Humberto De la Calle

FOOD & WINE Honors The 15 Game Changers Impacting The Way We Eat And Drink In 2023

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星期一, 六月 5, 2023

NEW YORK, June 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- FOOD & WINE unveils its 2023 Game Changers list, recognizing 15 people and companies in the culinary, hospitality, travel, and consumer packaged goods industries who are thinking deeper, dreaming bigger, and collectively changing the way we eat and drink for the better. The leaders and visionaries named to the third annual FOOD & WINE Game Changers list are featured in the special July Icons & Innovators Issue of FOOD & WINE and at foodandwine.com/gamechangers2023

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  • Theaster Gates — An acclaimed artist, city planner, and visionary transforming predominantly Black neighborhoods in Chicago into cultural hubs.
  • Lisa Cheng Smith — A Brooklyn, New York-based retail entrepreneur giving a platform and an identity to Taiwanese products and makers.
  • To read the profile of each winner named to the 2023 FOOD & WINE Game Changers, visit here .
  • To reference last year's FOOD & WINE Game Changers, see the link here .

De La Calle Closes $7M Growth Round with KarpReilly

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星期四, 二月 24, 2022

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Today, De La Calle announced their closure of a $7 million growth round in a joint venture with private equity firm, KarpReilly , HERE Studio , and DrinkPAK.

Key Points: 
  • LOS ANGELES, Feb. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --Today, De La Calle announced their closure of a $7 million growth round in a joint venture with private equity firm, KarpReilly , HERE Studio , and DrinkPAK.
  • "We couldn't be happier to kick off 2022 with this support from KarpReilly to expand De La Calle's offerings and retail footprint," said De La Calle Co-founder and CEO, Alex Matthews.
  • With KarpReilly by our side, we are in a strong position to continue this promising growth."
  • De La Calle is poised to solidify tepache as the new must-have functional beverage.

HERE STUDIO KICKS OFF 2022 WITH MULTIPLE AWARDS AND ANOTHER HOT BRAND, VINA

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星期四, 二月 17, 2022

Launched in 2018, HERE Studio has been working with successful brands such as Sprinkles Cupcakes , Rowdy Mermaid , Bolthouse Farms , Raw Juicery and Spudsy.

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  • Launched in 2018, HERE Studio has been working with successful brands such as Sprinkles Cupcakes , Rowdy Mermaid , Bolthouse Farms , Raw Juicery and Spudsy.
  • "What a way to start 2022 with the support from KarpReilly to enter the prebiotic soda space with VINA's offerings and retail footprint," said VINA Founder and CEO, Alex Matthews.
  • Recent team changes saw Sandy Yang, (former Art Director at Juice Served Here and Forager Project), join Matthews to start Here Studio as Creative Director.
  • "We see Here Originals' launch of VINA as another example of where we've been seeing opportunities to explore as an agency in 2022.

VINA Prebiotic Soda Unveils New Brand Identity, Formulation and Functional Benefits Focused on the Brain - Gut Connection

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星期四, 一月 27, 2022

The revamped brand identity and packaging design follows a period of strategic repositioning of VINA's functional benefits centered on the brain-gut connection.

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  • The revamped brand identity and packaging design follows a period of strategic repositioning of VINA's functional benefits centered on the brain-gut connection.
  • As functional soda becomes a fast-growing subcategory of the greater functional beverage space, the demand for healthier soda alternatives has rapidly increased.
  • VINA aims to delight both the pop purist and the functional beverage drinker with both taste and nutritional benefits.
  • VINA Prebiotic Soda, located in the heart of Los Angeles, started with a vision: to make soda smart.