Taste Radio

The top podcast for anyone building a business in food or beverage, BevNET’s Taste Radio features interviews with the leaders and rising stars of our fast-evolving industry. The shows also include discussion on emerging trends, innovation and news of the week from our regular cadre of hosts from the BevNET and NOSH teams. Tell us what you think at ask@tasteradio.com. You can also email us if you are interested in Taste Radio sponsorship opportunities. And if you like the podcast, share it with a colleague, will ya?

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Episodes

BevNet Podcast Ep. 8: How to Win Friends... and the New Beverage Showdown

We're just a few days away from BevNET Live Summer 2016, and with it the eleventh edition of the conference's signature beverage brand competition, the New Beverage Showdown. The competition will feature 15 early-stage entrepreneurs who will take the main stage to present their brands and business plans to a panel of expert judges for a chance at a $10,000 grand prize. In this podcast, we look back at previous editions of the Showdown and identify key attributes of successful presentations and c...

Jun 03, 2016•37 min

BevNET Podcast Ep. 7: Coffee With the Beverage Whisperer

The team had a chance to evaluate some products with beverage industry investor, advisor, board member and raconteur Ken Sadowsky when dropped by the BevNET Podcast studio for an interview recently. Sadowsky has had a front-row view of the growth of groundbreaking brands like Vitaminwater and Vita Coco, joined BevNET’s Jeffrey Klineman and Jon Landis to talk about the strategic moves taken by successful beverage company leaders, some of the reasons that distributors can’t stop listening to Bruce...

May 27, 2016•34 min

BevNET Podcast Ep. 6: The 2016 Craft Brewers Conference

In this edition of the BevNET Podcast, Chris Furnari, the editor of Brewbound, joins us to discuss his takeaways from the massive, 14,000-attendee Craft Brewers Conference and Brew Expo America, including some of the factors that are enabling massive growth in the craft beer category. We also discuss the increasing amount of merger and acquisition activity in the space, the prospect of 10,000 U.S. craft breweries, and the ongoing "craft vs. crafty" debate that just won’t die.

May 25, 2016•33 min

BevNET Podcast Ep. 5: Weighing in on Water’s Premium Set; To Build or Not to Build?

In this edition of the BevNET Podcast, we discuss the swelling ranks of premium water brands and efforts by marketers to stand out from the pack. We also examine why a growing number of beverage entrepreneurs are bypassing co-packers and opting to build their own production facilities.

May 20, 2016•28 min

BevNET Podcast Ep. 4: Downloading With Doug Evans, The Founder of Juicero

In this podcast, BevNET CEO John Craven interviews Doug Evans, the founder and CEO of Juicero, a new high-tech countertop juicing machine. Recorded in Calabasas, Calif., Evans discusses the development of Juicero, its introduction to the market and how it fits into the expanding landscape for cold-pressed juice. He also responds to criticism about the unit’s price tag ($700) and talks about his long-term vision for Juicero.

May 13, 2016•21 min

BevNET Podcast Ep. 3: The Office Cooler -- What Drinks Get the Love and Why

Every week we receive samples of new drinks sent to us from a wide variety of beverage companies, ranging from Red Bull to upstart cold-pressed juice shops. Most of the products are loaded into a cooler in the front of the office and available to everyone. While some drinks fly off the shelf, others sit around for weeks on end. In this podcast, we discuss why this happens and attempt to delineate the reasons behind consumption decisions in the office.

May 11, 2016•19 min

BevNET Podcast Ep. 2: Juice Served Here, There and Everywhere

In this edition of the BevNET podcast, BevNET CEO John Craven sits down with Alex Matthews, the co-founder and CEO of Juice Served Here, a fast-growing cold-pressed juice chain based in Los Angeles. Founded in 2013, Juice Served Here launched 11 new locations in 2015 and plans to add three more this summer. As quickly as the company is expanding, Matthews and Juice Served Here executives recently pulled back on the reins as a way to reflect on operations, staff training and marketing campaigns f...

May 06, 2016•22 min

BevNET Podcast Ep. 1: Waste Not, Juice More

Discussing a growing trend in repurposing food waste, the pitfalls of cause-based marketing, a surging nut milk category and sugar as "public enemy number one."

Apr 26, 2016•22 min

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