Pepsico Shocker! Taylor’s Tonics & Prometheus Springs Unite in Hostile Takeover of Pepsico; CEO Indra Nooyi to Remain
NBN EXCLUSIVE: In a shocking announcement Taylor Peck of Taylor’s Tonics and Lex Mincolla of Prometheus Springs announced their hostile takeover of Pepsico, the 2nd largest food and beverage company in the world. The two men, dubbed “the brashest bon vivant bad boys in beverages” by Maxim magazine were uncharacteristically subdued at a press conference […]
Santa Rosa Newspaper and CNBC Profile Amy’s Kitchen Berliner Family
In a profile of Amy’s Kitchen founders Andy and Rachel Berliner and their daughter and namesake Amy, Santa Rosa California’s Press Democrat also detailed the company’s plans to abandon building a new plant in the low-cost state of South Carolina, 25 year old Amy’s new role with the company and a promise to keep the growing […]
Numi Tea’s High Flying Ahmed Rahim in NY Times
We’ll be writing more about Numi Tea and their new line of savory teas (can you say “pour me another cup of Broccoli Cilantro, and pass the scones, please”) in our upcoming coverage of Natural Products Expo West but are happy to pass on a link to a short piece written by Ahmed Rahim, one-half […]
Expo West Coverage Coming Soon; Luckily No One Choked on Some Chia Seeds
Natural Products Expo West 2013 was an exciting show, with lots of new product extensions, many of which were exciting, many leaving NBN furrowing his brow and wondering how much VC money did these folks have to spend.? We’ll leave most of them for another time, but next week we’ll be presenting our Best of […]