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Coca-Cola Widened U.S. Soft Drink Gap With PepsiCo in 2023

PepsiCo CEO Emphasizes ‘Full’ Beverage Portfolio Focus for North America Business
March 7, 2024

Coca-Cola’s volume share of the US carbonated soft drink (CSD) market at retail surpassed 40% in 2023, according to BD data. As shown in the table, market leader Coke gained nearly half...


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Coke, Pepsi Systems Debate Case Pack Water Shift Away from DSD at Walmart

Move to Warehouse Delivery Under Serious Consideration
February 20, 2024

Proposal Seen by Some as ‘Slippery Slope’ for Direct Store Delivery.
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo Emphasizing Premium and Immediate Consumption Water

Serious discussions are underway in the US Coke and Pepsi systems about plans to ship Dasani and Aquafina case pack bottled water to Walmart by warehouse delivery instead of...


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Coke, Bottlers Discuss Revised Compensation Agreement For Alcohol

PepsiCo’s Blue Cloud Names New Leader Amid Stalled Expansion
January 31, 2024

Coca-Cola and the company’s US bottlers are negotiating a possible new compensation agreement for alcohol beverage extensions as the company pushes further into the sector with its Red Tree Beverages subsidiary, according to BD sources. The revised...


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Ghost Energy Joins Prime in Hip Hydration Race

Introduction Comes as BodyArmor Adds Zero Sugar Option
January 31, 2024

Ghost, the sports nutrition company that partnered with Anheuser-Busch for a canned energy drink, has now launched an expansion into bottled hydration. Ghost Hydration, launched officially on Monday, is intended to be...


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Future Smarts: Bottlers Discuss Range of Hot Topics Including Pricing, Consumer Pressure, Alcohol

Buffalo Rock Pepsi and Coke Consolidated Plan for Return to Pricing, Volume Normalcy
January 18, 2024

During Beverage Digest’s recent Future Smarts conference in New York, Editor & Publisher Duane Stanford conducted on-stage interviews with two of the largest independent PepsiCo and Coca-Cola bottlers in the US, Matthew Dent and Dave Katz. Below are key takeaways from those discussions.

Matthew Dent
President & CEO
Buffalo Rock

PRICING GROWTH OUTLOOK. “There's going to have to be a study around the effect on elasticities during the pandemic and what that did for our products,” Dent said, adding that price elasticities are


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Pricing Watch 2024: CSD Concentrate Price Growth Moderated at Coca-Cola, PepsiCo

Finished Non-Carb, Energy Beverages Also Decelerated
January 18, 2024
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Concentrate list pricing for flagship Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar and other carbonated soft drinks produced by US Coke bottlers rose +5.8% starting Jan. 1, according to BD sources. The increase is far less than the +27% increase implemented last July to cover higher input and product costs. At PepsiCo, concentrate pricing for brands including Pepsi, Pepsi Zero Sugar, Diet Pepsi, Mtn Dew and other CSDs produced by...


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