FORTO Coffee Shots: A Healthier Caffeine Alternative?

*By Madison Alworth* Neel Premkumar, CEO of energy-shot company FORTO, thinks he can hit a billion dollars in sales in five years. And he hopes a recent deal with Walmart can help get him there. "It's a huge deal. Walmart took us into the coffee aisle, which is the first time a small-rated, coffee shot made it into the big boys' \[club\]," Premkumar told Cheddar on Friday. FORTO, whose two-ounce shots contain as much caffeine as one or two cups of coffee, expanded its reach to 3,700 Walmart stores just last month. The growth is part of what Premkumar called a "new wave of coffee." "We've more than doubled every single year. We are probably the fastest-growing beverage brand in the U.S. at this point." For full interview, [click here](https://cheddar.com/videos/forto-coffee-shots-for-energy).

More In Business

Nevada Supreme Court Rulings Hand Setbacks to Gun-Right Defenders and Anti-Abortion Activists

Nevada’s Supreme Court upheld the state’s ban on ghost guns Thursday, overturning a lower court’s ruling that had sided with a gun manufacturer’s argument the 2021 law regulating firearm parts with no serial numbers was unconstitutionally vague.

House Bill Pushes TikTok Sale: App’s Future in U.S. Uncertain

The US Moves Toward Possible TikTok Ban. The House Bill Mandates ByteDance to Sell App Within a Year or Face Removal from US App Stores

Tik Tok Ban Passed in Foreign Aid Bill. What's Next?

The U.S is one step closer to potentially banning Tik Tok.

These Clean Energy Stocks Are Always in the Green

Make every day Earth Day by helping the U.S. make the switch to clean energy. Bonus: It’s inflation proof.

Harbor is Redefining Baby Monitoring without Biometrics

Enter Harbor, a new state-of-the-art baby monitor system, has opted not to include biometric monitoring.

How Two Companies are Using Tech and AI to Squash Bedbug Infestations

With an uptick in bedbug infestations, two companies, Spotta and Comcast’s Machine-Q, are joining forces and using tech and AI to squash this problem.

Load More