2023 Could Be Pivotal Year for Industry as Disruption Shakes Out
November 2, 2021
Carbonated soft drink (CSD) pricing at US retail has reached a level this year not seen in at least the past decade as consumer demand has soared, product supply shortages persist, and costs for inputs such as transportation and ...
Away-From-Home Rebound in North America Not a Straight Line, Coke CEO
November 2, 2021
On Oct. 27, Coca-Cola raised full-year 2021 revenue guidance to a range of +13% to +14% after reporting 14% higher third-quarter organic revenue. The sales gain came on volume and pricing that each grew ...
Category Leaders Employ Varying Pricing Strategies to Grow This Year
November 2, 2021
The top-3 US energy drink leaders all posted double-digit growth rates that outpaced the category this year while employing disparate pricing strategies, according to BD data (see table). Red Bull grew ...
KO Shares Down Amid Reset Year. Pep, KDP Gain, While Tracking Behind Index
October 12, 2021
With few exceptions, beverage stocks tracked by BD underperformed the S&P 500 Index this year through the first three quarters of this year. Coca-Cola’s shares...
AHA Gains Share. Bubly Slips. Polar Pricing Strong.
October 12, 2021
The US sparkling water category grew almost +10% by value during the first half of this year on both volume (+4.7%) and pricing (+4.8%) gains. The performance was helped by category leader...
Rockstar, Monster Post Share Losses in 1h 2021. Red Bull, Bang, Celsius Gain
September 16, 2021
PepsiCo’s US energy drink strategy, centered largely on Rockstar, lost ground at retail during the first half of this year. As shown in the table with this story, Rockstar Energy posted ...
Volume and Dollars Grow for Ready-to-Drink Water, Tea, and Sports Drinks
September 1, 2021
Results for the first half of this year show dollar sales growth across all US non-carbonated beverage categories tracked by BD. Shelf-stable juice drinks was the only tracked category that did not ...
Work-at-home policies and a still unfolding return to pre-pandemic activity continued to buoy the US carbonated soft drink (CSD) market at retail during the first half of this year. As shown in the table with this story, category...