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1H Results: Coke’s Core Power Outpaces Growing Protein Shake Category and Market Leader Premier

RTD Coffee and Tea Categories Post Volume and Dollar Declines
September 17, 2025

La Colombe RTD Coffee Now Bigger Than Dunkin’ Brands on Volume Basis

Lipton, Arizona, Snapple RTD Teas Fall

The US protein shake category grew at retail during the first half of this year, as growth in Fairlife Core Power outpaced the category and market leader ...


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PepsiCo Hands Over Energy Strategy to Celsius Holdings. Plus, Q&A

Celsius Now Owns Rockstar. Alani Nu Moves to Pepsi Trucks. Daing Named CMO
September 8, 2025

PepsiCo Hands Over Energy Strategy to Celsius Holdings

Celsius Now Owns Rockstar. Alani Nu Moves to Pepsi Trucks. Daing Named CMO.

Q&A: US Beverage CEO Krishnan Discusses Deal Rationale

Celsius Holdings announced this morning that former PepsiCo and Mark Anthony Brands marketer Rishi Daing has been hired as CMO. This comes a little more than a week after Celsius Holdings and PepsiCo announced...


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US Sports Drink Category Slide Persists in 1H 2025

Sports Icon-Backed Challengers Enter Market
September 8, 2025

Rapid Hydration Remains Growth Engine. Prime Leaves Hole

The US sports drink category at retail has shown no signs of a rebound in 2025 following declines both in 2024 and during the first quarter of this year, according to BD data. For the first half of 2025, sports drink sales...


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Briefs: 1H Bottled Water Results. UK Energy Drink Ban. New Coke Marketing. Image Recognition Vending. 7Up Recall. Introducing: A Water Menu

September 8, 2025
A collection of recent developments from around the industry to keep you up to speed...
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PepsiCo to Distribute Alani Nu. Celsius Takes Ownership of Rockstar.

PepsiCo Ups Stake in Celsius
August 29, 2025

Celsius Holdings and PepsiCo have announced a deal to make Celsius PepsiCo's "energy lead in the US,” according to an announcement this morning. PepsiCo will now distribute Celsius’s newly acquired Alani Nu in the US and Canada in return for a...


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Coke, PepsiCo, KDP Focus on Protein Opportunity

Earnings Wrap
August 6, 2025

Consumer demand for protein was a hot topic during the second-quarter earnings cycle. On PepsiCo’s July 17 call with beverage analysts, Chairman and CEO Ramon Laguarta teased “big launches” related to protein beverages late this year and early next year. “We will be participating in the...


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Opening Thoughts: Coke's Cane Sugar Flex

August 6, 2025

It was the cane sugar post heard around the world. On July 16, President Donald Trump said on Truth Social: "I have been speaking to Coca-Cola about using REAL Cane Sugar in Coke in the United States, and they have agreed to do so. I’d like to thank all of those in authority at Coca-Cola. This will be a very good move by them — You’ll see. It’s just better!"

The post generated a...


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Pricing Watch: July 4 CSD Deals Suggest Tapered Promotional Activity

BD Informally Surveys Three Retail Chains for Deal Activity
July 15, 2025

Plus, Latest U.S. Retail Data Shows CSD Pricing Accelerated

Fourth of July promotional activity for carbonated soft drinks appeared...


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Emerging Category: Hemp Beverage Expo Highlights THC Green Rush, Risks, Opposition

Entrepreneurs Thread Regulatory Needle, Seek Strength in Numbers
July 15, 2025

New Congressional Scrutiny Threatens Burgeoning Consumer-Driven Category...

BD attended the second annual Hemp Beverage Expo hosted last week in Atlanta by the Hemp Beverage Alliance. The event was dedicated to beverages such as “seltzers, sodas, mocktails, coffees, teas and other drinks that contain an infusion of hemp-derived cannabinoids.” The cannabinoid at the center of


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Protein Shake Category Powers on. Fairlife Only ‘Scratched the Surface,' Exec Says

RTD Coffee Category Slides. KDP-Distributed Chobani Up. Starbucks Down RTD Tea Performance Slides as Category Leaders Drag
July 15, 2025

The ready-to-drink protein shake category continued to post booming growth rates at US retail during the first quarter of this year, according to BD data. As shown in the Green Sheet with this story, volume sales...


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