energy drinks

You won't find java-slurping hipsters at Jamba Juice's (JMBA) growing chain of smoothie shops. There isn't a barista to be found, though employees probably wouldn't scoff at being called blender baristas. Jamba is still small. Starbucks (SBUX), clearly, is not. However, the leading stand-alone...

Two-thirds of the energy drink brands on the market do not disclose their caffeine content and of the ones that do so, some ignore the threshold for what is considered excessive, researchers at GoodGuide.com found. Venom, Monster, 5-Hour Energy, Ammo, FRS, and Red Bull Cola all keep hush about the...

The makers of 5-Hour Energy, a popular energy drink that claims to pack all the benefits of coffee in a 2-ounce plastic bottle with "no crash later," are being sued by the family of a man who died after drinking it. The wrongful death lawsuit filed in federal court in Tennessee last week by the...

The unlikely marriage of caffeine and meat snack got its start in Utah, in the winter of 2005. Tech entrepreneurs and college friends Brian Levin and Matt Keiser were on a skiing trip at Snowbird, and after a day on the slopes, they partied hard and fueled up on energy-drink cocktails late into the...

What goes up must come down, the saying goes. The stock market and the real estate market certainly did. But are we ready to swear off Red Bull and the other liquid uppers that helped fuel the hypertensive, party-never-stops mindset that got us into this mess? A growing number of beverage marketers...

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