Taste Radio
BevNET’s Taste Radio podcast explores beverage, food and beer with the industries’ leaders, innovators and rising stars. The Taste Radio audience is filled with fledgling and established brands. They hear stories from founders and pros taking products from dream to shelf with emphasis on actionable tips and inspiration stemming from success and failure. The hosts talk about everything from industry trends to the daily dilemmas of entrepreneurs through lessons learned in production, supply-chain, scale, branding, packaging, data, tech, social media, marketing, sales and beyond.
Videos
Scaling Tradition — The ‘Daughter’ Building A Cultural Food Empire
Dumpling Daughter isn’t just a food brand. It’s founder Nadia Liu Spellman’s heartfelt homage to family, culture, and comfort.
Make Drinking Culture Great Again? A Cocktail Icon Has Ideas.
Tony Abou-Ganim, a legendary figure in cocktails and hospitality with nearly five decades behind the bar, is sounding an alarm for the industry he cherishes. “Where did the fun go?” he wonders.
Startup To $800M Sale. How A Three-Word Mantra Guided Kevin McCray.
Kevin McCray, the co-founder behind groundbreaking brand Kevin's Natural Foods, reveals the strategic playbook that propelled his namesake brand to an $800 million acquisition by Mars, Inc. in 2023.
Mushrooms & Manufacturing: A Chat With Dan Grim of Lucky To Be Beverage Co.
Dan Grim, the CEO of Lucky to Be Beverage, shares his expertise on the booming functional mushroom trend and the intricacies of the co-manufacturing business.
Lena Zhuravsky Shares Her Passion & Joy For Entrepreneurship
Lena Zhuravsky is the founder of Passion Joy, a new brand of sparkling beverages with passion fruit at its core.
A 'Fair & Square' Interview with Alex Duong
Alex is the founder and CEO of Fair and Square, an emerging brand of gut-friendly crackers inspired by childhood favorites.
He’s Leading A ‘Green’ Revolution… And Slurping His Way To Victory
Mac Villarreal, the founder & CEO of I Eat My Greens, a pioneering plant-based soup company, takes us through his fascinating entrepreneurial journey.
How Yaza Went National at Whole Foods Just Weeks After Its Launch
How many brands can you name that secured national distribution at Whole Foods just weeks after launching? In this episode, we dive into one such success story: Yaza.
How Emily Griffith Transformed An Overlooked Superfood Into A Beloved Brand
Emily Griffith is the founder and CEO of Lil Bucks a fast-growing platform brand of buckwheat-based foods.
How Plink’s Patient Plan Is Paying Off
Luke Montgomery-Smith is the co-founder of Plink, a brand of flavored, electrolyte-infused tablets designed to create effervescent and hydrating beverages.
Why Are ‘Leisure’ Drinks Growing?
At a recent event hosted by Naturally San Diego, Trevor Burns, the head of sales for Leisure Hydratin, talked about the brand's methodical retail strategy & the impact of an adjustment to its brand.
An Interview with Lexy Prosszer Of Btomorrow Ventures
Lexy Prosszer, an investment principal at U.K.-based Btomorrow Ventures, discussed the venture capital firm's investment strategy and how she evaluates emerging brands.
From $1M To $500M In Five Years, Olipop’s Explosive Growth Is No Accident
Co-founded by industry veterans Ben Goodwin & David Lester, Olipop pioneered the breakout category of functional, low-calorie soda and became one of the fastest growing drink brands in recent memory.
Patrick Mahomes Drinks A Lot Of Coffee. And He Wants To Share.
Taste Radio's Ray Latif speaks with NFL star Patrick Mahomes & former BodyArmor executive Michael Fedele, lead investor and founder, respectively, of better-for-you coffee brand Throne Sport Coffee.