Talking Rain has launched a Starburst line of Sparkling Ice flavors based on the taffy-like candy. The flavors are Cherry, Lemon, Orange, and Strawberry and the drink is formulated to have a “creamy, candy mouthfeel,” according to Talking Rain...

Monster, Pepsi, Gatorade Make Top-10.

Bud Light No. 2 on Alcoholic Beverage Leaderboard Amid Viral Boycott.

Plus, Subscriber Bonus: Transcript of Future Smarts Influencer Economy Panel.

Red Bull topped a list of non-alcoholic beverage brands that reaped the highest return on investment on influencer marketing in 2023. That’s according to CreatorIQ, which helps brands track and manage influencer marketing programs. The firm developed a proprietary metric called Earned Media Value (EMV) to benchmark and evaluate the effectiveness of influencer campaigns in engaging consumers. Red Bull’s

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Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have gotten in on the early stages of a Silicon Valley startup looking to revolutionize the collection of used plastic and aluminum beverage packages at a time when US recycling rates remain persistently low. Coca-Cola highlighted its partnership with Santa Clara, California-based...

The following is transcript of Beverage Digest's podcast, The Breeze, Episode 8. PepsiCo's announced investment in online grocery delivery service Instacart begs a question: Isn’t PepsiCo essentially competing now against some of its most important retail customers? Take Walmart, for example, which is aggressively expanding an online grocery delivery business of its own. There was a time when such a customer conflict would have been avoided. But PepsiCo isn't alone in tossing conventional wisdom these days. Coke is doing it, too. So what's going on?...