PepsiCo is adding capacity for Gatorade, which suffered from product shortages last summer amid a spike in demand spurred by higher temperatures and pandemic-related buying. During a recent ...

PEPSICO LAUNCHES TEEN WATER. PepsiCo has launched a new “juice water” brand for teens. Frutly has no added sugar, no artificial sweeteners, and 60 calories per...

Collection of industry briefs to keep beverage executives up to speed.

Data published last week by RBC Capital Markets from foodservice industry tracker Technomic provide a detailed look at where US consumers are buying food and beverage for consumption away from the home. This includes spending in everything from restaurants to jail commissaries. The largest share of away-from-home spending – more than...

A collection of news briefs to keep you up to speed on the developments you missed...

Pandemic-related challenges for the global Coca-Cola system showed up in the US stock market last year as well. Coca-Cola, and bottlers Coca-Cola Consolidated, Coca-Cola European Partners, and Coca-Cola Femsa all...

Tomorrow marks the start of a new presidential administration, which will bring a new set of policy priorities with implications for the US beverage industry. As with all administrations, there will be industry alignment on some priorities, and uncertainty when it comes to others. President Donald Trump, for example, relaxed truck driver restrictions that eased the burden for beverage distributors, while also posing aluminum tariffs that increased costs for some manufacturers. Looking ahead, BD reached out to...