Nielsen announced yesterday its twelve Breakthrough Innovation Winners for 2015. Among the twelve winners, four beverage products made the list this year: Monster Energy Co.’s Monster Energy Ultra, PepsiCo’s Mountain Dew Kickstart, MillerCoors’ Redd’s Apple Ale and Red Bull GmbH’s Red Bull Editions line. 

This year, the Miami-based Spain-United States Chamber of Commerce is expanding its Savbor Food & Wine Exhibition to two days, because of popular demand from its inaugural event last year. The 2015 event will take place June 23-24 in Miami.

The Boston Beer Co. Boston, reported its first-quarter 2015 net revenue at $199.5 million, which is an increase of $15.7 million, or 8.5 percent, compared with the same period last year, the company says. The increase is mainly due to core shipment growth of 6 percent, it says. Net income for the first quarter was $13.7 million, or $1 per diluted share, an increase of $5.4 million, or 38 cents per diluted share, from the first quarter of last year, it reports. This increase was primarily due to shipment increases and slightly improved gross margins, it explains.

New York-based Pernod Ricard USA's Absolut Vodka brand is planning to make a new mark on the spirits market by introducing a freshly redesigned bottle that will represent its icon for the future, the company says.

Skyy Vodka, a brand of San Francisco-based Campari America, is renewing its Toast To Marriage campaign in partnership with Freedom to Marry, a New York-based national organization dedicated to winning marriage nationwide. In the final months leading up to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on the freedom to marry, Skyy Vodka is using its resources and voice to make a positive impact on causes important to its employees and consumers, the brand says.

Minute Maid, a brand of Atlanta-based The Coca-Cola Co., is using its new marketing campaign to remind parents of all the wonderful things — big and small —  that they do to make a positive difference in their children’s lives.

New York-based Vita Coco announced the departure of Jeff B. Popkin, the company's president for the U.S. Popkin joined Vita Coco in September 2011 as vice president of sales and was promoted to president for the US in August 2012.

Jamba Inc., Emeryville, Calif.,is celebrating its 25^th anniversary with a special giveaway in appreciation of its fans’ support. Guests who visit Jamba locations across the nation on April 23^,between 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. local time will receive a free small made-to-order juice or and smoothie.