Coke’s far-reaching global reorganization raises deep questions for Coca-Cola North America (CCNA). Coke will pare 17 existing global business units to nine. Plus CCNA looks to shed non-carb assets, and a new leader takes over with lessons from Latin America.

Coke’s plan to re-enter the alcohol sector raised a key question: Who will distribute the beverage in the US?

BD spoke with Keurig Dr Pepper Chief Commercial Officer Derek Hopkins about a long-term national agreement to distribute Polar Seltzer sparkling waters in the US, and more...

Coke will launch Coca-Cola with Coffee across the US in January, the company has announced. Earlier this year, Coke was showing the coffee-infused cola to US retailers in preparation for an April 2020 launch when ...

Coca-Cola has confirmed plans to test a hard seltzer this year under the company’s Topo Chico brand. The beverage will be Coca-Cola’s first entry into the fast-growing hard seltzer market, and it comes on the heels of a successful launch last year of a ready-to-drink alcohol product in Japan...

While Congress debates the extension of $600-a-week pandemic related unemployment benefits, an informal survey of US beverage distributors finds little support for continuing the Cares Act payments when they expire this week. In general, distribution executives say they...

Early in the days of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, Big Geyser COO Jerry Reda considered delaying the April New York City launch of Lemon Perfect, a cold-pressed lemon water founded by a former college basketball coach. “It is extremely difficult to...

Discussions with numerous US Coke, Pepsi and independent bottling executives have confirmed an increasing concern about the availability of 12-oz and 7.5-oz (mini) aluminum cans. “Our biggest problem right now is ...