With prospects for a COVID-19 recovery improving, beverage makers are working their way back to a more normal innovation pattern in the US as retailers prepare to reset store shelves...
Work Part of PepsiCo Capital Spending Spending Boost, CFO Says
March 3, 2021
PepsiCo is adding capacity for Gatorade, which suffered from product shortages last summer amid a spike in demand spurred by higher temperatures and pandemic-related buying. During a recent ...
PEPSICO LAUNCHES TEEN WATER. PepsiCo has launched a new “juice water” brand for teens. Frutly has no added sugar, no artificial sweeteners, and 60 calories per...
Package Made from 100% Recycled PET. Other Brands to Come.
February 17, 2021
This month, Coca-Cola is rolling out a new 13.2-oz carbonated soft drink bottle. The package is aimed at consumers looking for a smaller portion size and a lower price than the ...
Package Made from 100% Recycled PET. Includes On-Pack ‘Recycle Me’ Label
February 9, 2021
Today, Coca-Cola will announce the nationwide launch this year of a new 13.2-oz carbonated soft drink bottle. The package is aimed at consumers looking for a smaller portion size and a lower price than the 20-oz soft drink bottle now standard for...
Industry's ‘Every Bottle Back’ Initiative Reaches 10 Cities After Year of Work
November 2, 2020
Consistent recycling messages on PET plastic bottles distributed by competing US beverage companies is now expected to rollout by early next year, according to American Beverage Association President and CEO Katherine Lugar. The effort is part of the Every Bottle Back plastic waste reduction initiative announced one year ago by Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Keurig Dr Pepper under the direction of the ABA. The voluntary on-pack language will...
Ball, North America’s largest aluminum can maker, estimates that shortages for the package in the US this year will top 10 billion cans, according to a Credit Suisse synopsis of the company’s Oct. 6 investor meeting. More details of what's at stake ...
Talks Acquisition Strategy, Can Shortage, Hard Seltzer Opportunity
October 13, 2020
Until the COVID-19 pandemic, European-based private label and contract manufacturer Refresco had been on an acquisition tear since purchasing Cott’s North American soft drink operations in January of 2018. Deals last year stretched from Arizona to ...
In the Q&A below, Goist discusses in greater detail Refresco’s acquisition outlook. BD also asks about can shortages and the hard seltzer category. But first, some background and context.