Coca-Cola bottlers on the West Coast and in the Southwest US are among the worst impacted by a temporary pause on Topo Chico Mineral Water supplies, according to BD sources. In a Feb. 17 letter to bottlers...

Coke Execs See Progress in BodyArmor-Powerade ‘Dual Strategy’

2025 Sports Drink Category and Brand Performance at US Retail: Green Sheet

Coca-Cola is folding its BodyArmor Sports Nutrition unit, which includes Powerade, into a new Advanced Hydration unit to encompass Vitaminwater and Smartwater, as BD first reported in a Feb. 5 email news alert. BodyArmor and Powerade have operated...

Concentrate list pricing for flagship Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar and other carbonated soft drinks produced by US Coke bottlers is...

Technology Boosts Coke’s Marketing Effectiveness Up to +300%

Keurig Dr Pepper Hires from Oracle, Google

Brand AI Agents Assist KDP Marketers on Packaging, Advertising, Sales

Beverage Digest hosted on-stage conversations with the global CMOs of both Coca-Cola and Keurig Dr Pepper during its Future Smarts conference in New York on Dec. 15. The thrust of the discussion centered on digital technology — including artificial intelligence — in marketing operations, data-driven...

Green Sheet: Category Performance for First Nine Months

Last year’s slide for the US sports drink category at retail has continued through 2025, according to...

KDP’s Energy Portfolio featuring Ghost, C4 Posts Higher Retail Sales

A three-way battle for energy drink supremacy is emerging at US retail, according to BD data. Monster Energy, Red Bull, and Celsius Energy accounted for 70% of category volume sales during the first nine months of 2025, as shown in the Green Sheet. Monster Beverage’s energy brands...

SPARKLING WATER CATEGORY GREW. The US sparkling water category grew +2.6% by volume and +7.2% by dollars at retail for the first nine months of 2025, according to BD data. As shown in the Green Sheet with this report, volume leader LaCroix by National Beverage posted volume and dollar sales...