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A video featuring myself and my family's cooking practices. In collaboration with Masienda. In the video I speak about the importance of preserving cooking practices and keeping them in a state of evolution in that process.
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I had a fantastic conversation with Khyiel Chua, Director for Singapore and Malaysia at Made Group,a vertically integrated food and beverage company, serving up smiles with a sunny side of wellbeing.
Here's a glimpse into what we discussed:
Khyiel Chua emphasises the importance of a strong partnership with the founders who are constantly innovating.
Fresh & Functional: Made Group prioritises fresh milk and real ingredients in their drinks, offering a healthy and delicious alternative in a crowded market.
Growth on the Horizon: With a strong presence in Singapore and Malaysia, Made Group is setting its sights on Japan, Korea, and China.
Innovation is Key: They're constantly developing new functional beverages, staying ahead of the curve with unique offerings.
Made Group prioritizes communication with distributors, health departments, and retailers.
What's your take on the future of functional beverages and food products ?
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!JuneShine Acquiring Flying Embers!
*Breaking this a.m. in Craft Business Daily*:
A pair of budding beyond beer brands are coming together, as JuneShine has announced the acquisition of Flying Embers. The purchase, which is set to close in coming days, is “an all-stock transaction” and is exclusive to the Flying Embers brand, trademarks and distribution rights.
The combination of portfolios makes for a dominant player in the hard kombucha category and beyond beer: The two brands together will now represent “63% of all hard kombucha sold” in total U.S., “the 14th largest beyond beer & spirit based RTD brand family” across the States, and the “6th” biggest beyond beer & spirit based RTD brand fam in California, per announcement this morning. All in, JuneShine will now be about a 116,000-barrel or 1.6 million case supplier.
Three interesting points from the article:
1. The deal is for Flying Embers brand, trademark, and distro rights, not the FE brewery. This is about consolidation for efficiencies, scale, profitability
“Our brewery’s not as nice as theirs,” Greg said. “They have a Ferrari, we have an old Tacoma,” he quipped, but the old Tacoma “gets the job done and it can make [Flying Embers] product” in a “very efficient” manner. After the deal, “we’ll probably be at about 75% capacity,” Greg said of their production facility in Scripps Ranch. “I think there’s some levers we can pull to increase our capacity, but yeah, we’re starting to fill the space out.”
2. They don’t plan to immediately align wholesaler footprints.
Flying Embers in in more states than JuneShine, but in common markets, they have “pretty good wholesaler overlap,” say Greg and Forrest. “I don’t anticipate making any immediate changes to that,” said Greg, as they find it “disruptive.”
3. Flying Embers founder Bill Moses (who also co-founded probiotic beverage co. Kevita and sold to PepsiCo in 2016) will be part of a newly created board of directors, along with co-founders Forrest Dein and Greg Serrao.
But what about Beam Suntory’s previous funding in Flying Embers? It appears that investment will simply carry over. Bill Moses tells CBD in a statement that “Beam Suntory is a shareholder in Flying Embers and will therefore have an interest in JS Brands.”
Here’s a couple throwbacks (!!) to our Beernet Radio pods with both companies: JS with Greg Serrao and Forrest Dein, and FE with Bill Moses and Liz Tomic, both episodes two years old. Here's to the future.
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2moYou got that right! Thanks Cherryh.