S&D Coffee & Tea, the largest custom coffee roaster in the U.S., is launching a new line of Cold Brew Coffee — available in five flavors and ready to serve. The new line will be available in a convenient bag-in-box (BIB) format to provide a turnkey solution for operators looking to satisfy demand without the…
Energy Drinks Expand Forward
Americans aren’t about to slow down, so expect sales of energy drinks to continue to speed up. “The energy drink category has continued on a solid growth path,” according to Gary Hemphill, managing director of research for Beverage Marketing Corp. (BMC) in New York City. “It is dominated by the category stalwarts Red Bull and…
Artist-Designed Water Bottles
LIFEWTR is championing Art Through Technology as its seventh design series. The newest bottles spotlight the works of three artists who are expanding upon the meaning of art by harnessing next-generation tools such as coding, data visualization, 3D printing and enhanced reality. Shoppers nationwide will have the opportunity to engage with augmented reality experiences and…
Adult Beverages Remain Strong
Consumers continue to look for beer, wine and other adult beverages at c-stores, and that is not expected to change in 2019. “We think 2019 will continue to see an expansion for wine in the convenience channel, particularly in higher-price tiers, as consumers continue to trade up to higher quality wines,” said Eric Schmidt, director…
LTO Retro Can
To commemorate more than 75 years in market, Tecate is bringing back one of its original can packages, encouraging millennial beer drinkers and longtime brand loyalists to “Throw Back a Throwback.” Containing the same great beer known for its quality, unique crisp flavor and originality, Tecate aims to reach consumers who are responding to nostalgia…
Heineken to Update Can Design
The brand says beer drinkers increasingly choose cans over bottles. Heineken is introducing a bolder can design for better brand recognition. With can volume growing at an average of 11% over the past two years, cans are driving growth in the category and is a package option Heineken is excited to invest in. The newly…
Single-Serving Specialty Coffee
Santa Cruz-based startup Steeped Inc., one of the most promising and innovative companies in the industry, has launched its revolutionary Steeped Coffee brewing method to serious coffee drinkers across the nation. Brewed similar to tea, Steeped Coffee’s nitro-sealed Steeped Bags, along with their guilt-free packaging made using renewable and compostable materials, achieve the unthinkable: freshly ground…
Coffee: Quality Differentiates
Sixty-four percent of Americans said they drink coffee daily, according to the National Coffee Association U.S.A.’s (NCA) “National Coffee Drinking Trends 2018” report. And with coffee accounting for around 20% of convenience store foodservice sales, it pays retailers to treat it as the key category that it is, said John Benson, a director in the…
Kansas Lifts 3.2% Alcohol Law
Starting today, Kansas allows beer up to 6% alcohol by volume to be sold in convenience and grocery stores. Before, these sales were restricted to beer with an alcohol content of 3.2% or less. “We worked so hard to finally bring Kansas out of Prohibition,” Mike Thornbrugh, a spokesman for QuikTrip, told The Wichita Eagle. The…
Beverage Dispenser
TwinPour Ice Beverage Dispenser offers 266 flavor combinations in 44” of counter space. Two dispense points allow two customers to be served simultaneously. TwinPour dispenses all ice types and can be configured to dispense two types at the same time. Additional chilled water lines serve as a cooling system for ancillary pieces of equipment. TwinPour won the…