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PepsiCo has agreed to purchase CytoSport, the maker of Muscle Milk protein shakes, from Hormel Foods for $465 million. The deal comes less than five years after Hormel paid

Cott has sold its RC Cola concentrate and international licensing business to Refresco for $50 million. Refresco, meanwhile, simultaneously flipped the RCI International business to an entity called RC Global Beverages.

Coca-Cola has completed its acquisition of Nigerian juice and dairy company Chi Ltd., having first invested in the company three years ago  

Keurig Dr Pepper has agreed to acquire the sales and distribution rights of Swire 7Up Dr Pepper of Pasco, Washington, which covers territory in Franklin and Benton counties on the Columbia River; brands being moved also include A&W, Sunkist, Schweppes, Cactus Cooler soda, Deja Blue bottled water and Venom energy drink

BD has learned from multiple sources that the Honickman Group is negotiating for PepsiCo-owned bottling territory in New Jersey and Philadelphia. Honickman already operates a swath of Pepsi territory in New Jersey, south of Trenton, including Burlington, Pennsauken, Camden and Gloucester. The proposed refranchising could give Honickman control over the rest of New Jersey, as well as metro Philadelphia to the southwest. The territories in question are operated by Pepsi Beverages Company (PBC), the PepsiCo-owned bottling unit that covers