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International Perspective: 3Q Coke, Pepsi Global Volumes

Latin America Results Mixed

October 28, 2019

Beverage volume sales gains in Brazil decelerated for both Coke and PepsiCo during the third quarter, while each of the companies showed improvement in China. For Coke, Japan posted a lower...

CSD Performance at Retail: First-Nine Months 2019

Category Pricing Up +4.6%. Coke Zero Gains Big As Diet Coke Underperforms. Diet Pepsi Dollar Sales Grow +3.5%.

October 28, 2019

Coca-Cola grew US carbonated soft drink (CSD) dollar and volume sales during the first-nine months of this year, according to retail data tracked by BD. The company outpaced the...

Briefs: October 15, 2019

October 15, 2019

CSDs Accelerate. Carbonated soft drink dollar sales jumped +3.2% in the four weeks ended Oct. 5, according to Nielsen retail data published by Morgan Stanley. That was faster than the two-year...

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Briefs: October 1, 2019

October 1, 2019

Best C-Store Coffee. For the third straight year, Texas-based convenience/gas chain Buc-ee’s has been named by GasBuddy for having the nation’s highest-rated...

FTC Weighs in on Gatorade-Bodyarmor Advertising Dispute

Bodyarmor to Modify Approach or ‘Substantiate’ Claims, Agency Says

October 1, 2019

Bodyarmor sports drink has agreed to re-evaluate several of its advertising claims related to PepsiCo’s market-leading Gatorade following a dispute that reached the Federal Trade Commission. According to a Sept. 13 letter by the FTC, Bodyarmor has agreed to...

Coke Bottlers Meet to Discuss ‘Consumer Centric’ Innovation as ‘Little Fish’ Disrupt

US Version of Coca-Cola Energy Debuts This Week at NACS. National Launch Set For January. Company to Address Sparkling Water Gap. Powerade Plans Innovation Blitz in 2020.

October 1, 2019

Franchise bottlers for Coca-Cola North America met in Atlanta last month to evaluate innovation and system marketing plans for 2020. The theme of the meeting was “Ready to Execute.” CCNA President Jim Dinkins reiterated that the system’s strategy is dependent on...

What’s Next for Coke’s RTD Coffee Strategy?

August 29, 2019

Coca-Cola’s effort to build a bigger presence in US ready-to-drink coffee appears to have stalled. As shown in the...

Is Tea Time Over? US RTD Tea Category Falters, From Lipton to Honest

Plus, First-Half 2019 Non-Carb Category and Brand Results at Retail

August 29, 2019

During the first half of this year, ready-to-drink tea sales by volume at US retail declined for all four of the largest producers as the category overall...