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CANNABIS PRODUCTS - FALL 2018

Happy Apple

March 8, 2019

Kiva Confections serves legal cannabis edibles consumers in California and Arizona.

CANNABIS PRODUCTS - FALL 2018

Lagunitas Hi-Fi Hops

March 8, 2019

Lagunitas Brewing Co. has launched Hi-Fi Hops, an IPA-inspired sparkling water infused with THC and/or CBD.

Developing Effective Cannabis Beverages

With so many benefits, it?s easy to see why hemp-derived ingredients like CBD are finding their way into so many beverages.

February 11, 2019

The Farm Bill’s recent passing gives a green light for products to include hemp extracts.

Koenig & Bauer RotaJET 168 inkjet printing press

Packaging

Tetra Pak adding full-color digital printing for beverage cartons

The investment will offer customers more customization, smaller batches

Rose Shilling

January 16, 2019

Tetra Pak will start offering full-color digital printing on beverage cartons, which will reduce design-to-print time and allow a variety of designs in one order.

Diet Coke

Diet Coke launches 4 new flavors, updated packaging

Soda is not being reformulated.

Crystal Lindell

January 12, 2018

With an updated look, sleek new packaging, the debut of four bold, new flavors and a new campaign, The Coca-Cola Company is hoping to re-energize and modernize Diet Coke for a new generation.

Mergers and Acquisitions

Cott Beverages sold to Refresco

All-cash transaction totals $1.25 billion

Casey Laughman

July 27, 2017

Cott Corporation has announced that it is selling its Cott Beverages business to Refresco for $1.25 billion.

Coke

New Coca-Cola Zero announcement brings back memories of New Coke fiasco

A look at how one brand overcame such a huge marketing mistake.

Casey Laughman

July 27, 2017

I realize that nostalgia for the 1980s is a big thing these days, but I hope that Coca-Cola isn’t taking it too far.

Coke

Coke Zero reformulated with new recipe, new packaging

New recipe tastes like a Coke with zero sugar and zero calories, slated to hit shelves in Aug.

Crystal Lindell

July 27, 2017

Coca-Cola Zero is getting a new name, new look and, according to the company, an even more delicious taste.

M&A forecast: Craft breweries headed for rapid pace of rollups

Food and beverage M&As in 2016 and what’s ahead in 2017

Debra Schug

January 29, 2017

“I think there’s a storm coming for craft beer,” says Kevin O’Connor, president and founder of O’Connor Brewing, a microbrewery located in Norfolk, Va.

Big deals lead concerns of craft beer industry

TECH FLASH

Alabama beer sale changes spark privacy debate

The Alabama Alcohol Beverage Control Board introduced a proposal that would require breweries and brewpubs that sell beer for off-premise consumption to record sensitive information.

Jeremy Gerrard

August 16, 2016

Beer manufacturers and breweries call the proposal a breach of privacy.