In the two and a half years since Coca-Cola discontinued Tab, a consumer group calling itself the SaveTabSoda Committee has been lobbying Coke executives to bring back the 60-year-old diet soft drink now available only on fountains at a handful of Coca-Cola museum stores. The committee has organized...

Carbonated soft drink pricing at retail accelerated last month, according to new Nielsen data published by Goldman Sachs. As shown in the table, CSD pricing jumped +17.2% in the four weeks ending June 3, which included the Memorial Day holiday. That growth rate was faster than the +16.6% increase achieved in the latest 52-week period, according to the data, which covers...

Celsius moved up two spots to the No. 3 energy drink at US retail behind Monster and Red Bull after doubling sales during the first quarter of this year, according to BD data. As shown in the table... Table included:

US Energy Drinks at Retail: Q1 2023

Sales of Coca-Cola’s sparkling water brand, AHA, have deteriorated amid competition with PepsiCo’s growing sparkling water brand, Bubly, according to new BD data. Both brands were created to take on ... Table included:

Sparkling Water Brand Performance: Q1 2023

Carbonated soft drinks pricing growth at retail accelerated during the first quarter of this year compared to full-year 2022, according to BD data. And the category’s volume decline deepened. Pricing in the quarter jumped almost...

U.S. CSDs at Retail by Company: Q1 2023 (Volume, Dollars, Pricing)

An entrepreneur with experience in foodservice, consumer packaged goods distribution, and technology has collaborated with Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling on a new digital platform to enable brand owners to capture realtime sales data directly from customers. Such a system would be especially useful when it comes to non-chain or independent stores and restaurants that fall outside the...