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Why the Big Apple’s Assault on Super-Sizes is Small Potatoes. NEW TERRITORY FOR TEA
THE HISPANIC BEER EQUATION
ANNIE’S IPO: WHY IT MATTERS TO BEVCOs
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Columns 4 COVER STORY FIRST DROP The Bloomberg Ban 6 PUBLISHERS TOAST Per Caps, Perhaps? 22 GERRY’S INSIGHTS Big Deal!
Departments 8 BEVSCAPE BUSINESS Campbell Soup Co. acquires Bolthouse 10 BEVSCAPE INNOVATION The FDA chases Rockstar 12 NEW PRODUCTS More dessert inspired vodka 18 CHANNEL CHECK Refrigerated teas 24 THE EXPERTS Bunnies and BevCos 4
58 PROMO PARADE Coca-Cola and track star David Oliver
Features 26 THE HISPANIC BEER EQUATION Why the nation’s fastest-growing ethnic population means big money for Mexican import brands 30 NEW TERRITORY FOR TEA New trends are helping to launch exciting brands and grow the category 30
Special Section 39 BEVNET’S 2012 WATER GUIDE Our annual guide to the category
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Regular readers of this column (all nine of you) are aware that I’m not one to blast regulation. In fact, my knee tends to jerk the other way, believing that, grandstanding aside, the social obligations of a business mean that most regulations are worthy of strong consideration and adoption. I have written in favor of careful regulation and scrutiny of additives and ingredient claims, as well as improving the utritional value of products while limiting their downside. On the other hand, I recently supported a pushback against extensive civil litigation against beverage companies when that litigation appears intended to enhance the lifestyle of the litigator more than the social compact. I’ve urged caution when it comes to marketing high-calorie, high-sugar products to children – particularly since I’m scared to have hyper children waiting for me at home. But I’ve also been impressed by the moves the industry has made to self-police when it comes to calorie and ingredient disclosure. It’s in that context that I have observed the immediate response to a proposal on “supersizing” from New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg – one echoed later by my city of residence, Cambridge, Mass. – to limit the sale of beverages that have more than 25 calories per 8 oz. serving to package sizes that are 16 oz. or less. Because it’s an ordinance proposed by the city’s Board of Health, it will be fairly easy for Bloomberg to get approval, and it will fall to him to enforce the ban on the establishments the Board of Health regulates, including restaurants, movie theatres, delis and sports arenas. Industry reaction has been predictable: the powers-that-be in the American Beverage Association and its allies, including groups representing restaurant and entertainment businesses, have been overwhelmingly against it, taking to the airwaves, putting up signs, lobbying, and organizing Astroturfed public rallies decrying the proposal. As I write this, the “Million Big Gulp March” has just finished up outside City Hall Park. Bloomberg has been portrayed as everything from nanny to meddling mom, but from a dietary standpoint, there’s 4 BEVNET MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST 2012
very little wrong with his basic rationale: too many calories are making too many people in New York obese, and drinks with lots of sugar are contributing to the extensive calorie load. And while the freedom to choose those calories may seem like an individual one, in fact, the overall impact of those choices is one that creates real costs for the public. It’s expensive, in other words, to fight the problems caused by a population that is unhealthily fat. It’s the same rationale that has been applied – successfully, and with little impact to the restaurants and bars – in the case of bans on cigarette smoking. But the supersize regulation is more complicated. For one thing, the ban would allow high-calorie milk-based products (some of which pack huge caloric loads and commensurate amounts of sugar) slide. Industry figures fighting caffeine regulation in energy drinks are used to comparing themselves to Starbucks coffees for caffeine content; that model works again when looking at calories: a 16 oz. Venti Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino, comes in at 350 calories; would make the cut. A 16.9 oz. PET bottle of Honest Tea Lemon Tea, which comes in at 80 calories per bottle, wouldn’t. Neither would a 20 oz. Vitaminwater (125 calories). There might be some variable that allows for packaging size discrepancies eventually applied to the regulation, but as it stands now, given the nuances of package formats, the havoc this proposal will wreak on shelf sets should comprise a legitimate cause for industry concern. Furthermore, there are inconsistencies in Bloomberg’s own finger pointing: he is a fan of the gorge-tastic Nathan’s Hot Dog eating contest and he’s cut the ribbon at Brooklyn Brewery expansions (significant because craft beer clocks in much higher calorically than comparable premium offerings). Also, under Bloomberg, New York has become the city that birthed a million cupcake bakeries and food trucks, and recently hosted the Great Googa Mooga, a culinary event that featured, among other decadent treats, Foie Gras-stuffed doughnuts. While calorie concerns are legitimate, the super-size beverage ban, with its obvi-
ous shortcomings (free refills, just buy two instead, etc.), is a symbolic one, but it also raises relevant questions about where the line should be drawn -- while also riling up an opposition that has historically been willing to work with local governments. With cigarettes, the issues were more straightforward, the villain was acting alone. Even banning trans-fats wasn’t a bad idea: again, there’s a single ingredient, and the industry tide had already turned against them. With calories, there’s a real “pound of feathers” argument: why not ban bacon in large portions? Or butter? Both of those items are readily available – are, in fact, thriving – in Bloomberg’s New York, without threat of caloricallyderived fine. But – and here’s the kicker – one just has to go to a cupcake bakery (they stick bacon in the frosting now, even) to see that there are regulations that work. Along with the trans-fat ban, one of the Bloomberg Administration’s most successful public health initiatives has been the requirement that chain restaurants display calorie counts on their menus. Here’s the rationale behind it, straight from the Department of Health’s campaign itself: “When people have access to calorie information, they use it. Health Department surveys have shown that when restaurant patrons use calorie information in deciding what to order, they average nearly 100 fewer calories in each meal purchased.” Guess what? Most of those plus-sized soft drink containers – at least the RTD ones – of beverages have been offering that calorie information up for years. Extending that disclosure shouldn’t be that hard at fountains, movie theatres and stadiums. Print it on the cups. Make the industry provide all the information you think they should. But don’t enact misleading, toothless, inconsistent bans, especially when you’re still encouraging them to chase their foie gras donut with a Frappuccino.
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PER CAPS, PERHAPS?
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I’m a stat man, always will be. I like to peruse them as a source of reference for where we’ve been and where we’re going. Every day we are inundated with numbers for substantiation, justification and the like. We show consumer trends, measure media, check the pulse of voters, shoppers and investors. The GDP is a key measurement of the health of our economy. The world revolves around the comings and goings of the Dollar, the Euro, the Yen. Stock markets around the world are the ultimate arbiters of the state of our success or failure. As a sports nut, I’m heavily invested in ERA, RBI, PPG, MPH, saves, wins and losses. I consume batting average, pitching charts, passing and running stats on a daily basis. Numbers give us a measurement of changes, trends, growth and slippage. So, I decided to look at them to determine where the beverage industry has been and where it might be going. We have many factors to look at, but I’ve always felt that Per Caps (annual gallon consumption per capita) give the best perspective. I’ve been in the industry for 20 years now and throughout my time I’ve always looked to these Per Caps. Fortunately, Beverage Marketing Corp. has chronicled this valuable data over the time frame I’ve been involved. Those numbers show how the industry has shifted over the years. When I first entered the marketplace, CSD’s were king. Sitting on their lofty perch around the mid 50’s, no other category came close. Ten years into my run, in 2001, CSD’s weighed in at 53, with beer and milk around 22, and bottled water and coffee at 18, juices at 14 and tea at 10. Sports drinks would garner a little over 2 and energy drinks were barely measureable. The obtuse “all others” comprised another 27. We like to think that we’ve changed so much, with all the new entries in the beverage arena. Yet, as we look over the trends during this timeframe, in reality, it’s not all that different. The shift has
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been the tremendous erosion of CSD’s. From 2001 to 2011, the category dropped 9 per caps. That’s a lot of soda taken off the table. The main beneficiary has been bottled water, which has gone from 18 to 29. Fifteen years ago, I was extolling the importance and growth of water. It’s nice to see I’m right occasionally. The other measurements from 2001 to 2011 show somewhat minimal shifts. With all the hoopla and excitement of sports drinks, the change is from mid 2’s to mid 4’s. Not all that much to write home about. Energy is still only in the mid 1’s. I was surprised by that. Still, you’re talking billions in sales. Beer and milk dropped 2 gallons, while coffee and tea remain the same. “All others” moved up one tick. We all look at the industry as one that re-invents itself and has seismic shifts. That perception is greater than the reality. The new drinks abound, but the business really hasn’t deviated from its core. Consumers just have so much capacity in their bellies. Over the years, the consumption level remains 192 per caps. That’s a lot to digest.
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BEVSCAPE BUSINESS
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Skinny Secures Financing Skinny found a fat wallet in the form of a sale of $9 million in preferred and common stock to investment firm Trim Capital, as well as a $6 million line of credit extended by Trim. Trim will eventually own 65 percent of the common stock of Skinny Water. “The investment Trim Capital is making in Skinny Water will give the Company the capital to execute its growth plan. Having access to this capital will allow us to accelerate our marketing and brand initiatives, add new product lines
under the Skinny Nutritional Corp. umbrella of Skinny trademarks and build inventory levels to satisfy the demand for our products,” said Michael Salaman, CEO of Skinny Nutritional Corp. Trim Capital LLC’s Managing Partner, Marc Cummins states “Skinny Water is exactly the type of investment we look for – one with the perfect combination of a solid consumer proposition, a healthy distribution system and a robust product pipeline that will continue to deliver great-tasting and healthy products to the marketplace.”
Bolthouse Bought by Campbell Soup Co. After a seven-year run with a private equity group transformed it from a familyowned agricultural concern into one of the country’s fastest-growing juice companies, Bolthouse Farms has been sold to Campbell Soup Co. for just over $1.5 billion.
CEO Leaves Jones Soda Bill Meissner, the CEO of Jones Soda, the Seattle-based brand CSD brand that has long been a youth favorite for its inventive flavors, creative, user-generated packaging and unconventional attitude, has resigned following a series of disagreements with the publicly-traded company’s board of directors. Leaving with Meissner were board chair Richard Eisworth and CFO James Stapleton. Meissner was replaced as CEO by Jennifer Cue, a former CFO and COO at Jones who rejoined the board in this year after leaving in 2005.Cue is the company’s fifth CEO in five years.
“It really just boiled down to strategic differences and how we viewed the business, its opportunities and challenges,” Meissner told BevNET. “It’s really important for a company to be aligned from the top down. Without this, execution becomes very difficult. The separation of the chairman, our CFO and me really allows the company to go forward with alignment on its view of the business and the strategy from the board all the way through the new management team. The company is expected to slash spending in an attempt to consolidate the gains it had made in rebuilding the Jones 8 BEVNET MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST 2012
brand behind its core offerings. Cue has long been regarded as one of the key employees who assisted the company’s rise under founder Peter van Stolk, although she left soon after van Stolk as the public company’s share price began to flag. “Our objective is to align the Company’s cost structure with its operating resources and position the Company for profitable revenue generation,” said Mick Fleming, the company’s new board chair. Meissner joined Jones in April, 2010, leaving Talking Rain, where he had also been CEO. He had immediately taken to the road to try to rebuild faith in the brand’s national DSD network. Under Meissner, the company had slashed several underperforming members of the brand family, including Naturals, Organics, 24C and Gaba, along with many Jones Soda varieties, instead focusing the company behind its best selling Jones Soda SKUs and trying to revive the company’s energy drink fortunes behind the WhoopAss line, which was re-branded with a more masculine, exercise-oriented image. In the spring, Jones attempted to move back into the natural channel via the launch of Jones au Naturel, a line of fortified natural CSDs with fiber and stevia. “The products are great, the employees are phenomenal and over the last 24 months we built a solid distribution network able to service all channels of trade,” Meissner said of Jones and its future.
In addition to its juice portfolio, which has powered Bolthouse’s rise in the beverage world, the company also makes salad dressings and fresh carrots. The company was famously able to use its connections with supermarket produce buyers to help it grab space in the produce section alongside more established brands like Naked, Pom and Odwalla, and created a broad portfolio that included a wholly-owned and operated acai plant in Brazil in addition to its initial carrot juice mixes. Campbell’s said today that it plans to allow Bolthouse to continue to operate as a separate unit, which will include keeping President and CEO Jeff Dunn on board. Campbell’s has shown significant growth in its own juice business via its V8 portfolio at a time when its core soup offerings have struggled; the company said that Bolthouse had reported sales of $689 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, including earnings before interest and taxes of $92 million. “Bolthouse is a great strategic fit with Campbell,” Denise M. Morrison, Campbell’s chief executive, said in a statement. “Its business platforms, capabilities and culture are well aligned with the core growth strategies we announced last year.
Core Power Enters Coke System Coca-Cola Refreshments has agreed to begin distributing Core Power, a milkbased protein drink manufactured with the product of two large dairy co-ops based in West Texas, New Mexico, and the Midwest. Core Power — owned by parent company Fair Oaks Farms Brands, Inc., which operates out of a 30-person office in Chicago — is run by former Coca-Cola Co. CMO Steve Jones, best known as the man who helped tie Coke to the hit television phenomenon “American Idol.” Core Power, which is lactose-free and boasts between 20 and 26 grams of whey protein in 11.5 oz. bottles, is shelf-stable, giving it the potential to sit for up to nine months without going bad. The 5-SKU product employs monkfruit and stevia in a 150-calorie version that has 20 grams of protein, while the full-calorie version can hit 240 calories and 25 g of protein. Long range plans are to take Core Power national, according to the company. The initial plan, beginning in July, is for CCR to take over the bulk of the distri-
bution of Core Power in Texas and Colorado, as well as Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, and Chicago. CCR will also run the product into chain grocery and other large-format stores in Arizona and Central California all the way to San Diego. Beyond that, however, two wellplaced sources within Coke indicate that Core Power is a likely target as the next outside investment from the company’s Venturing and Emerging Brands Group, which is charged with helping develop entrepreneurial companies into potential “billion dollar brands.” Publicly, the group doesn’t discuss its investment strategy, but Jones has strong boosters within the organization; VEB President Deryck van Rensburg even went so far as to comment on the distribution arrangement in the press release that announced it, calling the brand “part of an exciting category for consumers and retailers that is still in the early stage of its growth potential.”
The release even goes so far as to say that van Rensburg views the arrangement as a great example of how Coke joins in helping to develop new, next-generation beverage brands. The plan for the product is to go with supermarket and largeformat chains through the end of the year, at which point the brand will start to look to convenience and other potential retail channels, according to Anders Porter, who is the spokesman for Fair Oaks Farms Brands. The brand grew out of an opportunity fostered by the capacity of the 87 family-owned farms in the two co-ops, Select Milk Producers and Continental Dairy Products. Jones was working as head of a product development role at Select Milk Producers until last year, when he suggested rearranging the corporate structure to create a new product line based around the growing awareness of whey protein.
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BEVSCAPE INNOVATION
Product development & marketing news
Starbucks Founder Schultz Addresses IFT Delivering the keynote address at The Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) annual trade show in Las Vegas, Starbucks Chairman and CEO Howard Schultz related how Starbucks endured and eventually mitigated the effects of its recent troubles. Having taken an 8-year hiatus from the company he founded, Schultz returned to Starbucks in 2008 to help lead it through the economic downturn which had hit the hitherto rapidly expanding chain particularly hard. According to Schultz, the company survived this stretch by keeping true to the values and principles upon which it had been founded. Expanding on the message, Schultz explained that companies can prevail and even succeed amidst the stilldifficult economic conditions by doing as Starbucks did, operating with transparency and authentically. Refreshingly, the attendees and exhibitors at this year’s IFT were as authentic and transparent as ever. Green technologies, although more typically associated with packaging suppliers, are also an important driving force in the ingredient supply industry. One such example of green ingredient sourcing came from Blue Marble Bio-
materials, which produces natural flavors and fragrances using waste materials such as spent coffee grounds, beer mash, and forestry products. The company spins the straw of these waste products into ingredient gold using proprietary polyculture fermentation technology, AGATE, short for Acid, Gas, and Ammonia Targeted Ex-
traction. This technology employs various kinds of bacteria in a production chain to breakdown the plant material and, in doing so, create extracts and oils such as lavender, cinnamon, pine, and roasted coffee. Natural sweeteners continue to make waves in the supply industry. Some of the momentum maintained by stevia in recent years has transferred to luo han guo or monk fruit, the only other high-intensity, naturally-derived sweetener. Tate & Lyle, which markets its monk fruit-based sweetener, PureFruit, to beverage companies, was handing out samples of a soon-tolaunched table top version. Sold in packets under the Nectresse brand name, it will be marketed by McNeil Nutritionals per an arrangement similar to that which is currently in place between the companies for the marketing of table top Splenda. Though the Nectresse brand will not be found on beverage labels, the launch of the table top monk fruit sweetener is a clear sign that the companies behind it feel monk fruit is ready for the mainstream. Held at the Las Vegas Convention Center, the event is the largest gathering of supplier and food scientists in the country with over 1,000 exhibitors showcasing their flavors, ingredients and processing technologies.
WILD Flavors Acquires Cargill’s Global Juice Cold Blends & Compounds Business WILD Flavors GmbH has completed the acquisition of Cargill’s global juice cold blends and compounds business after receiving all necessary antitrust approvals. The acquisition, which was first announced on April17, 2012, is a key step in the company’s global growth strategy and further strengthens its position as the leading natural ingredients company for the food and beverage industry. “Combining our expertise with the capabilities of the newly acquired business enables WILD to offer the most complete product portfolio in the global juice business,” said Michael H. Ponder, CEO of WILD Flavors. “This further supports WILD Flavors’ unique market position
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as the truly single source of supply for all of the natural ingredients our customers need to produce a high-quality, finished beverage product,” he added. WILD will have a much broader product portfolio and will be the ideal partner to its customers at all stages of the developing process for new juice-based beverages. The acquisition adds a global network
of three production and storage facilities with direct sea access in Japan, the Netherlands and the United States to WILD Flavors’ existing operations. This differentiated and integrated supply chain is an essential asset to meet the fast-growing demand for fruit juices in these geographical areas over the coming years.
FDA Chases Rockstar For the second time this year, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned a beverage company that products labeled as supplements must be sold and marketed as supplements, not beverages. Recently, the FDA sent a letter to Rockstar cautioning the company that, despite being labeled as supplements, its Coffee & Energy products are represented, advertised, and sold as beverages. And because the products contain gingko, an unapproved food and beverage additive, the agency has deemed the line to be “adulterated.” The letter to Rockstar follows a similar one that the FDA sent in March to Revolt Distribution, which markets Slowtivate Relaxation Drink. The FDA warned the company that even though Slowtivate is labeled as a dietary supplement, the product has the appearance and representation of a conventional beverage and considered unsafe because of its inclusion of melatonin, which, like Gingko, is an unapproved
additive, according to FDA guidelines. Rockstar said it would reformulate Rockstar Roasted without the additive and that it would also voluntarily remove it from the rest of the Rockstar line before the end of the year. In its letter to Rockstar, the FDA stated that the company’s use of the term “energy supplement” on its Coffee & Energy labels and the use of a “Supplement Facts” panel for nutrition labeling “do not make [its] products dietary supplements, because [the] products are represented for use as conventional foods.” The FDA lists a number of examples and factors to support its argument including Rockstar’s use of the word “coffee,” which the agency states is a word commonly held to describe a beverage and a conventional food. As the FDA continues to wade into the issue of companies labeling products as supplements versus conventional beverages, Justin Prochnow, an attorney with
Greenberg Traurig and expert in regulatory issues regarding consumer product companies, said that beverage companies need to be extremely cautious in how they label and market their products. “This follow-up to the Slowtivate letter posted in March over the use of melatonin in a product labeled as a supplement, but deemed to be a beverage by the FDA, only serves to further the notion that it is vitally important to be consistent in your labeling and references to your product,” said Prochnow. “If you sell your product as a supplement, reference it as a supplement at every turn.”
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NEW PRODUCTS
The newest options for cooler and shelf
JUICES 12NtM Sparkling Beverages, a line of chef-crafted, all-natural blends of herbs, spices, fruit juices and teas, has launched a new 6.3 oz. single-serve bottle. The new product is available in two flavors: Blanc, a citrus-ginger blend, and Rouge, pomegranate-black currant blend. Each bottle contains 47 calories and has no added sugar or artificial sweeteners. 12NtM Sparkling Beverages 6.3 oz. bottle are currently distributed in Nantucket and New York City and have a suggested retail price of $2.99. For more information, please call (914) 924-9558. Sweetgreen, the farm-to-table organic salad restaurant group, today announced the launch of Sweetpress, a new line of organic cold-pressed juices to be sold exclusively at Sweetgreen locations and online starting this summer. Sweetpress juices are raw and freshly cold-pressed to preserve optimal nutrients and flavor. Sweetpress is available in six varieties: Purify, made with kale, spinach, cucumber, apple, lemon, ginger; Energize, made with carrot, orange, grapefruit, ginger, cayenne; Satisfy, made with carrot, beet, apple, cucumber, spinach, lemon, parsley; Detox, made with pineapple, apple, ginger, mint; Hydrate, made with cucumber, pineapple, pear, coconut water, lime; and a Seasonal variety made with watermelon, coconut water, mint, lime. Sweetgreen is packaged in a 12 oz. bottle and has a retail price of $7.00 for the Purify variety, and $6.00 for the other varieties. For more information, please call (301) 646-0336. The Coca-Cola Company, Inc. has launched two new juice drink flavors for its line of Minute Maid products. Minute Maid Fruit Punch and Minute Maid Strawberry Passion are made with real fruit juice and are both excellent sources of Vitamin C. The drinks are packaged in 15.2 oz. PET bottles and are sold in convenience, drug and grocery stores nationwide. For more information, please call (713) 669-3126.
FUNCTIONAL BEVERAGES FIX, is an anti-aging beverage formulated to promote younger looking skin, and healthy hair and nails. According to the manufacturer, FIX utilizes data from clinical tri-
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als to support its youth-enhancing claims, including published reports in peer-reviewed journals such as Archives of Dermatological Research, Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, and Skin Research and Technology. These trials show that the ch-OSA compound in FIX reduces wrinkles by 30 percent, increases skin elasticity by 87 percent, and thickens and strengthens hair by 13 percent. FIX contains no calories and is packaged in a 16 oz. PET bottle with a full shrink-wrap label. FIX is launching nationwide with four flavors: Acai Raspberry, Orange Pineapple, Strawberry Kiwi, and Blueberry Pomegranate. The product has a suggested retail price of $2.49. For more information, please call (877) 854-5494. Bai Brands, maker of the five-calorie bai5 antioxidant-infused beverage, announces the debut of its variety pack. The 12-bottle variety pack features four Bai flavors - Sumatra Dragonfruit, Costa Rica Clementine, Brasilia Blueberry and Malawi Mango - with three bottles of each flavor. The variety pack is sold at Costco and Amazon.com and has a suggested retail price of $28-30. For more information, please call (609) 586-0500. BODYARMOR, an all-natural multifunctional beverage, has introduced two new flavors: Acai Blueberry Pomegranate and Tropical Citrus. Each BODYARMOR SuperDrink flavor contains 10 percent coconut water and four nutrient-rich proprietary blends comprised of antioxidants, Vitamins A, C, B complex, electrolytes and amino acids. The drinks are packaged in 16 oz. PET bottles and have a suggested retail price of $1.79. BODYARMOR is distributed nationwide. For more information, please call (310) 424-5077. Mamma Chia, maker of the first organic chia-based beverage, has introduced three new flavors to its line of drinks: Grapefruit Ginger, Guava Mamma and Kiwi Lime. Lightly sweetened with less than one tablespoon of organic agave nectar, each bottle of Mamma Chia contains 2500 mg of omega-3, 25 percent of the recommended daily amount of fiber, 4 grams of protein, and 95 mg of calcium, plus powerful antioxidants and valuable minerals. The three new varieties join six existing Mamma Chia flavors, all of which are gluten-free, vegan, kosher, and certified
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NUTRITION DRINKS Abbott Nutrition has launched Ensure Clear, a fruit-flavored nutrition beverage. Ensure Clear is fat-free and an excellent source of antioxidants, vitamins C, E and selenium. Available in blueberry pomegranate and peach flavors, Ensure Clear is sold in 4-packs of 10 oz. bottles for a suggested retail price of $7.99. The drinks are distributed at pharmacies, grocery stores, drug stores, wholesale clubs and mass merchandisers nationwide, or online at www.AbbottStore.com. For more information, please call (847) 937-6100. New Whey Nutrition has launched Fit2Go. Fit2Go is a shelf-stable nutrition drink made with 15 grams of protein, 19 vitamins and minerals, and 3 grams of fiber. Fit2Go also has a 1000 ORAC rating and contains 70 calories per 3.8 oz. bottle. Fit2Go is also lactose free, gluten free, fat free, sugar free and cholesterol free. The product has a suggested retail price of $2.99 per bottle and $29.99 for a 12-pack and is available at GNC and Rite-Aid stores. For more information, please call (888) 795-0444.
WATER Spindrift Beverage Co, maker of a line of fresh-fruit squeezed sodas, has launched Spindrift Water. Spindrift Water is made with raw, fresh ingredients and contains no added sugar. The line comes in three varieties: Spindrift Sparkling Lemon Water, a zero-calorie sparkling water made with fresh squeezed lemon juice; Spindrift Sparkling Raspberry Lime Water, a 10-calorie sparkling water made with raspberries and fresh squeezed lime juice; and 10-calorie Sparkling Tangerine Water, made with sparkling water and fresh-squeezed tangerine juice. Spindrift products are distributed at restaurants, specialty stores and gourmet retailers and have a suggested retail price of $1.99- $2.25 per bottle. 24-packs of Spindrift are available for purchase at Famous Foods. For more information, please call (617) 391-0356.
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The Coca-Cola Co. Inc., has launched a new coconut water-infused flavor to its line of Vitaminwater products. Coco-Refresh contains the same base ingredients as other Vitaminwater flavors (water, crystalline fructose, cane sugars, B-vitamins, electrolytes), along with 10 percent coconut water from concentrate and pineapple flavoring. Coco-Refresh is packaged in a 20 oz. PET bottle and contains 120 calories and zero grams of fat. The product is distributed nationwide and has a suggested retail price of $1.59. For more information, please call (404) 676-2683.
COFFEE RealBeanz, a line of ready-to-drink gourmet iced coffee has launched two new flavors: Iced Cappuccino made with Coconut Water and Iced Dark Roast made with Coconut Water. Both flavors are made with 20 percent coconut water and contain 70 calories. RealBeanz iced coffees are made with premiumbrewed beans, artificial growth hormone-free milk (rSBT free), and nutrient enhanced flavors. The products are available nationwide at select Whole Foods locations, gourmet retailers and select supermarkets. For more information, please call (513) 226-1233.
POWDERS Ninja Blended Boost is a nutrient-infused, taste-free powder supplement that can be added to a variety of blended drinks. The powder contains over 25 vitamins, minerals, nutrients and antioxidants and is naturally sugar- and caffeine-free. The powder supplement comes in individual sticks and is packaged in boxes of 20 sticks for a suggested retail price of $19.99. Ninja Blended Boost is distributed at Target and Wal-Mart stores nationwide and online at www.NinjaHealthyExtras.com. For more information, please call (312) 245-9805.
KOMBUCHA Reed’s has launched a new line of organic kombucha drinks. Reed’s Culture Club Kombucha comes in four, ginger-based formulas: Goji Ginger, Cranberry Ginger, Lemon Raspberry Ginger and Hibiscus Grapefruit Ginger. The new line has a suggested retail price of $3.49 for a 13.5 oz. bottle and is currently distributed in natural foods and mainstream supermarket chan-
nels along the West Coast. For more information, please call (800) 99-REEDS.
SPIRITS Phillips Distilling Company has introduced two new flavors to its UV Vodka line: UV Chocolate Cake and UV Whipped. UV Chocolate Cake is infused with the rich taste of German chocolate cake, while UV Whipped is light and fluffy with hints of crème chantilly and vanilla. Both vodkas are distilled four times and activated carbon-filtered. The new flavors are supported by national print and digital advertising, along with sponsorships at national music festivals such as South by Southwest, Coachella and Austin City Limits Music Festival. Both flavors are available nationwide and have a suggested retail price of $12.99 for a 750 mL bottle. For more information, please call (612) 677-1717. Kahlúa, the original and number one selling coffee liqueur, has introduced a new line of 200 mL cans to its pre-mixed cocktail portfolio. Kahlúa Iced Espresso, Kahlúa Iced Mocha and Kahlúa Cinnamon Spice 200 mL Cans-To-Go are distributed nationwide and sold in 4-packs and single serve formats. To support the launch of Kahlúa Cans-To-Go at retail, the brand will offer custom designed POS materials including floor racks, floor and door decals, case cards and extenders, shelf talkers and gravity feed units. Kahlúa CansTo-Go have a suggested retail price of $2.50 for a single can and $9.99 for a 4-pack. For more information, please call (914) 848-4782.
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SVEDKA Vodka has introduced SVEDKA Colada, a blend of coconut flavored vodka with creamy Indonesian coconuts, sweet and tart pineapple and a hint of mango. SVEDKA Colada is packaged in a white lacquered bottle, accented with chartreuse lettering, and a metallic gold closure. SVEDKA Colada has a suggested retail price of $12.99 for a 750 mL bottle and is available nationally. For more information, please call (877) 766-2033. Beam Inc. has launched two new flavors to its Pucker Vodka line. Lemonade Lust and Raspberry Rave combine natural flavors of lemons, limes and raspberries with a vodka distilled four times. The flavors joining the original four Pucker varieties: Sour Apple
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Sass, Grape Gone Wild, Cherry Tease, and Citrus Squeeze. Pucker Vodkas are available nationwide and have a suggested retail price of $16.99 for a 750 mL bottle. For more information, please call (847) 444-7657.
merges traditional Mexican craftsmanship with modern design and the VIDA logo is embossed for a luxurious, ultra-premium feel. The Vida Reposado has a suggested retail price of $44.99 for 750 mL bottle, the Vida Blanco retails for $39.99, and the Vida Anejo sells for $49. For more information, please call (312) 239-2336.
VIDA Tequila announces the much anticipated launch of its ultra-premium brand in the New York and Chicago markets. Miami, Tennessee and New Jersey arrivals are scheduled for later this quarter. VIDA, a familyowned company, combines the traditional tequila- making process with modern and efficient methods of production, blending ultra-premium tequila. VIDA Tequila comes in three styles: Anejo, Reposado, and Blanco. Anejo is aged in French Oak barrels for up to 24 months and is triple-distilled. Reposado is aged in American White Oak barrels for up to six months, which brings out its sweet and smoky flavor with light citrus undertones. Blanco is created by double distilling the agave, which creates smooth undertones. VIDA tequila bottles are hand-blown by Mexican craftsmen into an authentic Mexican tequila bottle shape. The white, custom-made box
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Phusion has also launched Moskato Life, a malt-based, progressive adult beverage that drinks like a Moscato wine. The beverage is lightly carbonated and contains 6 percent alcohol by volume. Moskato Life comes in two flavors - Moscato and Rose – and is packaged in a 750 mL bottle. The Moskato Life line will be supported by marketing efforts including an interactive web presence of dedicated Facebook page with targeted advertising. The product has a suggested retail price of $6.99 and is available now in select markets with national availability by the summer’s end. For more information, please call (888) 901-6344. Diageo has launched a new line of frozen malt beverage pouches for its Parrot Bay and Smirnoff brands. The Parrot Bay pouches come in three flavors: Frozen Strawberry Daiquiri, Frozen Mango Daiquiri and Frozen Pina Colada. The Smirnoff pouches also come in three flavors: Frozen Strawberry Lemonade, Frozen Blue Raspberry Lemonade and Frozen Cherry Limeade. Both Parrot Bay and Smirnoff Frozen Pouches are naturallyflavored and contain 5 percent alcohol by volume. The products are packaged in single 10 oz. pouches for a suggested retail price of $1.99 and distributed nationwide. For more information, please call (646) 223-2305.
CHANNEL CHECK
What’s hot – and what’s not – in stores now
SPOTLIGHT CATEGORY
REFRIGERATED TEAS 52 Weeks through 6/10/2012 SOURCE: Symphony/IRI Total food/drug/c-store/mass excluding Wal-Mart.
As a subcategory of the RTD Tea group, these products seem to be growing even faster than their single-serve, grab-andgo counterparts, mostly because the refrigerated case is the home of some pretty hot brands, including Gold Peak and GTs Kombucha. GTs appears all over scan data categories, by the way, also showing up in a variety of juice and fruit drink categories. Brand
Dollar Sales
Change vs. year earlier
Private Label
$178,430,100
2.91%
Red Diamond
$92,738,320
3.16%
Gold Peak
$80,523,270
41.44%
Turkey Hill
$66,262,770
3.28%
Milos
$37,771,940
5.80%
Turkey Hill Natures Accent
$35,464,270
-9.24%
Swiss Premium
$32,174,600
3.51%
Bolthouse Farms Perfectly Protein
$22,358,320
21.50%
GTs Kombucha Synergy
$10,559,930
155.31%
Rosenbergers Dairies
$8,688,538
-3.63%
Gallikers
$7,779,968
-10.33%
Schneider
$7,685,004
-9.50%
POM Tea
$5,694,678
-19.90%
Clover Farms
$5,631,998
-0.02%
Dairymens
$4,162,657
17.96%
Prairie Farms
$4,046,256
12.63%
Deans
$3,559,732
-8.63%
Ssips
$3,016,160
23.31%
Nestea
$2,827,899
16,027.95%
T G Lee
$2,685,524
30.67%
Schneider Valley Farms
$2,548,031
-22.38%
United Dairy
$2,320,824
16.13%
Arnold Palmer Tee
$2,212,182
2.26%
Mayfield
$2,196,202
-11.30%
Cloverland
$1,751,485
-5.64%
Smiths
$1,649,156
-10.45%
Lipton
$1,604,434
-8.38%
My Tea
$1,564,741
-2.89%
Johnny Fleemans Gourmet Fruit Tea
$1,397,263
N/A
Newmans Own
$1,377,073
9.87%
Guers
$1,227,613
9.46%
Turners
$1,220,441
-1.95%
Turkey Hill Sun Brew
$984,963
N/A
Marburger
$788,221
4.69%
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TOPLINE CATEGORY VOLUME 52 WEEKS THROUGH 6/10/2012
SOURCE: Symphony/IRI Total food/drug/c-store/mass excluding Wal-Mart.
BEER
$24,778,861,000
6.70%
BOTTLED JUICES
$5,107,800,000
-1.32%
BOTTLED WATER
$8,167,496,000
5.01%
ENERGY DRINKS
$8,287,326,000
18.10%
SPORTS DRINKS
$4,248,470,000
5.95%
TEA/COFFEE
$3,419,708,000
6.76%
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CHANNEL CHECK
What’s hot – and what’s not – in stores now
ENERGY DRINKS Brand
HOT! Monster Rehab Dollar Sales
Change vs. year earlier
ICED CAPPUCCINO Brand
HOT! Seattles Best Dollar Sales
Change vs. year earlier
Red Bull
$2,820,889,000
18.96%
Frappuccino
$598,239,700
9.60%
Monster
$1,487,857,000
19.63%
Doubleshot
$285,616,600
15.89%
Rockstar
$502,797,900
13.82%
Seattles Best
$18,693,850
104.60%
Private Label
$8,953,758
7.76%
Doubleshot Light
$8,582,371
-9.37%
NOS
$249,135,200
11.91%
Monster Rehab
$245,358,400
884.22%
Java Monster
$217,862,900
23.46%
Starbucks Doubleshot
$7,545,039
N/A
Monster Mega
$217,852,600
19.64%
Illy Issimo
$5,404,017
140.21%
AMP
$149,358,500
6.76%
Emmi
$771,831
-32.83%
Rockstar Recovery
$145,253,800
51.05%
Marleys One Drop
$764,438
N/A
Full Throttle
$98,427,960
-4.65%
Community
$442,660
12.96%
SOURCE: Symphony/IRI Total food/drug/c-store/mass excluding Wal-Mart. 52 Weeks through 6/10/12
SPORTS DRINKS Brand
NOT! Full Throttle
HOT! Powerade Zero ION4 Dollar Sales
Change vs. year earlier
SOURCE: Symphony/IRI Total food/drug/c-store/mass excluding Wal-Mart. 52 Weeks through 6/10/12
BOTTLED WATER Brand
$2,060,140,000
5.24%
Private Label
Powerade ION4
$672,244,000
1.73%
Gatorade
$460,116,000
14.12%
Gatorade G2 Perform
$419,202,300
6.66%
Powerade Zero
$191,989,600
1.85%
Gatorade Perform
NOT! Emmi
HOT! Glaceau Smart Water Dollar Sales
Change vs. year earlier
$1,031,449,000
2.67%
Aquafina
$697,264,900
-0.35%
Dasani
$675,778,000
7.77%
Glaceau Vitamin Water
$640,271,500
-5.62%
Poland Spring
$403,644,700
3.71%
Nestle Pure Life
$398,004,400
15.38%
Glaceau Smart Water
$394,363,100
26.11%
Gatorade Cool Blue
$61,132,300
30.32%
Gatorade Frost
$58,284,230
8.68%
G2
$52,506,220
-1.69%
Deer Park
$260,169,300
9.70%
Powerade
$42,607,390
11.33%
Glaceau Vitamin Water Zero
$214,500,500
13.10%
Powerade Zero ION4
$33,456,350
480.66%
Fiji
$200,661,300
14.29%
SOURCE: Symphony/IRI Total food/drug/c-store/mass excluding Wal-Mart. 52 Weeks through 6/10/12
DOMESTIC BEER Brand
NOT! G2
HOT! Michelob Ultra Light Dollar Sales
Change vs. year earlier
SOURCE: Symphony/IRI Total food/drug/c-store/mass excluding Wal-Mart. 52 Weeks through 6/10/12
NOT! Glaceau Vitamin Water
IMPORTED BEER Brand
Dollar Sales
Change vs. year earlier
$1,007,521,000
9.98%
Heineken
$596,114,800
5.26%
5.37%
Modelo Especial
$373,282,500
26.32%
1.89%
Corona Light
$173,079,800
4.67%
0.46%
Tecate
$155,393,400
-1.28%
$738,134,700
0.84%
Dos Equis XX Lager Especial
$148,584,600
36.35%
$674,311,400
-0.52%
Stella Artois Lager
$135,435,000
38.18%
Michelob Ultra Light
$563,776,500
17.87%
Labatt Blue
$104,705,200
-9.63%
Miller High Life
$500,145,100
0.57%
Lebatt Blue Light
$101,241,600
-3.90%
Keystone Light
$482,246,000
-1.37%
Newcastle Brown Ale
$79,453,550
1.00%
Bud Light
$5,429,988,000
2.73%
Budweiser
$2,063,427,000
-0.89%
Coors Light
$2,005,576,000
Miller Lite
$1,706,934,000
Natural Light
$1,106,766,000
Busch Light Busch
SOURCE: Symphony/IRI Total food/drug/c-store/mass excluding Wal-Mart. 52 Weeks through 6/10/12
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NOT! Keystone Light
Corona Extra
HOT! Stella Artois
SOURCE: Symphony/IRI Total food/drug/c-store/mass excluding Wal-Mart. 52 Weeks through 6/10/12
NOT! Labatt Blue
By Gerry Khermouch
BIG DEAL! Thanks to the miracle of smart phones, my contacts often zap me photos of interesting store displays they spot in their market meanderings. One subset that we occasionally flag in my newsletter consists of ridiculously hot deals on purportedly superpremium beverages. Besides appealing to my readers’ prurient interest, these impromptu case histories generally serve to support the notion that, despite rhetoric from top brass to the contrary, it’s easy to get sucked into brand-equity-draining deals when you’re trying to hit a volume number or appease an important retail customer. And, no surprise, the most egregious deals usually emanate from the major companies for whom moving vast tonnages of product seems always to be the overriding priority. Given the premium-priced $4.1 billion that Coca-Cola paid for Glaceau, some of my respondents seem obsessed with tracking how low the price can go on its flagship Vitaminwater brand. Tenfor-$10 deals have become ubiquitous by now, but often enough they get way more aggressive than that, tossing in a free 32-oz. bottle of Coke’s Powerade brand or some other sweetener. Some deals we’ve spotted in recent years have taken the per-bottle cost of Vitaminwater down as low as 25 cents a bottle. True, Glaceau did its share of 10-for$10’s even as an independent company, but the deals we’ve seen since Coke’s 2007 buyout go way beyond that in degree and frequency. But it’s not just Coke: just the other day, a reader sent me a photo of Tazo teas going for 50 cents per glass bottle in Publix groceries in Florida – 25 cents if one threw in a related tearpad offer. Since Starbucks chief Howard Schultz lately has been touting his Tazo brand as a highpotential franchise already worth a billion dollars, I’ve wondered whether he’s even aware of these deals being cooked up by his ready-to-drink partner, Pepsi. Over the past few months these deals
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have become a focus of constant concern among independent entrepreneurs, who already work in a challenging enough realm on the cost and distribution side before losing any prospect of sustaining a premium price. And yet that seems to be precisely what’s been happening. Even for those with the fortitude to resist the margin-breaking impulse to match these deals, the trend means they’re further marginalized as consumers gravitate to the massive end-aisle displays and dump bins full of deeply discounted product – or, if there’s no deal this week, withhold their purchases so they can pantry-load a week later. In effect, it’s sucked the air out of the category, in a way that has put a big hurt on independent innovation. Some of my friends on the entrepreneurial side insist this is all a massive conspiracy by the big companies, but I really doubt that’s the case. Maybe it’s an unanticipated consequence of the discounting, but I don’t believe it’s the actual strategy. I truly believe that, at a visceral level, their executives are not even aware of how much they’re devaluing a category. This view goes back to the days in the early 1990s when Coke and Pepsi first decided to attack the bottled water category. It may be hard to recall, but back then bottled water was a premium-priced segment, with only one major corporate player, Nestle Waters North America. The carnage only began once Coke and Pepsi entered with their tap-water brands, and we ended up with 24-unit cases of half-liter bottles routinely going for $3.99. As pricing went into the dumper, I can distinctly recall top Coke and Pepsi executives on analyst conference calls lamenting the stroke of bad luck that saw the margins of this premium segment evaporating at precisely the moment they chose to enter the category. Though they spoke as though this development was an act of God that had nothing whatsoever to do with their own
activities, I never picked up the least hint of cynicism in those remarks. After all, if your obsessive focus is countering the price moves of your archrival, I suppose it’s hard to look up and ponder where this is taking the category. With NWNA showing it was fully up to withstanding their assault, Coke and Pepsi lately have backed off, but the damage has long been done. A once-premium category now is a warehouse-shipped commodity. This same pattern has been replicated in category after category. In enhanced water, Coke’s constant dealing on Vitaminwater made it impossible for any other brand – even those with far more meaningful amounts of nutrients – to get the premium prices they need to stay viable. Only Pepsi’s entry, SoBe Life Water, with its own willingness to vie on price, has stayed in the game as a meaningful player. Most recently, I’m hearing that Glaceau’s electrolyte-infused bottled water line, Smartwater, has gotten more aggressive on price, with clear implications for an ecosystem of alternatives from independent players like AriZona, Metromint, Function and Activate. Of course, one could argue that this is all a boon to recession-strapped consumers. In some ways it is, though the affluent demo targeted by some of the brands I’ve mentioned actually has withstood the economy’s pressures fairly well and can really afford to pay more than a quarter a bottle for a tea of the quality of Tazo. The way marketing works, though, the constant deep discounts also are draining these segments of the mystique that made them exciting to consumers in the first place, reducing them to yet another boring commodity – like CSDs and milk – not worth a moment’s thought at the shelf. To the extent that the excitement conjured up by new and different brands has any value, the beverage sector is all the poorer as a result. Longtime beverage-watcher Gerry Khermouch is executive editor of Beverage Business Insights, a twice-weekly e-newsletter covering the nonalcoholic beverage sector.
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Bunnies & BevCos Why the Annie’s Initial Public Offering is Important to the Drinks Business By Nicolas McCoy
Since late March, the successful initial public offering (IPO) of natural foods company Annie’s Inc. (you’ve probably bought their macaroni and cheese before) has dominated market-related discussions within the natural products industry. One reason for this is that, unlike the technology industry, where IPOs frequently happen, consumer brands usually get acquired prior to achieving the size necessary to garner sufficient institutional investor interest to support going public. For example, prior to the Annie’s IPO, the last two successful healthy consumer food or beverage IPOs were Teavana (July 2011) and The Fresh Market (late 2010). Although more common transactions like acquisitions and private placements are certainly newsworthy, they do not create the same high profile of a public offering, nor do they provide the associated transparency of valuation and business performance. The IPO remains an option that beverage companies should remember. A deep look at the Annie’s IPO shows why. 24 BEVNET MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST 2012
At its core, Annie’s business shares many of the fundamentals of successful beverage companies. A review of Annie’s IPO prospectus reveals that the business evolution from staple foods like macaroni and cheese to snacks provided nearly all of the company’s growth over the past two years, and now represents a large component of revenue. Beverages are attractive to investors for many of the same reasons as snacks. With both, faster consumption rates (daily habits) and broad distribution (grocery, C-Store, delis, etc…) lead to rapid growth compared to many other categories. Annie’s aggressive move with snacks increased revenue 40 percent and, more importantly, gross profit dollars by over 60 percent from levels experienced in the company’s fiscal year ending March 2010. The lessons from mining Annie’s IPO prospectus and related documents provide some additional insights of value that have parallels in the beverage industry: • Capital efficient growth: Annie’s paid-in capital to revenue ratio was about one-to-one as of 2009, a high level of investment for a later-stage business approaching $100 million in revenue. Since then, through margin improvements and growth driven by new product introductions, the ratio dramatically improved, enabling the company to grow profitably without the influx of additional capital. • Extendable brand: Through its growth, Annie’s successfully retained a clear brand identity with consumers across multiple SKUs and categories. Beverage brands that can do this also can become winners (think Honest Tea and SoBe, for example) • Price point: Annie’s product line is priced at a premium to mainstream products – but not materially higher than less-healthy alternatives so as to limit its customer base. That’s not to say that it’s easy to go public. A successful IPO requires favorable market and industry conditions and a company of sufficient size, growth, and profitability to draw interest from institutional investors. The IPO size requirement has grown substantially since the 1990s, as target investment funds have grown larger and demand significant liquidity
before making investments. A further danger is that many companies manage to complete an IPO but then fail to attract sufficient investment interest to sustain trading levels. To provide an idea of how successful the Annie’s IPO was, consider the following points: • Annie’s offering price was $19/share, higher than an already revised upward range of indicated values. • Annie’s stock opened at $31.11/share and now trades near $38.00/share as of writing this article—an enterprise valuation of nearly 5x and 30x trailing twelve-month revenue and EBITDA, respectively. • Over 80 percent of the Annie’s shares offered were sales by insiders, an amount significantly higher than average. For comparison, the 2011 IPO Report published by WilmerHale states that for all U.S. IPOs between 2007 and 2010 only 54 percent had selling shareholders and the median percentage sold was 33 percent. So, knowing it’s a success, what else does that mean for beverage companies? First, consider the sector implications: A successful IPO provides confidence to institutional investors in regards to the fundamentals of the healthy living consumer sector. Annie’s was a target investment from a growth investor (Solera Capital). Growth investors typically seek companies with established brands with the ability to expand in a capital-efficient manner to a size that will support a much higher-value exit. According to Annie’s IPO prospectus filed with the SEC, Annie’s had approximately $7 million in revenue in 1999 and presumably had 2x to 3x that amount when it received its first investment from Solera in 2002, given that it had revenue of $65 million in 2007. Beyond that, however, an IPO like Annie’s helps buttress the idea that large mainstream brands can still be built independently and profitably. There has been an accelerating trend of health-oriented consumer companies selling to large corporations at earlier stages of development. This is particularly true with beverage companies, as nearly all of the major players have formed special internal groups focused on locking up promising brands at early stages. On the other end, however, there are few instances where institutional investors
have made large commitments of capital with the purpose of growing a consumer brand independently until it can merit public ownership. But Solera’s approximately $75 million investment in Annie’s is unusual and proves that the model of independently building brands is still valid: The IPO cashed out Solera with more than their investment amount -plus, their retained stake has a paper value of approximately $400 million, based on current trading values. Investors and acquirers become more aggressive during favorable economic times. Today’s active IPO market is reflective of favorable economic and broader market conditions as a strong IPO market can be the first to vanish in a downturn and the last to flourish in expansions. Everyone remembers the high valuations associated with the Internet IPO and investment frenzy. A similar ‘bubble’ was observed with beverage angel funding after the success of Glaceau before the 2008 recession. It is expected that the remainder of 2012 and 2013 will feature more high-profile M&A announcements, and again, here is a place where we can look at the Annie’s IPO for another important financial tool: comparable data, or “comps.” IPOs Provide Valuable Information to Investors and Other Sector Participants Investors at any stage evaluate an investment based on its internal fundamentals such as revenue, growth, profitability, management team, etc., and also on the certainty of a successful exit. Financial investors benefit greatly from the disclosure of all of these fundamentals within the IPO prospectus -- but so can companies in the industry. For example, it is helpful to an investor that is evaluating a healthy beverage company to know that Annie’s gross margin improved from 30 percent in 2009 to approach 40 percent prior to going public. This benchmark can then be used to evaluate projected margins of the target investment company when it reaches critical mass. Other branded product companies will be interested many of the disclosures on strategy such as the significantly increased use of six to nine month forward contracts to hedge ingredient costs. Acquisition announcements may disclose price but rarely reveal revenue, gross margin or overall profitability. All sector participants benefit from the detailed disclosures that offer unique insight into the growth and development of well-known private companies. JULY/AUGUST 2012 BEVNET MAGAZINE 25
Why the nation’s fastest-growing ethnic population means big money for Mexican import brands. By Chris Furnari
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“Los Latinos Tenemos Algo Extra.”
Translated in English, it means “We Latinos Have Something Extra,” and it’s the tagline for Corona Extra’s new national marketing campaign targeted at Hispanic consumers. From Corona’s perspective, the Hispanic-American population does have something extra: an affinity for beer, especially import brands. And with a rapidly growing Hispanic population in the U.S., it’s not just Corona that’s focusing on this broad, ethnically diverse group: industry-wide, larger domestic and import companies are dedicating greater attention and marketing dollars toward selling Hispanic consumers Mexican and Latin American import brands. That’s not to say that ethnic marketing is the only force behind the growth of Mexican and Latin American imports. Beers like Corona and Dos Equis have long since left their German and Canadian competition in the dust, a change attributable to clever marketing and changing taste patterns. But as the Hispanic population grows, marketers see even larger potential for these already popular brands. Hispanics currently make up over 16 percent of the total U.S. population; current projections are that by 2050, that figure will swell to 30 percent. And according to Mintel, a global research firm, Hispanics drink more imported beer than any other ethnicity (34 percent versus 28 percent of total population). Hispanics also spend more money on import brands than do non-Hispanics: 25 percent of Hispanic beer expenditures are on import brands, compared to just 13 percent for non-Hispanics. Crown Imports, which has revenues of more than $750 million in sales annually, is the top U.S. import vendor in Symphony IRI tracked food, drug and convenience channels. The company owns three of the top five import brands in the U.S. – Corona Extra, Modelo Especial and Corona Light – and sees the Hispanic market as a significant growth opportunity. “There is a big opportunity to continue to grow our beer brands with this growing population base,” said John Alvarado, the Senior Director of Brand
Marketing for Crown Imports. “Our portfolio has a strong position amongst the Hispanic consumer base and we think that is why others are getting in.” It’s why Crown rolled out the “Los Latinos Tenemos Algo Extra” campaign, which is specifically aimed at Hispanics in the 2134 demographic. It’s also why the company is spending more marketing dollars on reaching the entire Hispanic demographic. “Our overall investment against the Hispanic demographic has grown over the last five years,” Alvarado said. “[And] when you look at the critical 21-34 [year-old] demographic, the percentage that Hispanics will make up of that segment is tremendous,” he said. “By 2020, Hispanics will comprise 20 percent of that 21-34 category.” Crown isn’t the only company that recognizes the growth opportunities that lay in the Hispanic demographic. Anheuser-Busch InBev recently acquired the remaining 50 percent ownership in Grupo Modelo for $20 billion. Anheuser-Busch’s VP of U.S. Marketing, Paul Chibe, said 2012 represents the company’s largest spend to-date on multicultural marketing. “More and more, consumers are looking for brands to be inclusive and connect with them on a cultural level,” Chibe said. “This shift in mindset has made multicultural marketing invaluable to our success, particularly with Hispanic beer drinkers, the fastest growing segment within the category.”
Marketing Mix While its purchase of Grupo Modelo indicates the values it places on import brands, AB has also reached out to the Hispanic population through internal product innovation of its domestic brands as well. That has led to renewed focus on offerings like Budweiser Chelada and Bud Light Chelada - a blend of beer and clamato juice which was developed using Hispanic consumer insights. “Hispanic beer drinkers, specifically those of Mexican descent, have been mixing beer with Clamato for decades,” he said. “Budweiser Chelada and Bud Light Chelada honor that tradition in an authentic, relevant way.” Still it’s the import business that is driving growth. According to Symphony IRI data, Mexican imports own 55.8 percent of total imports in the U.S. Food, Drug and Convenience channels. The category is up 2.7 percent from 2011 and closing in on $1 billion in sales in those channels. Now, newer offerings like Medalla Light from Puerto Rico and Heineken USA brand Indio have entered the space, launching in states with dense Hispanic concentrations like California, Texas and Florida. Beer industry analyst and retail expert Bump Williams said it’s pretty clear why these new brands are earning placement. He points to three critical reasons - value, market share and population. “Consumers can get a tremendous value with high-end import beer,” Williams
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said. “The Mexican import category owns the biggest share of total import beer sales and capitalizes on the highest growth segment in U.S. population.” But these new product offerings will be faced with stiff competition from stalwart brands like Dos Equis. That brand’s Most Interesting Man in the World campaign is one of the category’s greatest marketing success stories. “The Most Interesting Man is an icon,” said Williams. “Dos Equis has done an incredible job of differentiating themselves from every other brand and capturing nearly every consumer demographic with the campaign.” The advertising campaign launched by Dos Equis in 2006 has helped boost sales for Dos Equis and brought serious attention to the entire category. In Symphony IRI tracked U.S. Food, Drug and Convenience channels, the Dos Equis XX Special Lager brand is now the sixth best-selling import brand with nearly $74 million in sales. Case sales in those channels are up nearly 42 percent over 2011. Kelly McDonald, the President of McDonald Marketing, and one of the top
Hispanic marketing experts in the U.S. explained why it’s working. “Dos Equis has done a nice job of identifying their core consumer,” she said. “The Most Interesting Man is a selfassured person who doesn’t care what you think. They are playing to a subtle but very powerful chord.” Competitive Mix However, much like the craft beer category, limited shelf space for Hispanicthemed imports could potentially limit the success of new entrants to the U.S. market. Alvarado believes that retailers should consider providing additional shelf space for Hispanic beer offerings. “Based on the changing demographic, there probably should be more shelf space,” Alvarado said. “Retailers make the final decision but if you look at Hispanic consumers as being a large growth opportunity, there should be more shelf space given to brands from Latin America.” So what are some brands to keep an eye on? Williams has a laundry list of newer brands he is paying attention to. He expects
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brands like Estrella Damm, Carte Blanca, Pacifico, and Kalik to continue making flavor and package innovations, taking a page out of the craft beer playbook. But his top brand to watch is still the category leader, Corona. “I expect some great growth coming from the Corona brands, which goes against what everyone else is saying,” he said. “Now that ABI owns the whole franchise, they will be investing money into logistics and supply chain management disciplines. There should be fewer problems with out of stocks and better execution getting brands across to retailers.”
It wasn’t slowed by the downturn, it has benefitted from health and wellness trends and has been the category into which many exciting new brands have launched and grown. For each of those reasons, RTD tea is a category that remains at a rolling boil: total sales of RTD in the U.S. were up by 7 percent in 2011, according to Euromonitor International – and have moved from just over $5 billion to just under $8 billion since 2006. And things aren’t expected to slow down: the category is expected to grow another 24 percent by 2016, according to the research firm. With its variety, its ability to adapt to packages from cans to bottles and to formats like carbonation and blending, the growth of RTD tea has been Americanized to the farthest degree: what have been the brews of native cultures have been studied to determine ORAC count and caffeine levels, while new brands have risen and fallen with little overall impact on the category’s continual growth.
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Take January’s news that Coke and Nestle were letting a longstanding agreement to produce and market Nestea together lapse. Rather than lament the downfall of a strong brand, both companies looked to growing portfolios of other brands (Honest Tea, Sweet Leaf, Fuze, Tradewinds, Gold Peak, etc.) to fill the distribution void. So what has kept the momentum going? Look at the following four trends, which encompass new varieties, external forces, pricing strategies and what we call the Killer G’s.
PUCKER UP
Lemon Blends continue to win. In the past year, with new “half-and-half ” formulations either arriving or in planning from companies as diverse as Inko’s (best known for its white teas) and Ito En (best known for all manner of pure Oolong and other Japanese variants). “We decided to do our twist by using premium green tea instead of the classic black tea,” said Ito En’s Rona Tison. From energy to relaxation, everyone has been getting in on the mix: Monster Rehab came out as -- you guessed it – a tea/ lemonade mix on one side, while Marley’s Mellow Mood has a Half & Half as well. Organics haven’t escaped the siren call of the Arnold Palmer, with Sweet Leaf and Honest Tea launching Half & Half blends, along with all-natural Xing as well.
Even companies that have been well-known for their own lemon tea, like Snapple, have pushed into the Half & Half zone. Marketers say that consumers like the idea of cutting calories of lemonade with the caffeinated strength of tea. Plus, it’s just plain trendy. About the only company failing to benefit from the ongoing Lemonade boom is New Leaf, which helped launch the craze before it fell off the pace due to ongoing supply and cash issues. Meanwhile, AriZona, the company that started it all, is running the table with its call-brand “Arnold Palmer” varieties of Half & Half, which now accounts for well north of $200 million annually, according to Symphony IRI, which probably isn’t the best measure given the number of independent accounts and foodservice locations where AriZona reigns supreme.
CHEAP IS KING
While upscale tea shops and fine cultural associations may have driven some of the lift behind RTD Tea in the past, it’s value pricing that is truly running the category right now. 32 BEVNET MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST 2012
Brand
Dollar Sales
Arizona
$619,590,700
Change vs. year earlier
Lipton Brisk Tea
$289,320,500
1.82%
Lipton
$250,572,200
-8.96%
Snapple
$185,677,300
-0.40%
Arizona Arnold Palmer
$164,265,200
39.17%
Diet Snapple
$149,959,800
9.80%
Lipton PureLeaf
$145,993,500
-7.01%
Nestea
$98,078,360
-6.09%
Gold Peak
$94,823,110
15.84%
Lipton Diet
$86,922,620
43.83%
Peace Tea
$74,537,510
52.11%
Arnold Palmer Lite Half & Half
$45,921,360
27.16%
Private Label
$38,410,710
-18.89%
Arizona RX
$32,718,160
11.20%
Honest Tea
$26,302,700
11.55%
Sweet Leaf
$23,853,560
26.68%
Tradewinds
$20,810,190
62.35%
Sobe
$15,820,870
-16.81%
Nestea Diet
$14,273,580
-11.10%
XINGtea
$13,841,400
0.23%
Lipton Brisk
$12,888,700
N/A
Tejava
$8,425,011
10.80%
Marley’s Mellow Mood
$7,015,426
551.54%
Snapple The Celebrity Apprentice
$6,441,871
-28.23%
-0.30%
Tazo
$5,530,757
-17.76%
Ssips
$5,282,302
-8.38%
TEAS’TEA
$4,090,654
24.74%
Inkos
$2,726,236
-1.95%
Nantucket Squeezed Nectars
$2,615,031
-10.88%
Steaz
$2,521,235
14.59%
Sobe Lean
$2,072,453
-52.49%
Fuze
$1,906,106
-77.12%
Community
$1,878,988
-10.70%
Guayaki Yerba Mate
$1,833,486
72.42%
Guayaki
$1,809,109
34.87%
Turners
$1,541,836
8.65%
ITO EN
$1,170,132
-14.85%
Celsius
$1,151,108
-57.33%
John Boy and Billy
$1,149,105
-13.87%
Lipton Diet PureLeaf
$960,409
-27.49%
My Tea
$898,587
-11.49%
New Leaf
$892,793
-51.05%
Luzianne
$880,989
-45.86%
Argo
$814,233
2,434.61%
Beacon Drive In
$764,887
-11.35%
Faygo Ohana
$597,835
5.79%
Gregory’s Box’d Beverages
$561,937
26.20%
Kombucha Wonder Drink
$544,940
-26.93%
Sobe Energize
$477,748
1,016.22%
Bigelow
$446,696
0.84%
bucks family tree. Meanwhile, Starbucks itself is rolling out its first retail tea concept behind the Tazo line (even as that line begins to decline a bit in the Pepsi system) and even Guayaki has a Mate Bar in its Sebastopol offices. There are 3,500 retail tea locations in the U.S., compared with more than 25,000 coffeehouses, according to World Tea Media.
GUAYAKI, GUAYUSA, GT, AND GOLD PEAK: WATCH OUT FOR THE KILLER G’s
Just as with the Arnold Palmer, AriZona’s products, driven by its value-priced $.99 cans, lead the category. But other companies are learning to appreciate cheap as well. Peace Tea is riding the coattails of parent company Monster’s distribution deal with the Coca-Cola Co. to move its own $.99, 23 oz. cans, and has taken big steps in circulation: the brand is at about $75 million, according to Symphony/IRI, which doesn’t count Wal-Mart, where Coke practically has its own office. During an earnings call in May Monster CEO Rodney Sacks announced that the brand was up nearly 85 percent over the same quarter for the previous year – it “has really started to come into its own and we think that also can develop into a very nice brand for the company going forward,” he told the audience. Even the AriZona foe Snapple has gotten into the cheaper-is-better game with its own cans of printed-on $.79 iced teas. And here’s a crazy wild-card: Snapple might have a shot at grabbing market share from AriZona in the Big Apple for one simple – but bizarre -- reason: under Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s proposed anti-supersizing initiative, the 16 oz. can of Snapple would still be allowed. The 24 oz. AriZona? That would draw a fine.
While Cheap is King, there are some brands that are showing growth from exotic places: in the old school, Guayaki, which makes RTD yerba mate drinks and has long been a natural foods standby, is showing strong expansion in mainstream accounts, with sales nearly doubling this year. Guayusa, an Amazonian tree leaf imported from Ecuador by the makers of Runa, fills out the new school; the organic, fair trade product has a low calorie profile and is starting to gain traction in natural and specialty accounts. Meanwhile, GT’s Kombucha, which has recovered after the 2010 “kombucha fermentation crisis” to regain its market leader position, is the grand old brand of the kombucha movement, which shows little sign of slowing as interest in probiotics grows. Joining those three emerging companies is a big beverage company-produced brand, Gold Peak, which has succeeded to the point that Coke wasn’t afraid to let its partnership with Nestea dissolve in the U.S. After a slow start, Gold Peak has given Coke a growing set of facings in both the refrigerated multi-serve section of the store – where it’s up more than 40 percent this year – as well as the grab-and-go box.
ON-PREMISE IS EVOLVING
Tea is booming on-premise as well, with iced teas getting a lot of momentum. From on-tap kombucha to McDonald’s selling millions of dollars in $.99 sweet tea, the availability of RTD tea on tap is contributing to the overall momentum mentioned in the introduction. Slick operations like Teavana, Tea Forte, and Canadian import Davidstea are helping create a tea-only branch of the StarJULY/AUGUST 2012 BEVNET MAGAZINE 33
BRAND NEWS
Tea
Runa’s Traditional Guayusa Tea took first place in the Herbal Iced Tea category at this year’s North American Tea Championship. Runa is low in calories (50 calories per 14 oz. bottle), and the brand continues to receive positive reviews for its smooth, clean flavor, according to the manufacturer
lemonade combo has the added factor of raspberry added to the mix. Half & Half Raspberry has a vibrant eye catching label AriZona is known for. The tea is available in 20 oz. “Tall Boys” and 128 oz. gallon jugs and contains 50 calories per serving. Purpose Beverages, Inc., maker of Tevolu-
Adagio Teas has updated its packaging
to emphasize the USDA Organic and unsweetened nature of its ready-to-drink teas. The five varieties are distributed by UNFI and Kehe nationally, Nature’s Best in the SoCal region, and Preferred Beverages in New York City. MaryAnna’s Tea was awarded First Place for its Summer Sweet Tea in the ready-to-drink flavored black iced tea category by the North American 2012 Iced Tea Championship. Guayaki has launched a new line of spar-
kling yerba mate beverages. The teas are USDA organic and GMO-free and come in three flavors: Classic Gold (cola), pomegranate/cranberry, and grapefruit ginger. Classic Gold has 120 mg of caffeine per serving while the other versions contain 80 mg. Crystal Geyser Water Company. Tejava
premium iced tea won first place at the 2012 North American Tea Championship in the ready-to-drink unflavored black tea category. This is the second year in a row Tejava has claimed the top spot in the growing category. AriZona has created a new twist on a
classic with Arnold Palmer Southern Style. Featuring half sweet tea and half pink lemonade, the tea is made of all natural ingredients is and contains 90 calories per serving. Arnold Palmer Southern Style is available in AriZona’s famous 23 oz. big cans. AriZona has also introduced Arnold
Palmer Half & Half Peach, a half sweet tea and half lemonade beverage with a hint of peaches. At only 50 calories per serving, Arnold Palmer Half & Half Peach is available in 23 oz. big cans. AriZona has also launched Half & Half
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tion iced teas, announced that it has secured expanded distribution in the Mid-Atlantic through Avenue Gourmet. The partnership will expand sales of Tevolution into greater Baltimore, Maryland and southern Pennsylvania. Tevolution donates 25 cents of every sale to its charity partners, including Jumpstart and Project Night Night. Consumers can track the progress of the charity by heading to the retailer’s Web site and entering a code from the bottle. Gourmetti Brands LLC. Chantea has introduced new packaging for its line of green teas with aloe. The new packaging is designed to enhance brand awareness and match the brand’s taste proposition. The new design features a white background with clean lines and bright colors that differentiate the four flavors: original, passionfruit, peach, and lemon. Rooibee Red Tea has launched a new
branded outer shipper case containing three 4-packs. In addition to telling the company’s story, the new shipper case offers a perforated window that opens up to showcase the featured flavor 4-pack. Great for displays and case stacks, the shipper case allows retailers a case option for volume sales. Steaz has introduced a new Superfruit flavor. The green tea based organic formula is lightly sweetened and made with a unique blend of fruits including mangosteen, blueberry, acai, goji, and pomegranate. The new addition is rich in both antioxidants and flavor. ITO EN (North America) Inc. has launched
TEAS’ TEA Plus half & HALF, a new line of fresh brewed green teas and juice. TEAS’ TEA Plus half & HALF is slightly sweetened with all natural cane sugar and a touch of stevia and contains 50 calories per serving. The line comes in three flavors: Green Tea with Lemonade, Green Tea with Green Apple, and Green Tea with Peach. The half & HALF design is a unique departure from TEAS’ TEA original signature striped bottle
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design. Packaged in a 16.9 fl oz square bottle, the recyclable PETE 1 bottle is nonleaching and BPA Free. New Leaf has recently redesigned the packag-
ing of its iced tea line. The new look is more consistent with New Leaf’s lemonade line. Since its restructure in February, New Leaf has continued to focus on its core markets, as well as introducing new distribution with Grass Root Beverages in Florida, Axton in Kentucky, and Star Distributors in Connecticut. Turkey Hill Dairy has launched SunBrew,
a new line of premium iced tea made with simple ingredients like pure water, tea, real sugar and no added preservatives or colors. SunBrew is available in Sweetened, Lightly Sweetened and Unsweetened varieties. The products are fresh and cold produced, and are not shelf stable.
organic cane sugar. It is sold exclusively at Whole Foods to celebrate the long-standing partnership between the two companies. One percent of sales of Raspberry Fields benefit the Whole Planet Foundation. Honest Tea has also launched (not too) Sweet Tea, the brand’s newest plastic-bottled beverage. The beverage is Honest’s take on a traditional Southern sweet tea, and contains 100 calories per bottle. It is made with organic cane sugar and organic stevia and has 40 percent less sugar and calories than the leading sweet teas. Honest Tea also reformulated its Zero Calo-
rie Passion Fruit Green Tea and transitioned it from a plastic bottle to a glass bottle. It is made with organic green tea and organic hibiscus and sweetened with organic stevia. Honest Tea has also introduced Fresh
Cold Star Inc. TEAse is a line of 100 per-
cent all-natural premium-brewed iced tea drinks. TEAse iced tea beverages have no artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives, and are sweetened with pure, all-natural honey and organic cane juice. The teas are available in three flavors: Berry-Blended Black Tea, Green Tea with Honey & Ginseng, and Green Tea with Honey, Pomegranate & Acai and packaged in 16 oz. bottles. AMA Waters. AMAzon Beverages has
brought the benefits and flavor of coconut water to the tea category. The line’s Green, White, Rooibos and Black tea are blended and sweetened with coconut water and infused with healthy extracts from the Amazon Rainforest. The low-calorie, vitamin-enriched teas offer an alternative for coconut water enthusiasts and bring a new consumer base to the tea category. Monster Beverage Corp. Peace Tea has partnered with the Country Throwdown Tour & Vans Warped Tour, and will serve over 286,000 samples to concertgoers throughout the summer. Honest Tea has introduced a new Raspber-
ry Fields flavor. The product is Honest Tea’s newest glass-bottled beverage and made with Fair Trade Certified black tea, organic raspberry juice and raspberry leaves, and
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Brewed Iced Tea, a new line of teas made for food service retailers. It comes in four varieties: Classic Green Tea, Just Iced Tea, Lemon Herbal Tea, and Raspberry Tea. It is a new way for consumers to enjoy great-tasting, high-quality organic tea in restaurants and cafes, either unsweetened, or just a tad sweet. H2M Beverages has expanded its line of Herbal Mist 100% Natural fresh-brewed ready-to-drink teas to include Mango, Half & Half, and four Diet flavors, all coming to market as the brand introduced redesigned packaging at the beginning of the year. New Diet Herbal Mist flavors are: Diet Peach, Diet Lemon, Diet Mango, and Diet Half + Half (Lemonade and Tea). The flavors are sweetened with green leaf Stevia. Herbal Mist is also available in Raspberry, Green with Honey, Lemon, Peach, Mango and Half & Half, and all flavors now contain more Yerba Mate. Herbal Mist is now being distributed nationally by US Foods. Cintron Beverage Group recently inked a deal with Daymond John, of TV show “The Shark Tank” and Shark Branding to bring their Latin-inspired, organically-sweetened products to the next level. Cintron produces a line of four black teas, and three green teas packaged in 14 oz. glass bottles. Cintron recently revamped its Facebook page on include news related to its deal with John.
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PRODUCTS: AQUABALL Water, only better
PRODUCTS: Strawberry, Orange, Peach, Tahiti Lime PACKAGING: 13.5 oz. PET
PACKAGING: 12 oz. PET
ATTRIBUTES: Enhanced, Flavored Acquafibra is a pre-biotic, fiber-enhanced flavored beverage providing 25% of FDA’s recommended daily fiber intake. US produced and bottled, Acquafibra’s 6 grams of prebiotic dietary fiber is a digestible carbohydrate that nourishes the growth of essential intestinal flora, improves digestive functions and enhances mineral absorption. Vitamins B3, B5, B6 and B9 also help balance consumers’ daily diets. Market it to all ages, and display with beverages, fiber (food) or health products.
Age Defense Water
CG Roxane
ATTRIBUTES: Enhanced, Flavored
AQUAhydrate AQUAhydrate, Inc.
PRODUCTS: Spring Water
PRODUCTS: Supercharged Hydration, Alkalized Water with Electrolytes
PACKAGING: 500 mL PET, 1.5 L PET, 1 gal. PET
PACKAGING: 1 L PET, 700 mL PET, 500 mL PET ATTRIBUTES: Electrolyte Enhanced
Bona VitaRx AMAzon beverages AMA WATERS LLC PRODUCTS: Coconut Water/ White tea, Coconut Water/ Green tea, Coconut Water/ Black tea, Coconut Water/ Rooibos tea Mixed berry/ Guarana extract, Pomegranate/ Urucu extract, Papaya/ Camu Camu extract PACKAGING: 16.5 oz. PET
PRODUCTS: Intense Energy & Immune Support: Pomegranate Hibiscus & Green Tea, Intense Energy & Immune Support: Strawberry Flower Banana, Intense Energy & Immune Support: Lily Berry Punch, Intense Energy & Immune Support: Kiwi Strawberry Petal, Intense Energy & Immune Support: Pineapple Orange Blossom, Appetite Control: Asian Pear & Peony, Relax & Recover: Mango & Peach Blossom
ASPEN PURE WATER ASPEN PURE PRODUCTS: Water
PACKAGING: 16 oz. PET ATTRIBUTES: Enhanced, Flavored
Age Defense Water is a line of zero sugar flavored water that contain 100mg of the powerful antioxidant, Resveratrol. Age Defense Water targets 3 different functions: Energy, Appetite Control and Relaxation. Intense Energy & Immune Support is the most popular function and comes in 5 different flavors. Each Age Defense Water contains powerful anti-inflammatory Resveratrol and other antioxidants specifically designed to enhance each function.
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PACKAGING: 24 oz. PET, 33.8 L PET, 16.9 oz. PET
AVITAE Caffeinated Water
Balance Refresh
Avitae USA, LLC
Balance Water Company Inc.
PRODUCTS: ORIGINAL 45mg Caffeine, DOUBLE 90mg Caffeine
PRODUCTS: U.S. Spring water with Australian Flower Essences. Nonflavored
PACKAGING: 16.9 oz. PET
PACKAGING: 1 L PET, 16.9 oz. PET
BLUE04 04 LLC PRODUCTS: BLUEO4 24pk 20oz PACKAGING: 20 fl oz. RPET ATTRIBUTES: Electrolyte Enhanced, Enhanced BLUEO4 is bringing back the basics for hydration and natural energy by introducing the premier natural Oxygenated Enhanced Water Beverage. With 0 Calories and 0 Sugar, BLUEO4 is made from a formulation of purified water infused with a proprietary mix of sodium, magnesium, potassium, chloride and 41 other trace minerals. For a clean, crisp and pure taste AND a boost of the most bio-available oxygen, BLUEO4 is the the next generation natural energy beverage.
ATTRIBUTES: Enhanced
Ayala’s Herbal Water
Balance Relax
Herbal Water, Inc.
Balance Water Company Inc.
PRODUCTS: Sparkling Herbal Water
PRODUCTS: U.S. Spring water with Australian Flower Essences. Nonflavored
PACKAGING: 12 oz. Glass, 16 oz. PET, 750 mL Glass
PACKAGING: 1 L PET, 16.9 oz. PET
ATTRIBUTES: Flavored, On Premise, Sparkling, Organic
Balance Digest
ATTRIBUTES: Enhanced
Celsius
Balance Travel Balance Water Company Inc.
Balance Water Company Inc.
PRODUCTS: U.S. Spring water with Australian Flower Essences. Nonflavored
PRODUCTS: U.S. Spring water with Australian Flower Essences. Nonflavored.
PACKAGING: 1 L PET, 16.9 oz. PET
PACKAGING: 1 L PET, 16.9 oz. PET
Celsius PRODUCTS: Celsius Outrageous Orange On-the-Go Sticks PACKAGING: 7 Count and 14 Count Sticks
ATTRIBUTES: Enhanced
ATTRIBUTES: Enhanced
Balance Mind
Clear Alaskan Glacial Alaska Brands Group LLC PRODUCTS: Virgin Glacial Water - All Natural - Sports and Flat Cap PACKAGING: 257 mL PET, 355 mL PET, 500 mL PET, 710 mL PET, 1 L PET, 1.5 L PET, 750 mL Glass ATTRIBUTES: On Premise
Chia Water
Blk. Balance Water Company Inc.
Blk. Enterprises
PRODUCTS: U.S. Spring water with Australian Flower Essences Nonflavored
PRODUCTS: Blk. Water
PACKAGING: 1 L PET, 16.9 oz. PET ATTRIBUTES: Enhanced 42 BEVNET MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST 2012
PACKAGING: 16.9 oz. RPET, 8.0 oz. RPET ATTRIBUTES: Electrolyte Enhanced
CocoZona Expresso Xiomega3, LLC PRODUCTS: Chia Water Lemon Lime, Chia Water Berries PACKAGING: 16 oz. PET ATTRIBUTES: Enhanced, Flavored
AriZona Beverages USA PRODUCTS: CocoZona Expresso; ATTRIBUTES: Coconut Water
Brewed organic tea leaves, real lemonade, and just a tad sweet.ÂŽ Contact Us: 800-865-4736 or sales@honesttea.com
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Crystal Geyser Mineral Water Fred
Gize
Crystal Geyser Water Company
Fred Beverages, Inc.
PRODUCTS: Sparkling Mineral Water
PACKAGING: 400 mL PET, 600 mL PET, 1000 mL PET
PRODUCTS: USA-Born Natural Spring Water
C.M.W. Canadian Mineral Water Development S.A. PRODUCTS: Still, Sparkling, Lemon-Elderflower, Raspberry-Ginseng, Pear-Vinegar, Pineappl-Coconut
PACKAGING: 1.25 L PET, 18 oz. PET
PACKAGING: 200 mL Glass, 750 mL Glass
ATTRIBUTES: Flavored, Sparkling
ATTRIBUTES: Flavored, Sparkling
DASANI
GUAPA Beauty Drink The Coca-Cola Company
Wellness Foods S.A.
PRODUCTS: Dasani Purified Water
PRODUCTS: GUAPA Skin Care (Red Berries), GUAPA Silouette, Weight Loss (Mandarin), GUAPA Anti Age, Antioxidants (Lemon)
PACKAGING: PET container made from at least 30 percent plantbased materials
In our new communications world of social media, Fred was created to offer a new form of value to consumers and retailers; Relationship Value. Through entertainment, humor and one-on-one dialogue, Fred is able to drive consumer loyalty and defend against commoditization at a level rarely seen by traditionally-branded beverages. Add Fred to your shelf, friend him on Facebook, see what we mean. Avail. through nationwide distribution
PACKAGING: 17 oz. PET ATTRIBUTES: Enhanced, Flavored
ESSENTIA WATER
ganic Vitaminwater ganic natural beverages GmbH
ESSENTIA WATER, INC. PRODUCTS: Essentia super hydrating water
PRODUCTS: ganic Vitaminwater Daily Max - Grape Acai, ganic Vitaminwater Golden Rush Mango citric, ganic Vitaminwater Love Juice - Wild Plum
PACKAGING: 20 oz. PET, 1 L PET, 1.5 L PET ATTRIBUTES: Electrolyte Enhanced
GNC Nutritional Waters
PACKAGING: 17 oz. PET ATTRIBUTES: Electrolyte Enhanced, Enhanced, Flavored
ganicwater
FIJI Water
ganic natural beverages GmbH
FIJI Water PRODUCTS: Natural Artesian Water
PRODUCTS: Citric Lemongrass, Smooth Ginger, Spearmint Kiss, Caramell Toffee, Cranberry Pearl
PACKAGING: 330 mL PET, 500 mL PET, 1 L PET, 1.5 L PET ATTRIBUTES: On Premise
PACKAGING: 17 oz. PET ATTRIBUTES: Flavored
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Shadow Beverages PRODUCTS: Nutritional Waters PACKAGING: 20 oz. PET ATTRIBUTES: Enhanced, Flavored
Energize your body with GNC Advanced Nutritional Waters. A proprietary blend of ingredients uniquely designed to support muscle energy, advanced hydration and immune function. XP-Extreme Performance when you need more from your water with the addition of L-Theanine, L-Arginine and GABA, with a maximum of 15 calories per bottle. GNC Nutriwater Active, when you need to quench your thirst with Advanced Nutrition, including Polyphenols and L-Theanine with a maximum of 5 calories per bottle.
H.A.R.D. Nutrition
Icelandic Glacial
DC Brands International, Inc.
Icelandic Glacial inc PRODUCTS: Premium Water
PRODUCTS: Whacked Energy, Fat Fighter, Get Over It, Think, Cleanz Plus, Health Plus, Renew, Rebuild, Perform
PACKAGING: 330 mL RPET, 500 mL RPET, 750 mL RPET, 1000 mL RPET
PACKAGING: 20 oz. PET ATTRIBUTES: Electrolyte Enhanced, Enhanced, Flavored, Organic
Hawaiian Springs Water
Metromint
Premium Healthy Spring Water, Inc.
Soma Beverage
PRODUCTS: 100% natural, New Zealand spring water, pure, BPAFree, pH 7.2, silica rich, sustainable source
PRODUCTS: Peppermint, Spearmint, Orangemint, Lemonmint, Cherrymint, Goodberrymint
PACKAGING: 1 L PET, 500 mL PET, 1 L 6 pack, 500 mL 6 pack
PACKAGING: 16.9 oz. PET
ATTRIBUTES: Organic
ICIO Water
Hawaiian Springs, LLC PRODUCTS: Natural Artesian Water from Hawaii’s Big Island PACKAGING: 330 mL PET, 500 mL PET, 750 mL PET, 1 L PET, 1.5 L PET
Hint Fizz
Kiwaii New Zealand Water
LaCroix Sparkling Water ICIO, Inc.
National Beverage Corp.
PRODUCTS: ICIO Natural Infused Water
PRODUCTS: LaCroix Sparkling Water
PACKAGING: 12 oz. PET
ATTRIBUTES: Flavored, Sparkling
PACKAGING: 12 oz. Can
ATTRIBUTES: Flavored
Karma Wellness Water Hint, Inc.
Karma Culture LLC
PRODUCTS: Blackberry, Peach, Strawberry-Kiwi, Watermelon
PRODUCTS: Enhanced Mix-ToDrink Beverage
PACKAGING: 12 oz. Glass, 12 oz. 4-pack carton
PACKAGING: 18 oz. PET ATTRIBUTES: Enhanced
ATTRIBUTES: Flavored, Sparkling
Hint Water
Keeper Springs Hint, Inc. PRODUCTS: Blackberry, Mango-Grapefruit, PomegranateTangerine, Watermelon PACKAGING: 16 oz. PET ATTRIBUTES: Flavored
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Leading the sparkling water growth for the past three consecutive years, LaCroix brand is naturally flavored with clean nutritionals. Calorie, sweetener, sodium free and containing nothing artificial, LaCroix is a natural brand sold nationwide. Offered in nine flavors including: Pure, Orange, Berry, Grapefruit/Pamplemousse, CranRaspberry, Lime, Lemon, Coconut and the latest, Peach/Pear.
Metroelectro Keeper Springs Natural Spring Water PRODUCTS: Bottled Water PACKAGING: 500 mL RPET, 500 mL 6 pack, 500 mL 24 pack, 700 mL RPET
NEO Water Soma Beverage
NEO North America Inc.
PRODUCTS: Metroelectro
PRODUCTS: NEO Water
PACKAGING: 20 oz. PET, 1 L PET
PACKAGING: 16.9 oz. PET, 20 oz. PET, 33.8 oz. PET
ATTRIBUTES: Electrolyte Enhanced
ATTRIBUTES: Electrolyte Enhanced
Noah’s Sparkling Water
People Water
Saratoga Spring Water
Noah’s Water
People Water
SSWC
PRODUCTS: Natural Flavors: Lime, Blueberry Pomegranate, Peach Mango, Varni Almond
PRODUCTS: 100% Naturally Spring Fed Water
PRODUCTS: Still, Sparkling, Essence Flavors
PACKAGING: 12 oz. Can
Every 19 seconds, a child dies from a water related illness, that’s 3 children every minute and 180 children every hour (water.org.) People Water has taken this statistic to heart and created a sustainable, caused-based company based upon our Drop for Drop policy. At People Water we are committed to a holistic business model that’s not only focused on the global water crisis, but also provides an eco-friendly bottle filled with 100% natural spring water.
Nuun All Day Nuun & Co. PRODUCTS: Vitamin enhanced all-natural drink tab
PACKAGING: 12 oz. Biodegradable PET Bottle, 16.9 oz. Biodegradable PET Bottle, 1 L Biodegradable PET Bottle
PACKAGING: 12 oz. Glass, 28 oz. Glass ATTRIBUTES: On Premise, Sparkling
Something Natural Sparkling SOMETHING NATURAL PRODUCTS: Blueberry Lemon, Black Cherry, Pink Grapefruit, Strawberry Peach, Raspberry Keylime
PACKAGING: 15 count PET/Tube ATTRIBUTES: Electrolyte Enhanced, Enhanced, Flavored
PACKAGING: 11 oz. Glass ATTRIBUTES: Flavored, Sparkling
NuZee Artesian Water & Natural Spring Water
PURE SWISS Mineral Water
Sparkling ICE
PURE SWISS Inc.
Talking Rain Beverage Company
PRODUCTS: Sparkling Alkaline Mineral Water, Still Alkaline Mineral Water
PRODUCTS: Black Raspberry, Orange Mango, Kiwi Strawberry, Pink Grapefruit, Coconut Pineapple, Lemon Lime, Pomegranate Blueberry, Lemonade
PACKAGING: 500 mL PET, 500 mL Glass, 1 L Glass ATTRIBUTES: On Premise, Sparkling, Organic
Raw Water NuZee Co. Ltd. PRODUCTS: NuZee Artesian Water, NuZee Sparkling Lemon Water, NuZee Sparkling Water PACKAGING: 300 mL Glass, 750 mL Glass
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ATTRIBUTES: Enhanced, Flavored, Sparkling
St Géron Summit Spring Water, Inc.
Brands Within Reach, LLC
PRODUCTS: Maine Natural Spring Water since 1875
PRODUCTS: French naturally sparkling mineral water
PACKAGING: 1 L Glass, 1.5 L PET
PACKAGING: 750 mL Glass
ATTRIBUTES: On Premise, Organic
ATTRIBUTES: On Premise, Sparkling
ATTRIBUTES: Sparkling
NuZee Artesian Water is America’s first top shelf premium glass bottled water. NuZee is bottled directly from the Blue Spring at the magnificent Te Waihou water source in New Zealand. The Blue Spring water can take up to 100 years to seep through the pumice of the Mamaku Ranges. This water is some of the purest spring water in the world and its crystal blue appearance is a result of that purity. Our water contains a very high amount of silica which promotes healthy skin.
PACKAGING: 17 oz. PET
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Syfo Sparkling Waters
Vitamin2o Greenpack
Universal Beverages, Inc.
VBlast Vitamins & Water New York Spring Water, Inc.
Wellness Foods S.A. PRODUCTS: Lemon, Apple, Orange, Strawberry Banana
PRODUCTS: Original Seltzer, Lemon-Lime Sparkling Water, Tangerine-Orange Sparkling Water, Wild Cherry Sparkling Water
PRODUCTS: Acai & Berry, Pomegranate Cherry, Wild Berry, Strawberry Kiwi, Orange, Grape, Green Tea, Peach Tea
PACKAGING: 20 oz. PET ATTRIBUTES: Electrolyte Enhanced, Enhanced, Flavored
Greenpack is a new innovate packaging concept encompassing a bottle plus a container fitted with 4 reload caps (HDS patented delivery caps), achieving a ecologic 5 pack. Just refill your bottle with water, put a new cap and enjoy a new fresh beverage. This new packaging concept can be customized with any beverage brand and with many different formulations following your company needs. BENEFITS: Great saving in logistics Eco Friendly beverages 100% healthy products (No Preservants).
PACKAGING: 10 oz. Glass, 20 oz. PET, 1 L PET, 2 L PET ATTRIBUTES: Flavored, Sparkling
TONGO Coconut Water TONGO LLC PRODUCTS: Warrior Punch, Tahitian Lime, Pacific Orange
PACKAGING: 16.9 oz. PET ATTRIBUTES: Electrolyte Enhanced, Enhanced, Flavored
Volvic Brands Within Reach, LLC PRODUCTS: French Natural Spring Water from a Volcanic Source
PACKAGING: 16 oz. PET
PACKAGING: 1 L RPET, 1.5 L RPET, 500 mL RPET
ATTRIBUTES: Coconut Water
VOSS
X-TREME PH
Topo Chico Interex Corp
X-TREME RESOURCES, L.L.C.
PRODUCTS: Sparkling Mineral Water
PRODUCTS: X-Treme PH Sports Water
PACKAGING: 6.5 oz. Glass, 11.5 oz. Glass, 20 oz. PET, 25.4 oz. Glass, 33.8 oz. PET, 50.7 oz. PET ATTRIBUTES: Sparkling
TRUE, BODE, REV D HYDRO ONE BEVERAGES PRODUCTS: All Natural, Diabetic, Dietetic, Functional, Nutritional PACKAGING: 16 oz. PET ATTRIBUTES: Enhanced 50 BEVNET MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST 2012
Voss of Norway ASA PRODUCTS: Artesian Water Still, Sparkling
PACKAGING: 16.9 oz. 6 pack, 16.9 oz. 24 pack ATTRIBUTES: Electrolyte Enhanced
X-Treme PH Sports Water is the only bottled water produced by infusing high-quality, purified source water with our proprietary, plant-derived mineral mix of calcium, magnesium and potassium, giving you a pH of 9 PLUS in every bottle, with low total dissolved solids (TDS) of 21-40 mg/L. X-Treme PH Sports Water contains NO caffeine, NO sugars, NO sweeteners, and NO artificial flavorings. Great taste - high alkaline pH better hydration! That’s X-Treme PH Sports Water!
PACKAGING: 375 mL Glass, 800 mL Glass, 330 mL PET, 500 mL PET, 850 mL PET, 330 mL 6 pack, 375 mL 4-pack carton ATTRIBUTES: On Premise
Whistler Water Whistler Water PRODUCTS: Glacial Spring Water, Flat Cap, Sport Cap PACKAGING: 350 mL PET, 500 mL PET, 1 L PET, 1.5 L PET, 750 mL Glass
ZICO Coconut Water ZICO Beverages PRODUCTS: Chocolate, Natural, Pineapple, Mango, Passion Fruit PACKAGING: 14 oz. PET, 11 oz. Tetra Pak
SERVICE & SUPPLIER LISTINGS
ATTRIBUTES: Coconut Water
Zipfizz
AIDP, Inc.
BENEO Inc.
BevForce
AIDP Inc. specializes in water soluble solutions for a clear liquid product. Our proprietary microencapsulation process, called enVantec, delivers stable and clear vitamin solutions featuring Vitamin A, Vitamin D3 and Vitamin E. Collagen has long been a challenge in liquid formats. Our beverage grade collagen perfect for beverages and liquid nutraceuticals.
BENEO offers functional ingredients from natural sources. It helps improve a product’s nutritional and technological characteristics and actively supports customers in the development of more balanced and healthy foods products.
BevForce is a boutique staffing agency that helps good people find great jobs, and guides beverage brands on how to effectively build their teams. As the beverage industry’s leading career network, we’re the only staffing solution that provides an online job board, virtual interview technology and executive recruiting services.
Zipfizz Corporation PRODUCTS: Zipfizz Healthy Energy Sports Mix, Immune Fizz PACKAGING: .39 oz. Sticks/Sleeves, .37 oz. Sticks/Sleeves ATTRIBUTES: Electrolyte Enhanced, Flavored
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Boreal Water Collection Inc.
Closure Systems International
GMP Laboratories
Osio International, Inc.
Boreal Water is a personalized bottled water company specializing in premium custom bottled water for your company. Whether it’s for co-packing, promotion, marketing, or a specific event, Boreal custom labeled bottle water is a onestop shop, a turnkey operation offering customers fully integrated services literally from the ground up.
Closure Systems International, Inc. (CSI) is recognized as a global leader in closure design, manufacturing, and high speed application systems. CSI’s closure systems solutions help customers maximize profits by increasing the marketability of their brands and optimizing their total cost of operations. CSI is part of the Reynolds Packaging Group.
GMP Laboratories is a custom contract manufacturer of dietary supplements. Specializing in ready to drink liquid supplements, we also have the capabilities to produce oxygenated water with state of the art equipment and expertise. We can accommodate a wide variety of packaging needs and offer a turnkey product.
Osio International, a leading supplier to the food and beverage industry, provides flexible packaging solutions from Asia Pacific based manufacturers. Based in Anaheim, CA, a Certified Minority Owned business for over 15 years and has an excellent range of custom printed packaging capabilities including shrink sleeves, roll-stock and pouches.
Cargill
Flavor Producers
Healthy Brand Builders
Overn
Joint concerns are on the rise with consumers across many age groups. Cargill’s Regenasure Glucosamine is the only U.S.-produced, GRAS, vegetarian glucosamine commercially available, providing customers with non-animal, non-shellfish solutions.
Flavor Producers is a leading manufacturer of premium quality conventional and certified organic flavors serving the food and beverage industries since 1981. Your partner in flavor development.
Healthy Brand Builders is a full service consultancy that offers entrepreneurs to large food and beverage companies insights and direction into the complete building process of a brand, from ideation and brand promise, development and implementation of sales and marketing plans, securing expansion/ growth capital and exit plan strategies.
Established in 1987, Overnight Labels, Inc. is an award winning, US based company that manufactures custom, flexographically printed products.Our capabilities include: shrink sleeves, neck bands, flexible film, pressure & non pressure-sensitive labels, rotary silkscreen, cold foil and more. Call for a FREE Sample Pack!
Chemi Nutra
Flexible Pouch-Water/Juice
Naturex Inc.
PHARMACHEM
Chemi Nutra’s specialty ingredient AlphaSize A-GPC can help maintain and improve mental performance, boost exercise performance, and positively impact healthy aging without contributing flavor or cloudiness.
Bottle free, Glass free, change to flexible pouch for your next beverage packaging of water, juice, tea, corktail. Eco-friendly, light, easy handle, BPA free, innovative design, tamper-evident closure, center or corner spout fitment.
Naturex manufactures natural specialty ingredients for the Food & Beverage industry. The group specializes in the development of fruit and vegetable powders, natural flavorings, colorings, preservatives and healthy ingredients as well as natural texturizing and taste improvement solutions that are tailored for beverage applications.
PHARMACHEM is a family of companies with 13 facilities in USA and Mexico that manufacture a variety of ingredients for RTD beverages including VITAMINS, MINERALS, BOTANICAL EXTRACTS, ALOE VERA, and custom PREMIX & FORTIFICATIONS including certified ORGANIC and HEALTH CLAIMS. We make ingredients work.
Citromax Flavors
Glover
O-I
Prinova
Citromax, with global headquarters in Carlstadt, NJ and facilities in Argentina and Brazil, has been one of the world’s premier growers of lemons and producers of oils and juices for more than 40 years. Our family of companies is behind a delicious array of today’s most recognized, iconic flavors in beverages, confection, dairy, and baked goods.
Glover Capital, Inc., negotiates the purchase, sale, merger or restructuring of industry-specific assignments that are national and international in scope. The company also advises owners and senior management on a wide spectrum of corporate financial issues.
Owens-Illinois, Inc. is the world’s largest glass container manufacturer and preferred partner for many leading food and beverage brands. Headquartered in Perrysburg, Ohio, O-I employs more than 24,000 people at 81 plants in 21 countries. O-I delivers safe, effective and sustainable glass packaging solutions to a growing global marketplace.
Prinova provides high-quality ingredients, flavors and value-added services. In-house R&D application specialists create individualized solutions to develop, improve, and enhance beverages. Our extensive product portfolio, global purchasing power and market expertise makes sourcing beverage ingredients and flavors simple, strategic and successful.
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Prism Visual Software
The Ingredient House
Veriplas Containers
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Prism’s award-winning software supports companies with sales teams and truck fleets of all sizes. Whether companies organize their routes via pre-order, delivery, route sales, sales order or equipment service, Prism’s operational software, MiniMate and ServQuest, increases the bottom line for all business types.
The Ingredient House is a Global Ingredient Supplier providing customers that special combination of service, quality, and value. Our supply partners with the experienced ingredient house team bring you quality products that add value to your business. Our portfolio covers Sweeteners, Polyols, Fibers and Hydrocolloids. Our team will design a solution for you anywhere in the world.
Veriplas Containers is your innovative source for PET preforms and containers for the bottled water and beverage industry. We have a broad selection of stock containers. Custom projects are welcome. Veriplas is known as a leader in the use of recycled PET content.
SleeveCo, Inc.
The Tapa Company
WILD Flavors, Inc.
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At The Tapa Company we developed the patented HDS Tapa Inside Technology, that is the only 100% hermetic worldwide patented delivery cap which ensures your active formulation to always be protected and 100% fresh. This means: Achieve the best flavor, Always 100% freshness of the active ingredients, A much longer shelflife.
SunOpta-Food Solutions
The Wright Group
WILD Flavors, inc. Delivers Innovative Flavor, Color, Ingredient System, and Process Technology Solutions to the Food and Beverage Industry with a focus on the functionality, quality, and safety of its products.
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Tata Tea Extractions, Inc.
The Wright Group is an industry leader in the development of custom nutrient premixes and microencapsulation of vitamins and minerals for the beverage industry. Wright’s high-volume liquid blending capacity and customized delivery options help provide the balanced solutions needed to increase your profits.
Triumbari Corp
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Tata Tea Extractions, Inc. are suppliers of cold water soluble Instant Tea powders and also capable of further processing them to meet specific customer needs. The company is capable of supplying Instant tea powders, generally termed as Black Tea powder and its variants and Instant Green tea sourced from its own group manufacturing locations for the Iced Tea Beverage industry.
Triumbari Corp is a premier North American PET bottle manufacturer specializing in Stock and Custom PET bottles for the Cold Fill Water and CSD markets. We proudly offer both PET and 100 % rPET for all of our bottles. We offer assistance in engineering, prototyping, modeling, product development and custom tooling and packaging.
Part of the proceeds from Red Rocket Energy Drink will go to support various wounded warrior charities
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COMPANY CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY
CONTACT NAME
ADDRESS
CITY
STATE
ZIP
PHONE
WEBSITE
Acquafibra, Inc.
Gil Maffeo
43 Regatta Drive
Niantic
CT
06357
860-558-5827
www.acquafibra.com
AIDP, Inc.
Kathy Lund
19535 E. Walnut Dr, South
City of Industry
CA
91748
303-734-0860
www.aidp.com
Alaska Brands Group LLC
Greg Galik
814A W Northern Lights Blvd
Anchorage
AK
99503
907-229-3474
www.clearalaskan.com
AMA Waters LLC
ED NEWMAN
501 Brickell Key drive
Miami
FL
33131
609-213-4300
www.amawaters.com
AQUAhydrate, Inc.
5870 W. Jefferson Blvd
Los Angeles
CA
90016
310-559-5058
www.aquahydrate.com
AriZona Beverages USA
Jackie Harrigan
60 Crossways Park Drive W
Woodbury
NY
11797
516-812-0208
www.drinkarizona.com
Aspen Pure
Rob Curtis
1700 E 68th Ave
Denver
CO
80229
303-289-8655
www.aspenpure.com
Avitae USA, LLC
Melissa Pitzer
8500 Memorial Drive
Plain City
OH
43064
888-228-4823
www.avitaeusa.com
Balance Water Company Inc.
Martin Chalk
39 West 32nd St
New York
NY
10001
212-564-0878
www.drinkbalance.com
BENEO Inc.
Joe O’Neill
201 Littleton Road
Morris Plains
NJ
07950
973-867-2140
www.beneo.com
BevForce
Josh Wand
6 Harrison Street, 6th Floor
New York
NY
10013
212-966-2417
www.bevforce.com
Blk. Enterprises
Gianluca Bubbico
PO BOX 725
Franklin Lakes
NJ
07417
201-327-3331
www.blkbeverages.com
Bona VitaRx
Garrett Wesson
890 Lagasca Place
Chula Vista
CA
91910
619-216-3589
www.agedefensewater.com
Boreal Water Collection Inc.
Mark R. Hill
4496 State Rd. 42 N
Kiamesha Lake
NY
12751
845-794-0400
www.borealwater.com
Brands Within Reach, LLC
Olivier Sonnois
689 Mamaroneck avenue
Mamaroneck
NY
10543
914-310-3589
www.bwrgroup.com
5, rue Heienhaff
Senningerberg
LU
1736
+352 26 71 39 61
www.gize.com
C.M.W.Canadian Mineral Water Development S.A. Cargill
Mike Fleagle
15407 McGinty Rd W
Wayzata
MN
55391
630-505-7326
www.regenasure.com
Celsius
Irina Lorenzi
2424 North Federal Highway
Boca Raton
FL
33431
561-276-2239
www.celsius.com
CG Roxane
Steve Weller
200 North Glendora Ave.
Glendora
CA
91740
951-243-5375
www.crystalgeyser.com
Chemi Nutra
Chase Hagerman
4463 White Bear Pkwy.
White Bear Lake
MN
55110
651-407-0400
www.cheminutra.com
Citromax Flavors
Elaine Kellman-Grosinger
444 Washington Avenue
Carlstadt
NJ
07072
201-933-8405
www.citromaxflavors.com
Closure Systems International
Jose Thuel
7702 Woodland Drive
Indianapolis
IN
46278
317-390-5078
www.csiclosures.com
Crystal Geyser Water Company
Steve Weller
200 North Glendora Ave.
Glendora
CA
91740
951-243-5375
www.crystalgeyser.com
DC Brands International, Inc.
Bill Anderson
9500 W. 49th Ave. Unit D-106
Wheat Ridge
CO
80033
303-279-3800
www.HARDNutrition.com
Essentia Water, Inc.
Sales
22833 Bothell Evrt Hwy
Bothell
WA
98021
877-293-2239
www.essentiawater.com
FIJI Water
David Ricanati
11444 W. Olympic Blvd.
Los Angeles
CA
90064
310-312-2850
www.fijiwater.com
Flavor Producers
Janet Guzman
28350 W. Witherspoon Pkwy
Valencia
CA
91355
661-257-3400
www.flavorproducers.com
Flexible Pouch-Water/Juice
Yu Cho Yuen Tommy
Flat 5K, Century Industrial Ctr,
Hong Kong
HK
Nile
+86 4007889908
www.lipackhk.com
Fred Beverages, Inc.
Kim Ourada
2633 Lincoln Boulevard
Santa Monica
CA
90405
877-HES-WATE
www.fredspot.com
ganic natural beverages GmbH
Cinto Gersie
Gottlieb Daimlerstr. 1
Langenselbold
DE
63505
+496184952640
www.ganiwater.com
Glover Capital, Inc.
Marion B. Glover
229 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta
GA
30303
404-523-2921
GMP Laboratories of America
Yusuf Ishaq
2931 E. La Jolla Street
Anaheim
CA
92806
714-630-2467
www.gmplabs.com
GT Beverage Company, Inc.
Tom Weiss
One Technology Drive, C515
Irvine
CA
92618
949-545-8932
www.gtebevarges.com
Hawaiian Springs, LLC
Clint Welker
3375 Koapaka St.
Honolulu
HI
96819
808-483-0520
www.hawaiianspringswater.com
Healthy Brand Builders
James S Tonkin
7559 E. Woodshire Cove
Scottsdale
AZ
85258
4805966360
Herbal Water, Inc.
Albert Cahana
308 E. Lancaster Ave.
Wynnewood
PA
19096
610-668-4000
www.herbalwater.com
Hint, Inc.
Kara Goldin
2124 Union Street, Suite D
San Francisco
CA
94123
415-513-4050
www.drinkhint.com
HYDRO ONE BEVERAGES
Sammy Nasrollahi
314 Main Street
Greenwood
SC
29646
864.227.0663
www.hydroonebeverages.com
Icelandic Glacial inc
Kristjan Olafsson
2862 Columbia Street
Torrance
CA
90503
424-201-6800
www.icelandicglacial.com
ICIO, Inc.
Alex Van Lang
935 Westbourne Dr. #205
Los Angeles
CA
90069
310-652-4790
www.iciowater.com
Interex Corp
José C. Carrillo
222 W. Las Colinas Blvd.
Irving
TX
75039
972-401-4870
www.topochico.com
Karma Culture LLC
Shanna Baccari
30-A Grove St
Pittsford
NY
14534
585-218-0022
www.drinkarma.com
Keeper Springs Natural Spring Water
Michael Hoare
80 Pegan Lane
Dover
MA
02030
917-297-8011
www.keepersprings.com
National Beverage Corp
Vanessa Walker
8100 SW 10 Street
Ft Lauderdale
FL
33324
954-581-0922
www.lacroixwater.com
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COMPANY CONTACT INFORMATION COMPANY
CONTACT NAME
ADDRESS
CITY
STATE
ZIP
PHONE
WEBSITE
Naturex Inc.
Samuel Menard
375 Huyler Street
South Hackensack
NJ
07606
201-440-5000
www.naturex.com
NEO North America Inc.
Sonny Paige
1322 2nd Street
Santa Monica
CA
90401
800-604-7051
www.poweredbyneo.com
New York Spring Water, Inc.
Luke Zakka
517 w 36th St
New York
NY
10018
646-924-9260
www.vblast.com
Noah’s Water
Tony Varni
400 Hosmer Avenue
Modesto
CA
95351
209-521-1777
www.noahswater.com
Nuun & Co.
Nathan Underwood
PO Box 3312
Seattle
WA
98114
206-219-9237
www.nuun.com
NuZee Co Ltd
Travis Gorney
7940 Silverton Ave
San Diego
CA
92126
855-WE-NUZEE
www.nuzeewater.com
O-I
Marc Kibbey
One Michael Owens Way
Perrysburg
OH
43551
567-336-5000
www.o-i.com
O4 LLC
Customer Service
13900 CR 455
Clermont
FL
34711
855-425-8304
www.blue04.com
Osio International, Inc.
Rick Majewski
2550 E. Cerritos Ave.
Anaheim
CA
92806
714-935-9700
www.osiopack.com
Overnight Labels Inc
Carrie Houghton
151-15 West Industry Ct
Deer Park
NY
11792
631-242-4240
www.overnightlabels.com
People Water
Chris Dorflein
922 south State Street
Pleasant Grove
UT
84062
801-358-1388
www.peoplewater.com
Pharmachem
Gregory Drew
265 Harrison Turnpike
Kearny
NJ
07032
201-719-7405
PlasTech Innovations Inc.
Hoby Buppert
3301 NE 1st Ave
Miami
FL
33137
305-372-2978
www.82gowater.com
Premium Healthy Spring Water, Inc.
Lou Savant
1866 Leithsville Rd. #310
Hellertown
PA
18055
610-748-0118
www.kiwaii.com
Prinova
Nicole Aurelio
285 E. Fullerton Avenue
Carol Stream
IL
60188
630-868-0300
www.prinovausa.com
Prism Visual Software
Lynn Keating
1 Sagamore Hill Dr
Port Washington
NY
11050
516-944-5920
www.prismvs.com
Pure Swiss Inc.
Alex Fries
PO Box 26291
San Francisco
CA
94126
877-60-water
www.pureswisswater.com
Rising Beverage Co. LLC
Patricia Sanderlin
1375 Dove Street
Newport Beach
CA
92660
909-286-4507
www.activatedrinks.com
Shadow Beverages
Sam Jones
4650 E Cotton Center Blvd
Phoenix
AZ
85040
480-371-1100
www.drinkgnc.com
SleeveCo, Inc.
Jyl Gryder
103 Lumpkin Campground Rd. N
Dawsonville
GA
30534
706-216-3110
www.sleeveco.com
Soma Beverage
Mike Love
PO Box 885462
San Francisco
CA
94188
415-694-6552
www.metromint.com
Something Natural
Jeremy
21 Broadway
Boston
MA
02127
617-334-5655
www.drinksomethingnatural.com
SSWC
Saratoga Sales
11 Geyser Road
Saratoga Springs
NY
12866
518-584-6363
www.sswc.com
Summit Spring Water, Inc.
Ray Simoglou
PO Box 480
Harrison
ME
04040
207-583-2286
www.summitspring.com
SunOpta-Food Solutions
Chad Hagen
2100 Delaware Ave
Santa Cruz
CA
95060
831-600-3604
www.sunopta.com
Talking Rain Beverage Company
Nina Morrison
P.O. Box 549, 30520 SE 84th St.
Preston
WA
98050
425-222-4900
Tata Tea Extractions, Inc.
Ravi Sankararaman
1001 W Dr MLK Jr Blvd
Plant City
FL
33563
813-650-3607
The Coca-Cola Company
Geoffrey Henry
1 Coca-Cola Plaza
Atlanta
GA
30313
404-676-0883
www.dasani.com
The Ingredient House
Rudi Van Mol
6 Addison Avenue
Belle Mead
NJ
08502
908-829-3076
www.theingredienthouse.com
The Tapa Company
Mauro Canziani Hoffa
Av. Vitacura 4380, Of. 31
Santiago Metropolitan
CL
7630275
56 2 4410900
www.tapacompany.com
The Wright Group
Chris Hebert
6428 Airport Road
Crowley
LA
70526
800-201-3096
www.thewrightgroup.net
TONGO LLC
Paul Tecker
160 N. Riverview Dr.
Anaheim
CA
92808
760-231-0806
www.drinktongo.com
Triumbari Corp
Patrick F Moore
Corporate -370 Healey Road
Bolton
ON
L7E5C1
513-480-4210
Universal Beverages, Inc.
Cydelle Mendius
PO Box 448
Ponte Vedra Beach
FL
32004
904-280-7795
www.syfobeverages.com
Veriplas Containers
Speed Stodghill
283 Mountain Valley Water Place
Hot Springs
AR
71909
501-779-1320
veriplas.com
Voss of Norway ASA
Sai-Ek Praditpolpanich
236 W 30th St. 12th FL
New York
NY
10001
2129952255
Wellness Foods S.A.
Mauro Canziani Hoffa
Av. Vitacura 4380, Of. 31
Santiago Metropolitan
CL
7630275
56 2 4410900
www.tapacompany.com
Whistler Water
Bruce Gemmell
PO Box 1400
Whistler
BC
V0N 1B0
604-606-1903
www.whistlerwater.com
WILD Flavors, Inc.
Donna Hansee
1261 Pacific Ave
Erlanger
KY
41018
859-342-3600
www.wildflavors.com
X-Treme Resources, LLC
Pamela Sue Tedeton
738 Well Rd.
West Monroe
LA
71292
888-717-4426
Xiomega3, LLC
Enrique Silva
6433 Topanga Canyon Blvd
Canoga Park
CA
91303
818-786-1639
www.mychiawater.com
ZICO Beverages
ZICO
2221 Park Place
El Segundo
CA
90245
310-379-9505
www.zico.com
Zipfizz Corporation
Jason Stricevich
18303 Bothell Everett Hwy
Mill Creek
WA
98034
425-398-4240
www.zipfizz.com
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Promotions, events and specials for the industry
Coca-Cola Partners with Track Star and Olympian David Oliver to Inspire Summer Physical Activity Coca-Cola has kicked off “On the Go with D.O.,” a My Coke Rewards promotion offering a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for moms to bring 2008 Olympic bronze medalist and 2012 Olympic hopeful David Oliver (also known as “D.O.”) to their children’s school for an exciting “field day” of athletic activities. In the spirit of the Olympics, “On the Go with D.O.” is designed to inspire African Americans to get physically active with their families and rally the community together to cheer on Oliver in his quest to compete in London for the gold. To participate in the promotion, consumers are encouraged to purchase Coca-Cola and donate points under-the-cap or on the package to their children’s school on MyCokeRewards. com/FieldDay now through August 12. The field day experience will be awarded in the fall. The My Coke Rewards site also includes more information on Oliver and downloads such as screensavers, ringtones and other great prizes. Additionally, Coca-Cola invites consumers to join the Company in supporting Oliver on his quest to the London 2012 Olympic Games. Fans can send the hurdler their best wishes by submitting a personal photo and brief words of encouragement, including the phrase “Coca-Cola 8-pack” or “Team USA,” to www.coke.com/cheers.
Snapple Gives Fans a Chance to Attend the “America’s Got Talent” Finale Snapple, the official beverage sponsor of NBC’s hit reality competition “America’s Got Talent,” has launched the Snapple “Find a Star” promotion to give fans a chance to win a VIP trip to New York to see the show’s Season Seven finale and other prizes. Five lucky fans will win the opportunity to see the finalists’ live performances and watch as the winner is crowned. Fans can look for a star under the red caps of specially-marked “America’s Got Talent” Snapple products. Each star has a code that can be entered at Snapple.com for the chance to win one of five trips to the season finale or other prizes, such as a free six-pack of Snapple. The Snapple “Find a Star” promotion will be featured on 16 oz. bottles of Snapple Diet Half ‘n Half, Peach Tea, Diet Peach Tea, Lemon Tea and Diet Lemon Tea.
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Avitae Caffeinated Water to Title ArenaBowl XXV The Arena Football League and AVITAE Caffeinated Water reached a title partnership agreement for ArenaBowl XXV. The League’s Championship game, slated for Friday, August 10, 2012, will be coined “AVITAE ArenaBowl XXV”. The game, which culminates the League’s celebration of its 25th Anniversary, will be played at the New Orleans Arena in New Orleans, LA and will be televised nationally on NFL Network. AVITAE is a caffeinated water company that seeks to provide consumers with a better alternative to less healthy caffeinated beverages and sugary drinks. AVITAE offers “the healthy hydration you want with the caffeine lift you need.” “We are thrilled to announce the AFL’s title partnership with AVITAE for ArenaBowl XXV,” said AFL Commissioner Jerry B. Kurz . “AVITAE has joined a group of tremendous partners who believe in and are dedicated to the success of the league and its players. So much of what has been accomplished can be attributed to their support.”
Monster Energy Selects Winners of Nationwide Ultimate Intern Search After three months of online entries, thousands of Facebook votes and head-to-head projects with the Final 8 contestants, Monster Energy’s search for the Ultimate Intern is complete. Laura Golly, 20, from Naples, Fla. and Blake Anderson, 21, from Glenmoore, Pa. have won the coveted titles of Monster Energy Ultimate Intern, announced by Monster Energy personality Rob Dyrdek at his Los Angeles-based Fantasy Factory during the competition’s final event day. The Monster Energy Ultimate Intern Search began April 9, 2012, during which time nearly 2,000 candidates submitted online applications with one-minute videos showcasing why they should be considered for the important internships never before offered by the global energy drink company. Golly and Anderson’s two-month internship will run through August 24, 2012. Each winner will rotate in various positions at Monster Energy, including participation at the X-Games 18, the Vans Warped Tour 2012, and the Street League DC Pro Tour Fueled by Monster Energy. They will often be working with professional athletes and entertainers who are sponsored by Monster Energy, and other company representatives and partners. Winners will be exposed to various parts of the business and are responsible for creating and posting social media content about their experiences and provide unique insights into emerging consumer trends. The compensation package for each intern is worth an estimated $15,000.
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