Exec Says PBNA Focus is Total Beverage Portfolio and Profitability.

PepsiCo’s noisy second-quarter earnings report driven by Frito-Lay underperformance overshadowed an improved trend at PepsiCo Beverages North America (PBNA). On July 11, PepsiCo reported organic sales and volume performance that fell short...

Monster Beverage’s announcement last week that the company had appointed Swire Coca-Cola USA President and CEO Rob Gehring as chief growth officer is the latest signal that a significant management succession is underway at one of the world’s largest...

Liquid refreshment beverage sales across all US measured and unmeasured channels in 2023 grew +7.9% by...tables included:

Table 1: U.S. LRB Category Volume and Dollar Performance FY2023

Table 2: Top U.S.Carbonated Soft Drink (CSD) Brands* FY2023

Table 3: Top U.S. Liquid Refreshment Beverages (LRB) Trademarks* FY2023

Bottled water producer BlueTriton is rolling out a new premium aluminum bottle for its Pure Life and regional spring water brands, including Poland Spring, Arrowhead, and Deer Park. The package is among a host of growth priorities for the company, said CEO Joey Bergstein in an interview. BlueTriton was formed about...

New York direct store distributor Big Geyser is known for helping turn aspiring non-alcoholic brands into stars by incubating them up and down the street in one of the most competitive beverage markets in the world. Brands handled by Big Geyser often graduate to the national distribution systems of Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, or Keurig Dr Pepper. Notable examples include Vitaminwater and Smartwater, BodyArmor, and Monster Energy. Even more impressive recently is Big Geyser’s ability to hold onto hot brands even after they sign national distribution deals. Recent examples are...

Coca-Cola Alcohol Agenda Moves Beyond Experiment; Passes $1B Retail Mark, CEO Says.

BodyArmor Stabilizing, Coke CEO Says. Brand Responds to Changing Category.

PepsiCo Addresses Question of US Bottler Refranchising Amid Margin Woes.

The CEO’s of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo painted a rosier than expected picture of consumer strength and sentiment in the US during their companies’ recent fourth-quarter earnings reports. That came despite...

Coca-Cola’s Red Tree Beverages is planning a spring launch of the US alcohol unit’s first wine-based product, named Minute Maid Spiked. The drink was developed for the large percentage of legal drinking age consumers who regularly mix alcohol into non-alcoholic juice and juice drinks, including Minute Maid products, Red Tree President Jenny Dowdy said in an interview. “We saw this as a ...

US Retail Stores Provide Consumer Experience to Seed Brand, Leader Says.

In Atlanta’s trendy and redeveloping historic West End neighborhood, the location for Coca-Cola’s newest Costa Coffee retail shop speaks to the brand’s aspiration. The cafe is a short walk from the Atlanta Beltline, a multi-use trail and revitalization project that attracts droves of active young Atlantans for everything from jogging and dog walking to brewpub hopping. These are the kinds of people that seek premium-priced coffee and have the means to pay for it. The new Costa store, a few miles from...