Brands with energy deserve attention.

Cooper Drinks Company was founded on a simple belief: the brands that move the market forward deserve a stage.

The market has changed. The way brands are built has to change with it.

Consumers no longer look only for default A-brands. They look for stories, authenticity, new flavours, local energy and products that fit the moment. Young and challenger brands are often made for that demand.

That is exactly where the tension starts. A founder can visit the first twenty or thirty outlets personally. That works, because nobody tells the story better than the person behind the brand. But once growth starts, that same energy becomes vulnerable.

The shop floor needs attention. Accounts need support. Product development, purchasing, communication and operations all pull at the same time. A brand then stalls not because the product is less good, but because the people behind it no longer have the room to truly build.

Marketing without sales is powerless. Sales without marketing is pointless. It is one movement.

Martijn Keesmaat
Martijn Keesmaat in a bar setting

We step in where momentum needs to be made.

With our passion for strong brands, broad experience in growing companies and an extensive network, we are uniquely positioned to build and scale your brand further. So you, as founder, can focus on everything else that matters.

Cooper Drinks Company is not a classic distributor and not a remote advisory club. We help brands make choices, build the commercial foundation and bring them to places where they can become relevant.

We do this with the eye of a brand builder and the discipline of sales. Close to founders, close to trade and close to what truly moves the modern consumer.

The goal is not to collect as many brands as possible. The goal is quality over quantity: giving brands the attention, strategy and sales strength needed to grow sustainably.

  • We choose real brands.Brands with a story, quality, local energy or a clear new moment.
  • We build with founders.As close as possible to the team behind the brand, because they keep making the difference in the long term.
  • We connect brand and sales.Strategy, positioning, activation and sales need to work in the same direction.
  • We look at the consumer.Trends only become valuable when they land in the right product, in the right place, with the right story.

Consumers, founders and trade need to find each other again.

Trade wants to stay relevant, but often lacks the time and network to discover and onboard the right innovative brands. Relevant brands want to reach the market, but sometimes lack experience, sales strength or focus.

That is Cooper Drinks Company’s role: translating trends into brands, brands into trade, and helping trade become more relevant to the modern audience.

Martijn Keesmaat in conversation