this week's episode of the BevNET podcast, we've crossed the Atlantic to explore a beverage market that's outside of our usual coverage area: Lond...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 30: The Dirty Secret About Success in the Beverage Industry
14 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of the BevNET podcast, we're joined by Gerry Khermouch, a longtime beverage reporter and the editor of email newsletter Beverage Busin...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 29: Why ACG, An Early Investor In Suja, Doesn't "Make Bets"
11 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Trevor Nelson, the co-founder and managing partner of private equity firm Alliance Consumer Growth (ACG) is admittedly gunshy about speaking to the me...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 28: Gatorade and the Gatekeepers of Sports Drinks with ESPN's Darren Rovell
07 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Darren Rovell, the veteran ESPN sports business reporter, wrote the book on Gatorade -- literally. His 2005 feature First in Thirst: How Gatorade Turn...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 27: The Next Investment Target for General Mills' 301 Inc. Unit Is...
04 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
At Natural Products Expo East 2016, BevNET's podcast team sat down with John Haugen, the vice president and general manager of General Mills' 301 Inc....
BevNET Podcast Ep. 26: Blogging The Food Revolution with Max Goldberg
30 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Influential blogger and organic food pundit Max Goldberg stopped by the BevNET Podcast home office this week for a discussion of the state of the orga...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 25: What Are The Next Billion Dollar Brands? Tom First Tells.
23 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This week, the podcast team is joined by veteran entrepreneur, investor and advisor Tom First, best known as the co-founder Nantucket Nectars. First i...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 24: Hacking Expo East
16 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Natural Products Expo East 2016 opens next week, and this edition of the podcast offers our take on how exhibitors and attendees can make the most of ...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 23: It's Effectively Our Take on Probiotics
09 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of the podcast, we follow up on a recent BevNET Magazine article that examined a growing controversy regarding standards and regulatio...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 22: Milking It -- Alt-Dairy Continues to Roll
02 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
With almond milk leading the charge, the dairy alternative category continue to impress. Recent retail sales data compiled by IRI, a Chicago-based mar...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 21: Trendspotting -- Where's the White Space?
26 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The cold brew coffee craze is sweeping through the beverage industry, and it seems like everyone's trying to get a piece of the action. But we've seen...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 20: Can Nostalgia Nudge The Needle? (Or, Could Crystal Pepsi Change Your Life?)
19 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In June PepsiCo announced the return of Crystal Pepsi, a clear and caffeine-free cola that debuted in the early 1990's. Although it was positioned as ...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 19: The Wind Up & The Pitch -- Talking to the Media
12 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We're asked all the time: how can I get news about my brand featured on BevNET? Well, you can start by saying hello :) Certainly, there are time-teste...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 18: Cold Brew On Fleek
05 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In recent months, the cold brew coffee category has been inundated with dozens of new products. While most have been launched by regional-focused star...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 17: Entrepreneurship and The Roots of Our Labor
29 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Yes, BevNET staffers have their individual quirks, mannerisms and styles, but it would be a bit of a stretch to describe the team as a motley crew; we...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 16: Honestly, Seth, This Was Beyond A Meaty Visit
22 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ah, to be in the Whole Foods Pentagon City. that's where super-entrepreneur Seth Goldman — co-founder of Honest Tea and Current Chairman of Beyond M...
BevNET Podcast 15: Chewing the Fancy Food Fat
14 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The combined forces of BevNET and Project NOSH descended on the Fancy Food Show in Manhattan a couple of weeks ago, and while the beverage team has al...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 14: Confused About Carbonation? Spindrift Wants to Keep It Simple.
08 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Since its debut in 2010, Spindrift, which markets craft sodas and sparkling water drinks made with fresh fruit juice, has focused messaging on the "re...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 13: Getting Fancy in The City That Never Sleeps
01 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Back in the Big Apple for the third time in less than a month, the BevNET team rallied once more, this time to cover the 2016 Summer Fancy Food Show. ...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 12: Talking Points, Insights from BevNET Live Summer 2016
24 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
After a whirlwind eight days in which BevNET produced three conferences, we've taken some much needed time to sit down and reflect. Beginning in Brook...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 11: Fred Hart on Cutting Edge Design Trends
17 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The following podcast features a captivating discussion with Fred Hart, the creative director at Interact, a Boulder-based branding and design firm. H...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 10: Keeping It Legal With Justin Prochnow
17 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 10 of the BevNET Podcast, we sit down with Justin Prochnow, a partner at Greenberg Traurig, to discuss current legal and regulatory issues ...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 9: Did You Really Create a New Category?
10 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Beverage entrepreneurs hear it all the time: "how is your brand differentiated from what's currently available on the market?" It's often distributors...
BevNet Podcast Ep. 8: How to Win Friends... and the New Beverage Showdown
03 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
We're just a few days away from BevNET Live Summer 2016, and with it the eleventh edition of the conference's signature beverage brand competition, th...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 7: Coffee With the Beverage Whisperer
27 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The team had a chance to evaluate some products with beverage industry investor, advisor, board member and raconteur Ken Sadowsky when dropped by the ...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 6: The 2016 Craft Brewers Conference
25 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of the BevNET Podcast, Chris Furnari, the editor of Brewbound, joins us to discuss his takeaways from the massive, 14,000-attendee Cra...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 5: Weighing in on Water's Premium Set; To Build or Not to Build?
20 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of the BevNET Podcast, we discuss the swelling ranks of premium water brands and efforts by marketers to stand out from the pack. We a...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 4: Downloading With Doug Evans, The Founder of Juicero
13 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this podcast, BevNET CEO John Craven interviews Doug Evans, the founder and CEO of Juicero, a new high-tech countertop juicing machine. Recorded in...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 3: The Office Cooler -- What Drinks Get the Love and Why
11 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Every week we receive samples of new drinks sent to us from a wide variety of beverage companies, ranging from Red Bull to upstart cold-pressed juice ...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 2: Juice Served Here, There and Everywhere
06 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this edition of the BevNET podcast, BevNET CEO John Craven sits down with Alex Matthews, the co-founder and CEO of Juice Served Here, a fast-growin...
BevNET Podcast Ep. 1: Waste Not, Juice More
26 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Discussing a growing trend in repurposing food waste, the pitfalls of cause-based marketing, a surging nut milk category and sugar as "public enemy nu...