Articles Tagged with ''tea''

The ready-to-drink (RTD) coffee and tea beverage categories experienced some hiccups in the past year. Results ranged from mixed to negative in all subcategories, according to data provided by Circana, a Chicago-based market research firm.

IFT First wrapped up its annual trade show at Chicago’s McCormick Place from July 16-19. More than 16,000 food professionals attended the event, and more than 800 companies exhibited. 

Private-label milk sales account for a large percentage of these sales, reaching $8.6B in the same period. Natural cheese placed a close second at $8.1 billion,

All categories within nondairy beverages, with the exception of juice products, are shooting for the stars. Ready-to-drink coffee in chilled, take-home format packaging is driving 37% growth.  . Check out which brands are thriving.

Portland, Ore.-based organic kombucha and tea producer Brew Dr. says it expanded its popular Uplift yerba mate product line with a new Sweet Mint flavor.

If sales data are any indication, more consumers are saying goodbye to coffee filters, tea bags and the long wait to brew. According to data from Chicago-based market research firm IRI, dollar sales within the shelf-stable ready-to-drink (RTD) tea and coffee category shot up 9.5% during the 52 weeks ending Aug. 8, 2021, to $7,647.5 million. Unit sales increased 3.0% to 3,044.1 million.  

Energy beverages had a rough year in 2012. The trouble started that April, when Illinois Senator Richard Durbin petitioned FDA to "take regulatory action and to address the rising health concerns around energy drinks."