Beverage Digest in partnership with the Neuro-market researchers at Alpha-Diver have just produced a “Sports and Energy Drinks Deep Dive” report based on our Bev50 findings earlier this summer. Beverage Digest is giving subscribers a sneak peek at the report’s findings and takeaways...

The sale process for bankrupt Bang Energy may finally be headed for a conclusion in late June after a two month delay. A bankruptcy judge in Florida has set a sale hearing date for June 30 to approve a winning bidder. That hearing date could yet be pushed back, however. According to BD sources, remaining bidders are...

Liquid refreshment beverage sales across all US measured and unmeasured channels in 2022 grew +0.9% by volume and +11.3% by value. The dollar growth — fueled by inflationary pricing as manufacturers offset higher operating and input costs... Tables included:

Table 1: U.S. LRB Category Volume and Dollar Performance 2022

PepsiCo’s Gatorade and Propel brands are diving into the beverage tablet segment made popular in recent years by Nestle-owned Nuun. Starting in June, the brands will offer dissolvable tablets in plastic tubes of ten that will go head-to-head with Nuun, which offers similarly-packaged functional tablets for everything from sport hydration and immunity to...