Keurig Dr Pepper made the latest in a string of territory changes that executives have said will improve distribution performance and efficiency for the company’s ready-to-drink portfolio. As of mid-June...

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Fever-Tree, the UK-founded mixer brand, has added a cola to its US lineup of premium carbonated offerings. Named Distillers Cola, the new drink was formulated to mix with...

A collection of recent developments from around the industry to keep you up to speed.

A collection of recent developments from around the industry to keep you up to speed.

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BodyArmor and Gatorade Zero drove sports drink category sales gains at US retail during the first quarter. Dollar sales for the category grew...

On May 14, BD broke news of Coke’s decision to discontinue Coca-Cola Energy in the US and Canada by the end of this year. The cola-flavored energy drink didn’t perform as expected in the US after its debut a year and a half ago, just ahead of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mass...

Plus: IRI Sees Return To Parity Between At-Home And Away-From Home Food Sales. Late in the first quarter of this year, US soft drink retail sales begin to cycle the impact of pandemic-related pantry loading last year. To get a baseline understanding of the extent to which elevated retail sales are sticking now that pandemic lockdowns are easing, BD compared data from the first quarter of 2021 to the first quarter of 2019 (instead of 2020).