Sunny Sky Products has acquired dispensed beverage manufacturer AMFOTEK. AMFOTEK develops and manufactures dispensed beverages, with specialization in powder-based products, including hot chocolates, cappuccinos, smoothies, teas and lemonades. AMFOTEK serves a customer base across the foodservice and convenience store channels. “AMFOTEK’s product line and customer base is a perfect complement to Sunny Sky’s. We already…
Probiotic Smoothies
Hiland Dairy has introduced a new fruit and probiotic smoothie in seven fresh flavors. The drinkable yogurt is packaged in a sleek seven-ounce bottle, offering delicious nutrition on the go. The smoothie is available in five traditional flavors, strawberry-banana, peach, pina colada, strawberry, and mango, and two contemporary flavors, guanabana and pecan cereal. The new Hiland…
Cliff’s Local Market Adds High-Caffeine Blend to Coffee Lineup
Utica-N.Y.-based Cliff’s Local Market announced that it is adding a new blend of coffee by Utica Coffee Roasting Co. to its lineup. The blend, named Wake the Hell Up, is an extra caffeinated blend of coffee from the local roaster. Roasted in small batches, the fresh, medium-dark roasted ground coffee has up to 50% more caffeine — without…
Electrolyte-Infused Beverage
With only 10 calories and two grams of organic cane sugar or less per serving, ROAR Organic, the USDA certified organic line of electrolyte-infused beverages, features the perfect combination of ingredients for success — electrolytes for faster hydration, antioxidants to protect against free radicals and B vitamins to help you get up and go. ROAR is…
Caribbean Ginger Beer
Based on a custom blend of the highest-quality international gingers, other natural flavorings, just the right amount of carbonation to make it “pop” in mixed drinks or straight up, and 100% cane sugar, Hank’s Caribbean Recipe Ginger Beer is formulated to take the market by storm. This newest entry into this booming flavor category packs…
7-Eleven Offers Gingerbread Latte
Participating 7-Eleven stores now offer a gingerbread latte at the hot beverage bar. The delicately spiced gingerbread-flavored treat blends a sweet creamy coffee latte with ginger, honey, allspice and molasses. A peppermint mocha drink is also simple to create: top a chocolatey café mocha with peppermint sprinkles and drizzle with chocolate sauce. Peppermint mocha creamers…
Plant-based Trend Will Grow in 2020
It’s been another interesting year in the food and beverage industry as consumer demands continue to shift, prompting the development of innovative products. Based on what we observed in our ongoing tracking of U.S. food and beverage consumption habits, we predict tailwinds behind the following behaviors … Plant-based continues to sprout Plant-based food and…
Heineken Campaign Celebrates ‘Dry January’ with Alcohol-Free Brew
Customers planning to kick off 2020 by abstaining from alcohol can still enjoy a cold one on New Year’s and beyond.Heineken has introduced an on-premise January promotion that champions Heineken 0.0 as the beer of choice for beer drinkers who want a beer but may have resolved to abstain from alcohol. In a new twist…
Cumberland Farms to Give Away Coffee on Christmas
Cumberland Farms will be offering customers a free caffeine pick-me-up on Christmas Day. From 8 a.m. to close on Christmas Day, Dec. 25, customers can stop by any of the brand’s nearly 600 store locations throughout the Northeast and Florida for a free signature Farmhouse Blend or Bold coffee, hot or iced — in any…
7-Eleven Offers Limited-Edition Holiday Slurpee
7-Eleven‘s Mountain Dew Merry Mash-Up his now available as Slurpee flavor for a limited-time, while supplies last. Mountain Dew’s refreshing mash-up of two holiday-inspired flavors — cranberry and pomegranate — was introduced last year as a soft drink, but this is the first time Merry Mash-Up is being offered in frozen Slurpee drink form at participating…