Beverage Businesses: Page 2

Thought Leaders

Cactus Is the New Coconut, and These Founders Are Going All In: 'We Decided to Drop Our Lab Coats, Put on Our Cactus Suits and Chase the American Dream'

The Boston-based friends behind Pricklee Cactus Water found success with a clever marketing strategy, and now they're leaving their day jobs as pharmacists to become full-time entrepreneurs.

Money & Finance

5 Tips for Investing in Food and Beverage in Turbulent Times

For those invested in these critical two sectors, the last two years have been both the best and worst of times, and there are essential strategies to apply before weighing in.

Growth Strategies

In Good Taste: Mohammad Alhawari, Founder, Feel Good Tea Co.

During the first year of operation, Feel Good Tea Co. generated AED4.6 million in revenue amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, and it has continued to grow from strength to strength.

Thought Leaders

This Founder Is Disrupting How We Consume the World's Most Popular Beverage

Three lessons from Tea Drops' Sashee Chandran.

Living

Iconic Designer Vera Wang Launches New Prosecco Brand: 'I Wanted Consumers to Sense That There Was Fashion Involved'

Best known for her sartorial prowess, the 72-year-old entrepreneur has decades of experience pushing the creative envelope. This summer, she added a meticulously crafted, celebration-ready bubbly to her repertoire.

Leadership

This Craft-Beer Founder Gave Herself 6 Months to Succeed. Five Years Later, She's Flourishing.

Sufferfest CEO Caitlin Landesberg left a comfortable job, took a risk, and it paid off. Here's how she did it and what she learned.

Business News

Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia Add New Energy Drink, ZOA, to Ever-Expanding Portfolio

The dynamic entrepreneurial duo joins forces with fitness coach Dave Rienzi and investment partner John Shulman to foray into the fitness-beverage space.

Living

Getting Into the Holiday Spirits: Wine, Beer, And Liquor Producers Move Toward Plant-Based And Organic

Forward-thinking beverage producers are nixing animal byproducts and additives, and implementing more eco-friendly and humane practices.

News and Trends

Fusion Beverages Startup Raskik Raises $1 Mn in Pre-Series A Round Led By Venture Catalysts

The fresh investment will be utilized to expand its operations in India

Health & Wellness

How Plant-Based Brands Are Infiltrating the Beverage Industry

Drink your veggies – and your fruits, herbs and nuts! Wellness-focused plant-based beverage companies are exploring new avenues.

Entrepreneurs

How Bira 91 Founder Ankur Jain is Rewriting the Rules of Brewery

With four production facilities across Mysore, Kovur (Andhra Pradesh), Nagpur and Indore, Bira 91 aims to expand its revenue almost 10 times from where it is today

News and Trends

This Indian Non-Alcoholic Beverage Brand Plans Rapid Expansion, Eyes Global Markets

Known for its range of tonic waters, Mumbai-based Svami, which has raised INR 7.5 crore, plans to use the new funds to bring in more talent and broaden its product offerings

Lifestyle

Wine & Dine: India's Growing Thirst For Grape Liquor

Excessive exposure to new cultures, western concepts, overseas education, and rapidly changing demography are driving wine consumption in the country

Growth Strategies

A Staple Drink From History

Rooh Afza, a bright rose flavored syrup, has a long history and an unchanged taste. Forty years older than independent India, this nostalgia-tinged beverage is a permanent fixture in the South Asian imagination and aptly called the summer drink of India, Bangladesh and Pakistan

Growing a Business

This Entrepreneur Bet His Existing Business to Launch a Coffee-Shot Brand

Neel Premkumar believed so strongly in his two-ounce energy shot idea that he was willing to spend all his money on it.