Toronto-based Province Brands, a Canadian R&D company and an emerging brewer of alcohol-free beers recently announced the filing of a provisional patent around technology to create "world's first beers brewed from the cannabis plant."  The provisional patent's filing date of July 11, 2017, capped months of development on company's novel technology to replace grains with cannabis during the brewing process and laid groundwork for the recent surge of industry partnerships and investment into the company.

Seattle-based Starbucks Corp., in partnership with St. Louis-based Anheuser-Busch, has begun shipping all Teavana Craft Iced Teas to grocery and convenience retailers nationwide. 

Every year as January comes to a close, sports fans, brands and consumers across America prepare for one of the biggest sporting events of the year: the Super Bowl. 

Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc., Plano, Texas, and Keurig Green Mountain Inc., Burlington, Mass., announced that the companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement to create Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), a new beverage company of scale with a portfolio of iconic consumer brands and unrivaled distribution capability to reach virtually every point-of-sale in North America, the companies say. 

In celebration of National Green Juice Day (Jan. 26), cold-pressed, high-pressure processed juice brand Evolution Fresh, a product of Seattle-based Starbucks Coffee Co., is celebrating the holiday in veggie-centric ways that inspire health and wellness in the New Year.

French Champagne Piper-Heidsieck, which is imported to the United States by Lake Bluff, Ill.-based Terlato Wines, announced its return as the sole Champagne to be served during the 90th Oscars awards season. To mark this milestone year, Piper-Heidsieck created a limited-edition magnum bottle commemorating the Golden Age of Hollywood.

Tiger Beer, a brand of Five Points Trading Co., a company of White Plains, N.Y.-based Heineken USA, announced that it is uncaging celebrations in 2018 for the Lunar New Year through retail and on-premise programming and artwork that celebrates the Year of the Dog. The artwork tells a story that celebrates the old and the new in order to reignite the appreciation and understanding of festive traditions shared with family and friends, the company says.

The start of the new year is when many people re-evaluate their eating and drinking habits. That mindset also seemed to resonate with the readers of Beverage Industry when they were casting their votes for the Readers’ Choice New Product of the Month poll for December 2017.

Atlanta-based The Coca-Cola Co. announced that it is fundamentally reshaping its approach to packaging, with a global goal to help collect and recycle the equivalent of 100 percent of its packaging by 2030.

Family owned Bacardi Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda, announced that it is expanding its portfolio of premium spirits with a definitive agreement to acquire 100 percent ownership of Patrón Spirits International AG and its PATRÓN brand. The transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions, follows the relationship the companies have had since Bacardi’s initial acquisition of a significant minority stake in Patrón in 2008.