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2026 Startup CPG Shelfie Awards: Meet the WINNERS!

2026 Startup CPG Shelfie Awards: Meet the WINNERS!

Startup CPG Shelfie Awards showcase emerging beverage brands and tech tools (Circana analytics, Cin7 inventory mgmt, Instacart Ads) helping founders scale—offering BevTech startups competitive insights and resources.

MUST: Solving Winemakers’ Equipment Challenges with Ingenuity and Quality Technology

MUST: Solving Winemakers’ Equipment Challenges with Ingenuity and Quality Technology

MUST provides technology solutions for winemakers' equipment challenges, relevant to BevTech founders building tools for craft beverage production and operations.

📺Meet the Robot Fighting Vineyard Disease With UV Light – This Week Uncorked Episode 111

UV-powered vineyard robots represent AgTech innovation directly applicable to wine production, showcasing automation trends relevant to craft beverage founders managing vineyard operations.

Monster Beverage Is Making More Money Than Its Brewing Division Can Lose

Monster's struggling alcohol division shows how even $90B CPG giants can fail at beverage diversification, offering strategic lessons on market entry, brand extensions, and the importance of spirits-based RTD portfolios.

Cocktail Menu Trends: What the Q2 Data Reveals

Ground Signal's data across 81K bars reveals challenger brands gaining share and cocktail menu fragmentation—actionable intelligence for BevTech founders on market trends and menu placement strategies.

The Death of the Red Solo Cup

The Death of the Red Solo Cup

Identifies 'Desolofication' trend driving personalized beverage consumption, RTD growth, and alt-bev adoption—critical insights for product development and market positioning.

15 Ways to Fail at Beverage

15 Ways to Fail at Beverage

Essential playbook for BevTech founders covering the 15 most common startup failure modes across branding, distribution, and growth—from cash conversion cycles to SKU proliferation.