Incoming Coca-Cola North America Operating Unit President Jennifer Mann has announced her leadership team and key organizational changes intended to “accelerate our growth, improve speed and capabilities, and make it easier to get work done,” she told staff in a Nov. 29 internal memo to staff. Key appointments include the promotion of Joel Bishop, currently an SVP and GM for the Glaceau hydration business unit, to head of strategy for North America. Outgoing Strategy Chief Diego Granizo will become a key advisor to Mann “while he identifies his next role and supports the transition,” she said. Mann also added a new Customer Care team, to be led by Sean Lee, focused on ...

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PepsiCo will unveil a new lemon lime soda called Starry at the annual NACS show for convenience store operators that starts today, according to company sources. While details are scarce, BD has learned that the drink is a new brand within the lemon lime soda category dominated by Coca-Cola’s Sprite. Starry will include regular and zero sugar versions, according to the sources. It will be available nationally starting in...

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During the past two years, West Chicago-based Jel Sert built a distillery, winery, and brewery into the middle of a half-million-square-foot food and beverage manufacturing plant that for almost...