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PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL (NOVEMBER 2026) — Coaqua, the fast-growing coconut water brand built on a simple idea — premium coconut water shouldn’t be hard to find or hard to afford — today announced it is now available in more than 3,000 Walmart stores nationwide. The rollout, which began in October, puts nine SKUs on shelves across the country and in more than 500 grab-and-go coolers at the entrance of select stores — the brand’s largest retail expansion to date.
The Walmart assortment spans six varieties — Still, Fizzy, Soursoppin’, Chocolate’y, Espresso’d and Lemony Passion — in 12-ounce single cans, with Still, Soursoppin’ and Chocolate’y also available in four-packs. All of it starts with coconut water from young green coconuts grown on family farms in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta. Coaqua doesn’t think of the rest as flavors: Soursoppin’ is that coconut water with real soursop juice, Lemony Passion with lemon and passion fruit juice, Chocolate’y with real cocoa, Espresso’d with 100% robusta coffee, and Fizzy with bubbles.
The launch follows a year of velocity-led growth at retail. Coaqua is carried by Sprouts, Wegmans, Hannaford, H-E-B and The Fresh Market, among others, and works with PLTFRM, one of the nation’s leading brokers, to support its retail expansion.
“We didn’t build Coaqua to be the loudest coconut water on the shelf. We built it to be the one people actually reach for,” said Anthony Cadieux II, Co-CEO of Coaqua. “The past year at retail proved shoppers are doing exactly that. Walmart puts it in front of a lot more of them. Credit where it’s due: Lesley Osario and Hudson Henry at Walmart took the time to understand what we’re building, and then they backed it. We don’t take that for granted.”
“Premium was never supposed to mean out of reach,” said Justin Bruckel, Co-CEO of Coaqua. “Walmart is where Coaqua goes from the coconut water people seek out to the one they pick up on a regular Tuesday. That’s the whole point, and there is no bigger everyday shelf in the country.”
Learn more at drinkcoaqua.com or follow @coaqua on Instagram.
About Coaqua
Coaqua is premium coconut water from young green coconuts grown on family farms in Vietnam, built on the belief that premium should be for everyone. Its seven varieties aren’t flavors so much as pairings: coconut water with real fruit juice, real cocoa or real coffee. Founded in New Zealand in 2013, Coaqua was bought out and rebuilt in 2024 by co-CEOs Anthony Cadieux II and Justin Bruckel, best friends since age 14. Headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, Coaqua is sold at Walmart, Sprouts, Wegmans, Hannaford, H-E-B, The Fresh Market and other select retailers, and online at Walmart.com, Amazon and drinkcoaqua.com. Coaqua tastes great.
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