Column Leftovers: Arizona Beverages puts a stake in ground coffee; Honest Tea warms up to yerba mate
The ready-to-drink iced tea maker sees potential in price-sensitive, small-batch roasts, and MadeGood enters the savory space with Star Puffed Crackers. Published May 7, 2021 Courtesy of AriZona Beverages
Leftovers is our look at a few of the product ideas popping up everywhere. Some are intriguing, some sound amazing and some are the kinds of ideas we would never dream of. We can t write about everything that we get pitched, so here are some leftovers pulled from our inboxes.
Arizona Beverages brews up a ground coffee line
In coffee this month, Nestlé has launched a new barista-style soluble range while iced-tea maker AriZona has also entered the coffee category. Elsewhere, there s new launches in gin, RTDs and energy. we take a look at some of the new products hitting the shelves this month.
Honest Tea Yerba Mate
Coca-Cola’s Honest Tea has launched Yerba Mate in the US.
The bottled teas, lemonade and kids’ juice drinks maker is expanding with the new launch: which, like the other drinks, is USDA organic, and with Fair Trade certified ingredients from Brazil.
With 13g of sugar, and 60 calories per 16oz can, Honest Yerba Mate is available in three flavor varieties, including Strawberry Pomegranate Matcha, Peach Mango Green Tea, and Lemon Ginger Black Tea.
Prices of Coffee, Wine, Toilet Paper and More Set to Rise in Post COVID-19 Era
On 5/3/21 at 6:23 AM EDT
Several common household goods, from diapers and toilet paper to breakfast cereals, are expected to see a rise in prices as more parts of the country resume business operations amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
According to an April 13 report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) increased 0.6 percent in March on a seasonally adjusted basis after rising 0.4 percent in February.
The CPI measures the average change over time in prices paid by urban consumers for various consumer goods and services, the bureau explains.
Americans who’ve spent the last year working remotely leaned heavily on coffee, and that’s translated to a surprisingly successful 2020 for single-cup coffee producer Keurig Dr Pepper that’s spilling over into the new year.
The company saw its sales grow companywide over the past year, beating analyst expectations as it worked to mitigate the pandemic’s impact on its beverage business.
With dual headquarters in Plano and Burlington, Mass., the company saw $2.9 billion in sales in the first quarter, up 11% from the same period in 2020, when it pulled in $2.6 billion. That sales growth was driven substantially by increases in coffee sales.
Business Uses for the SCA Coffee Systems Map
The recently released Specialty Coffee Association Coffee Systems Map, which is currently available through the SCA store. SCA photo.
When I saw the SCA Coffee Systems Map (published in June 2020), I immediately thought it could be a useful tool for business and human resources of any coffee-related company anywhere in the world. Especially with the industry challenges created by coronavirus disease COVID-19, the map could help with restructuring, learning and development initiatives.
But that’s not its intended use. In 2018 the SCA set up a Price Crisis Response Initiative to produce a report of recommendations on actions the industry could take to mitigate the crisis. The SCA’s sustainability practitioners needed a comprehensive understanding of stakeholders to work on their goals to address the pricing crisis, which has not abated in the time since they began the system analysis.