| Date | Title | Description |
| 11.06.2025 | King’s Hawaiian owner to build $54M pickle factory | Dive Brief:
The maker of Grillo’s Pickles is constructing a $54 million food manufacturing plant near Columbus, Indiana, to meet growing demand for its fresh pickle products.
Irresistible Foods Group, the owner of Grillo’s and King’s Hawaii... |
| 01.03.2025 | The Rise of Pecan Milk: A Nutty Solution to America’s Dairy Dilemma | In the ever-evolving landscape of American dietary preferences, a new contender is emerging in the non-dairy milk arena: pecan milk. As traditional dairy makes a comeback, and plant-based alternatives face declining sales, pecans are steppi... |
| 26.02.2025 | Spindrift splashes into soda to capitalize on the better-for-you craze | Listen to the article 4 min
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Spindrift, best known for its seltzer made with fresh squeezed fruit juice, is jumping into better-for-you soda with the launch o... |
| 24.02.2025 | PKN: As Americans Sour on Plant-Based Milk, This Brand is Turning to the Country’s Only Native Nut | 6 Mins Read Dairy is making a comeback in the US, with sales of whole milk outpacing plant-based alternatives. Can pecans turn things around?
The almond may be America’s favourite nut – especially when it comes to milking it – but its popul... |
| 25.01.2025 | Brewing Change: The Craft Beer Revolution in a Health-Conscious World | The craft beer landscape is shifting. It’s not just about hops and barley anymore. The tides are changing, and breweries are adapting. As health-conscious consumers seek balance, brands like Dogfish Head are leading the charge. They’re not ... |
| 23.01.2025 | The alcohol industry seeks to brew sales growth beyond beer | Listen to the article 7 min
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Beverage giants are reshaping their playbook, blending alcoholic and non-alcoholic lines as consumer tastes shift away from traditional beer ... |
| 18.01.2025 | Vegan Whole-Cut Meat Startup Eyes $12.5B Keto Market With ‘Industry First’ Certification | 5 Mins Read US food tech startup Chunk Foods has received a Ketogenic Certified label for its whole-cut vegan steaks, playing into a major dietary trend. It’s also targeting a global expansion.
As protein continues to grow in importance and... |
| 13.01.2025 | Will the GLP-1 Boom Reduce Food Waste? Latest ReFED Report Lists 2025 Trends | 5 Mins Read Ozempic, inflation and the Trump presidency will likely dictate how the US deals with food waste in 2025, according to ReFED, a leading non-profit.
Last year was a big year for food waste policy in the US. The Biden White House ... |
| 07.01.2025 | Americans Using GLP-1 Drugs Are Spending Less on Groceries & UPFs | 4 Mins Read US households with at least one user of GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic are spending 6-9% less on groceries, with the sharpest declines seen in ultra-processed categories.
For Ozempic users, chips, baked goods, calories, and grocery bi... |
| 18.12.2024 | The Rise of Plant-Based Snacks: A Crunchy Revolution | In the world of snacks, a revolution is brewing. The shift towards plant-based options is not just a trend; it’s a movement. Companies like All Y’alls Foods are leading the charge, crafting innovative products that cater to health-conscious... |
| 18.12.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Beyond Smash, Santa Love Oatly & Vegfest Vietnam | 6 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers two Beyond Meat debuts in the UK, Oatly’s Christmas-themed ad... |
| 06.11.2024 | As UK Embraces Gut Health, A New Oat Milk Brand Targets High-Fibre Nutrition for Kids | 5 Mins Read Amid the rise of gut health and GLP-1 drugs in the UK, Potina is making high-fibre banana oat milks for improved children’s nutrition.
As the UK pushes back against junk food advertising and begins embracing GLP-1 drugs to comba... |
| 30.10.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Yelp’s Best Vegan Restaurants, Alt-Milk Launches & Fermentation Wins | 7 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Beyond Meat’s European exploits, a big week for plant-based m... |
| 29.07.2024 | Why Mela saw untapped potential with Gen Z in watermelon drinks | Listen to the article 4 min
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As the beverage industry undergoes a rapid transformation with traditional category lines blurred, an upstart watermelon beverage maker belie... |
| 01.07.2024 | Dairy Deprogramming: Oatly Crashes Big Dairy’s Ice Cream Party on Capitol Hill | 4 Mins Read Swedish oat milk giant Oatly set up a soft-serve truck next to a legacy ice cream event hosted on Capitol Hill to raise awareness about Big Dairy’s role in the climate crisis.
As Americans walked up to Capitol Hill for some free... |
| 20.06.2024 | Pretty Tasty Wins Big at BevNET New Beverage Showdown 27 | New start-up iced tea brand takes top honor in field of over 150 emerging beverage companies
NEW YORK, June 20, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Pretty Tasty, a beverage brand dedicated to innovating in the beauty and beverage space with its line... |
| 17.06.2024 | Sparkling water companies: State of play | figcaption>span]:font-sans" data-chromatic="ignore">
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Sparkling water startups are attracting investors and acquirers as health-conscious consumers opt for zero-calorie alternatives ... |
| 10.04.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Vegan Shawarmas, Pamela Anderson & Jobs for Cats | 5 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers Pamela Anderson’s new vegan cookbook, OMNI’s call for cat tas... |
| 08.04.2024 | Consumers seeking new flavors to excite their taste buds | According to researchers from global taste and nutrition specialist, Kerry, international flavor crossovers are gaining popularity across international markets. The trends identified in Kerry’s 2024 Global Taste Charts suggest there are exc... |
| 31.01.2024 | Future Food Quick Bites: Dupe Cheese, Squeezy Sour Cream & TikTok Butter | 6 Mins Read In our weekly column, we round up the latest news and developments in the alternative protein and sustainable food industry. This week, Future Food Quick Bites covers a ton of alt-dairy developments, more discussions around bann... |
| 26.01.2024 | Leftovers: Hidden Valley Ranch locks lips with Burt’s Bees | McCormick shakes up seasonings line | Leftovers is our look at a few of the product ideas popping up everywhere. Some are intriguing, some sound amazing and some are the kinds of ideas we would never dream of. We can't write about everything that we get pitched, so here are som... |
| 01.11.2023 | Ocean Spray debuts zero sugar varieties as juice category fractures | Dive Brief:
Ocean Spray has unveiled a Zero Sugar line of its flagship juice, sweetened with stevia leaf extract, in Cranberry and Mixed Berry varieties. The drinks contain 5 calories, zero grams of sugar per cup, and no added sugar.
The of... |
| 09.08.2023 | Business Certification Program Launched To Support MENA Entrepreneurs; Eleven Inaugural Recipients Are Announced | Abed Ayoub is the Executive Director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC). The ... [+] ADC has launched a certification program for business owners from the Middle East and North Africa.Abed Ayoub |
| 25.07.2023 | How craft beer saturation led to Anchor Brewing’s demise | This month, alcohol giant Sapporo USA announced it will shutter the operations of the oldest craft brewery in the U.S., San Francisco-based Anchor Brewing, after 127 years. Experts believe saturation and shifting trends in the craft beer in... |
| 02.05.2023 | Pietra helped creators start DTC businesses; now it has a roadmap for everyone | The direct-to-consumer business world continues to be noisy. It’s not enough to just start up a business and advertise on Google and Facebook: Today’s e-commerce merchants have to be masters of all channels.
That’s where Pietra comes in. Th... |
| 10.02.2023 | How This B Corp Certified Cocktail Company Is Changing The Way We Drink | Amanda Victoria was six months pregnant when she conceptualized a cocktail company that she says, “would change the way the world drinks.” |
| 11.10.2022 | Bang Energy’s parent company files for bankruptcy | Dive Brief:
The parent company of Bang Energy filed for Chapter 11 protection in Florida as it seeks to recover following multiple costly lawsuits that have weighed on its business, the company said in a press release. Vital Pharmaceuticals... |
| 28.07.2022 | Richard Tait, 1964-2022: ‘Cranium’ inventor and serial entrepreneur was ‘the ultimate dreamer’ | Richard Tait, serial entrepreneur, Microsoft veteran and “Cranium” creator. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota)
Richard Tait, the longtime Seattle entrepreneur who co-founded the wildly popular board game “Cranium” after spending 10 years ... |
| 01.07.2022 | Leftovers: DiGiorno turns crust into ice cream cones; Gym Weed infuses hemp into energy drinks | Leftovers is our look at a few of the product ideas popping up everywhere. Some are intriguing, some sound amazing and some are the kinds of ideas we would never dream of. We can’t write about everything that we get pitched, so here are som... |
| 27.05.2022 | ‘A very capital intensive game’: More CPG startups are fundraising to fund wholesale expansion | After experiencing an influx in grocery and retailers’ interest, CPG brands are planning expansions by fundraising.
The CPG boom was in full swing throughout the pandemic, as many digitally-native brands struck deals with major retailers an... |
| 27.05.2022 | ‘A very capital intensive game’: More CPG startups are fundraising to fund wholesale expansion | Newer brands are also feeling the costly squeeze of national distribution.
Mac and cheese brand Goodles, which launched online last November and debuted at Target this spring, raised $6.4 million ahead of launch.
Co-founder and CEO Jen Zesz... |
| 12.05.2022 | Brightseed raises $68M to accelerate artificial intelligence work | Dive Brief:
Brightseed, a five-year-old upstart that uses artificial intelligence to find molecules in plants that could have the biggest health and nutrition benefits in humans, raised $68 million in funding led by food technology investor... |
| 26.04.2022 | DTC workwear brand Brunt hires an Under Armour veteran as its new president | As Eskridge transitions into the role of president, he’ll also help grow the internal operations. Brunt currently has 15 full-time employees, of which four were hired this year. “We plan to triple the team by the end of the year,” Eskridge ... |
| 26.04.2022 | DTC workwear brand Brunt hires an Under Armour veteran as its new president | Less than two years after launching, DTC brand Brunt Workwear is bringing on a new executive. The startup has hired retail veteran Kevin Eskridge as president, who will lead the company as it launches new products and enters new channels.
T... |
| 12.04.2022 | ‘This is a serious investment’: More DTC brands are bringing on celebrity co-founders | Celebrities are increasingly taking a more hands-on approach to investing, and positioning themselves as post-facto brand co-founders or creative directors.
The celeb-founded brand trend is nothing new, with a number of famous figures launc... |
| 12.04.2022 | ‘This is a serious investment’: More DTC brands are bringing on celebrity co-founders | Today, Kin Euphorics is currently sold in 1,200 retail locations in 20 countries. The brand is in the process of expanding into more retailers and off-premise locations, as more bars and restaurants try to grow their non-alcoholic offerings... |
| 01.04.2022 | Ugly Drinks seems to have quietly shuttered operations, underscoring challenges in the beverage space | Sparkling water brand Ugly Drinks appears to have shuttered operations over the past few months.
Beverage industry insiders have noticed that the U.K.-based company’s website is currently down, and the Ugly Drinks official Amazon store has ... |
| 01.04.2022 | Ugly Drinks seems to have quietly shuttered operations, underscoring challenges in the beverage space | The seeming sunsetting of the brand came as a surprise to the DTC Twitter crowd. But some investors say the outcome is unsurprising given how difficult it is to scale a beverage brand.
“Building a beverage brand is a grind,” Kiva Dickinson,... |
| 22.03.2022 | Molson Coors' Peroni looks for US foothold with appeal to millennials' wanderlust | Peroni Nastro Azzurro, an Italian beer owned by Molson Coors, launched its first TV campaign in two years last week. The campaign comes at a time when the demand for imported beers is growing, especially among younger drinkers.
The campaign... |
| 01.02.2022 | Functional soda Olipop raises $30M with notable investors, including former PepsiCo CEO | Dive Brief:
Functional soda brand Olipop closed a $30 million Series B funding round led by Monogram Capital Partners, which also led the company's 2020 Series A round. This latest round features several celebrity investors, including the J... |
| 07.12.2021 | American Packaged Goods to Skyrocket Past $1.3 Trillion Following Plant-Based Demand | Demand for plant-based foods is driving a huge growth in the CPG market in the USA, according to the Food Institute, citing a study that says Millennial and Gen-Z purchasers of plant-based products are primary drivers of this sector.
“We sa... |
| 24.08.2021 | DTC Briefing: What’s fueling consumer disillusionment with digitally-native brands | This is the latest installment of the DTC Briefing, a weekly Modern Retail column about the biggest challenges and trends facing the volatile direct-to-consumer startup world. To receive it in your inbox every week, sign up here.
It’s not n... |
| 24.08.2021 | DTC Briefing: What’s fueling consumer disillusionment with digitally-native brands | Beautiful branding can make a company seem bigger than they actually are
Gyllander said that from her perspective, many DTC startups, “have decided very often to invest quite a bit of resources in order to look and feel like potentially sli... |
| 21.05.2021 | CBD startup Prima raises millions | Employees tend to medical cannabis plants at Pharmocann, an Israeli medical cannabis company in northern Israel. Amir Cohen/Reuters
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| 21.05.2021 | CBD startup Prima raises millions | Employees tend to medical cannabis plants at Pharmocann, an Israeli medical cannabis company in northern Israel. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
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| 06.05.2021 | Kin Euphorics Launches Lightwave, A ‘Wind-Down Beverage To Calm The Mind’ | Kin Euphorics has launched its second canned beverage, LightwaveKin Euphorics |
| 04.05.2021 | Owen’s Craft Mixers Closes $7.5 Million Round | Owen's Craft Mixers has raised $7.5 million in new fundingOwen's Craft Mixers |
| 17.03.2021 | Finding White Space Amid Waves Of White Claw | Spindrift Spiked Sparkling Water will be released in mid-AprilSpindrift |
| 28.02.2021 | 7 New Hard Seltzers Hitting The Market This Spring | New Belgium's Fruit Smash Hard SeltzerNew Belgium Brewing |
| 23.12.2020 | Adapt Or Die: Molson Coors Turns To Partnerships, Non-Alcoholic Beverages For Growth | Molson Coors has pushed into the non-alcoholic beverage category with the launch of several ... [+] innovations, inlcuding Huzzah and MadVine.Molson Coors Beverage Company |
| 12.11.2020 | ‘It Was Too Good to Pass Up’: Why Anna Barber Is Moving from Techstars to M13 | Anna Barber, who has served as a mentor to countless early startup founders and headed the Techstars LA Accelerator for the past three years, is leaving to become the first head of M13's venture studio and a partner at the firm.
"I was... |
| 02.11.2020 | Two VCs See Trading Cards as a Great Investment and are Starting a Fund to Trade Them | As early investors in buzzy startups like Lyft, SpaceX, Pinterest and Ring, Courtney and Carter Reum have gained a reputation as successful venture investors. Now they are devoting some of their attention and dollars to a decidedly lower te... |
| 13.04.2020 | 'In a World Where We're All Scared It's Easy to Forget There are Opportunities': L.A.'s Glitziest Venture Capital Team is Still Hunting for Deals | M13, named after one of the brightest star clusters in the Northern Sky, has considerable star wattage of its own and is decidedly the most L.A. of all the L.A venture capital firms.
Co-founders Carter and Courtney Reum together boast aroun... |
| 09.04.2020 | Elmhurst Launches Lattes & Smoothie Bases | New York plant milk brand Elmhurst 1925 has launched new lines in latte drinks and smoothie mixes in an apparent bid to double sales in 2020. The new Oat Lattes are available in two coffee flavors – Cacao Oat Milk Latte and Flash Brew Oat M... |
| 28.02.2020 | A Latte Riding On IPO For Oat Milk Leader Oatly | Beyond Meat could be viewed as a comparable public company in the event of a listing by the dairy alternative beverage firm, according to Mergermarket. |
| 25.02.2020 | Производитель съедобной упаковки Notpla привлёк $5 млн от экс-главы 21st Century Fox и других Статьи редакции | Упаковку из водорослей уже покупают производитель виски Glenlivet и британский сервис доставки еды Just Eat.
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| 28.01.2020 | Olipop Raises $10M in Series A Round | California-based prebiotic beverage maker Olipop has raised $10 million in a Series A funding round, the company announced today. |
| 09.01.2020 | This plant-based meat startup called This has just raised £4.7m in seed funding | This, a UK startup making plant-based protein substitutes for chicken and pork drawn mostly from soy and pea, has raised £4.7 million ($6 million) in seed funding. The London-based investment fund Backed led the round, with further investme... |
| 09.10.2019 | What the Fork? A review of Good Day’s CBD cold brew & UbU’s hemp tonic | Editor’s Note: What’s this? A product review? On AFN, the leading source of funding news for the foodtech and agtech startup industry? I know; we’re moving out of our comfort zone and spreading our wings – or rather our tastebuds. But as co... |
| 03.09.2019 | Zest Tea Launches 0 Calorie RTD Extension, Updates Bagged Tea Packaging | Zest Tea is launching their first of several 0 calorie sparkling teas after successfully introducing three 50 – 60 calorie sparkling high caffeine teas last year. The new flavor, Blackberry Lime, contains 0 sugar and no artificial flavors o... |
| 25.03.2019 | This Startup Raised $17 Million for Its Efforts to Resurrect Cottage Cheese Sales | March 25, 2019 4 min read
Jesse Merrill spends a lot of time thinking about cottage cheese.
"Cottage cheese is so versatile," he said. "Cottage cheese adds a high quality, clean protein boost to any recipe that you're making.... |
| 03.12.2018 | New Beverage Showdown 16 Finalists Revealed at BevNET Live 2018 | BevNET Live Winter 2018 kicked off with a glimpse at the next generation of innovative beverages, as 12 emerging entrepreneurs took the main stage to pitch their products during the semi-final round of the sixteenth edition of the conferenc... |
| 06.11.2018 | Bernstein ‘cautious’ over potential of cannabis infused beverages, while Arcview and BDS Analytics predict ‘flood of mainstream investment’ | According to BDS Analytics’ GreenEdge service, most cannabis-infused edibles sold in the US are in the candy and chocolate categories, with sales of edibles reaching $988m in 2017, led by candy ($405m) and chocolate ($193m). General foods a... |
| 02.07.2018 | Brown-Born Energy Drink Startup Acquired by Vita Coco Parent Company | All Market Inc., parent company of Vita Coco, has acquired Runa, an organic energy drink company that uses the caffeine-producing guayusa leaf in its brew.
While terms of the deal were not disclosed, those within Runa said the move would he... |
| 29.06.2018 | Magic Hat Calls Out 'Beer Snobs And Name-Droppers' To Promote Its New Brew | Burlington, VT, July 2018 -- Magic Hat is releasing Laughing Stock Double IPA with a marketing... [+] message that attacks the brewery's detractors. Magic Hat Brewing |
| 21.11.2017 | GUEST ARTICLE: Is plant-based the new gluten-free? | At first, these may seem odd to compare. After all, one trend is about eating plants while the other is about avoiding certain plants. Nevertheless, the comparison is ultimately helpful as both movements tap into longstanding markets and br... |
| 21.11.2016 | Brew Dr Kombucha poised for growth as fermented trend gains momentum | “It’s still such a young industry” says Matt Thomas, founder of Oregon-based organic kombucha maker Brew Dr Kombucha, who first got into the kombucha (fermented tea) market in 2008 when customers at the chain of tea houses he ran start... |
| 08.08.2016 | HeavyConnect Joins 500 Startups, Google Starts Testing Drone Delivery, GMO Labeling Signed into Law, more | AgFunder’s Mid-Year 2016 AgTech Investment Report is Live!
Last week, we released our Mid-Year 2016 AgTech Investing Report tracking $1.75 billion of venture investment in food and agriculture technology across 307 deals in the first half o... |
| 23.11.2015 | Barefoot Wine Contests Trademark Of Barefoot Kombucha: Tea Or Wine, Who Can Tell? | We’ve had a few instances in the past involving wine-makers and needless trademark spats with companies in completely unrelated industries. The time Trek Bicycle went after a winery, comes to mind for instance. More recently, and somewhat m... |
| 18.08.2015 | Coca-Cola takes minority stake in Suja Juice: ‘This is a huge complementary opportunity for us’ | Suja also confirmed that the Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs has made a minority investment in Suja, which exploded onto the beverage scene in 2012, generated revenues of $18m in 2013, $45m in 2014 and is forecasting $70-80m in 2... |
| 11.12.2014 | Move over coconut water, says WTRMLN WTR boss: This product belongs everywhere that people sweat | Rob Paladino, CEO at brand owner World Waters, was speaking to FoodNavigator-USA at the BevNet Live conference in Santa Monica this week after WTRMLN WTR picked up the ‘Best Juice’ and ‘Best Packaging Design’ gongs in BevNet’s ‘Best of 2014... |
| 09.10.2013 | City Notes app raising $800k // Etsy is a “Best Place to Work” [Startup Roundup] | Who’s getting money?
City Notes, the location discovery app from iOS developer Mark Dorison and former Business Insider staffer Dan Frommer, has raised $60,000 of a planned $800,000 debt round, according to an SEC filing.
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| 10.12.2012 | Trendspotting 2013: Coconut water is key to 100% juice declaration, without the calories, says ITI Tropicals | Hydration, recovery, and electrolyte activity are important in sports beverages applications, while more mainstream beverage makers have been keen to cash in on the general health halo imparted by coconut water, says Don Giampetro, vice pre... |
| 02.05.2008 | MADD vs. GTA4, Google’s Orkut, and the Nerf Autocannon | Google’s Orkut
Google’s Orkut social networking site is little used by US netizens, but it’s quite popular in Brazil. Recently, though, fears about child porn rings have prompted Google to share personal information with the authorities in ... |
| 07.02.2005 | Brain Twist launches cereal in a can | The company's latest innovation is Liquid Cereal, a ready-to-drink beverage that blends breakfast cereal with fat free milk.
The product will be sold in four packs of shelf-stable 11-ounce cans and be available initially in four flavors, na... |
| - | Coca-Cola takes on Olipop and Poppi with new prebiotic soda brand, Simply Pop | Coca-Cola is launching its own prebiotic soda brand to compete with Olipop and Poppi.
While soda consumption has fallen over the last two decades, the popularity of prebiotic sodas has skyrocketed, as consumers look for a healthier option.
... |
| - | Haus, the millennial-favorite alcohol startup, is shutting down after Corona beer parent company reneged on an investment in the eleventh hour | Haus cofounders Helena Price Hambrecht and Woody Hambrecht. Haus This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
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| - | I left Deloitte after 10 years to start a nonalcoholic spirits company. Here's what it's been like to raise money while finding my footing in a new industry. | Anna Rebecca Gardner. Josh Meredith This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
Anna Rebecca Gardner left her job at Deloitte in 2019 to found a nonalcoholic spirits company. She deal... |
| - | First Beverage Closes $64M Second Fund | BevNET.com: |
| - | BevNET Live Winter 2020 Breakout: “No,” “Low” and “Better-For-You” Beverage Alcohol Evolves | BevNET.com |
| - | Dirty Lemon Looks to Expand Post-Fundraising Round | Dirty Lemon is looking to add some juice. A filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reveals that the New York City-based company, which markets a line of all-natural functional wellness drinks made with fruit juices an... |
| - | First Beverage Invests in Mezcal Brand, GEM&BOLT | BEVNET: |
| - | Bob Nakasone Joins First Beverage Ventures | BevNET.com: |
