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This page contains headlines from issues of Beverage Digest published in 2001. An article from each regular issue is available online; just follow the links from the headlines. Click below to go to each issue or to see headlines from previous years.

In this issue:

• Coke and CCE Forge New Deal on Concentrate Pricing and Funding.
   
• Top-10 Bottlers 2001: Most Consolidation Was in Coke System.
   
• PepsiCo-Quaker Will Introduce Propel Fitness Water Nationally. Aquafina Contract?
   
• Coke Eyes Test of 'Dasani NutriWater' in U.S. Next Year. 'Aquafina Essentials' From Pepsi?
   
• Milk and CSD Still King at the Dinner Table But Dominance Wanes. Water Grows.
   
• Is Red Bull Just a Tiny Niche Brand? Not in C-Stores. Eye-Popping Price.
   
• Coke Gains Some Orange Juice Share From 'Simply Orange.' Tropicana Increases Share and Is Dominant.
   
• Beverages Hold Three of Top-10 Private Label Spots in Supermarkets. Two in Mass Merchandisers.
   
• Plus, as in every issue: Territory Changes/Deals, People and Briefs.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• Top-10 Bottlers 2001.  Top-10 Bottlers, with shares of bottle/can volume, for Coke, Pepsi, Cadbury overall, Big Red and Monarch plus the following Cadbury brands: Dr Pepper, 7UP, Royal Crown, Sunkist, A&W, Canada Dry, Squirt, Hawaiian Punch, Schweppes, Welch's, Sun-drop, Country Time, Crush, Vernor's, Tahitian Treat/Wink/Cactus Cooler, Hires.

In this issue:

• CEO of Ultimate Juice Joins Top Executives on December Future Smarts Conference Program.
   
• 7UP Bottler Meeting: Executive Outline Steps to Try and Halt Volume Decline.
   
• Non-Carbs: Coke and Pepsi Gain Share in Juices. Arizona Up in Tea Segment. Sports Drinks Out-Pace Juices and Teas. Powerade Takes Share from Gatorade.
   
• Cadbury, Coke Danone, PepsiCo, CCE and Panamco Executives Detail New Products and Strategies.
   
• In-Flight CSD: American's TWA Adopts Dual-Cola Carts. United Extends 7UP Deal. Coffe Crisis?
   
• Nine-Month CSD Take-Home: Pepsi Gains Share. Coke Down. DPSU Flat. Diets Show Strength.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• Take-Home Data - 9 Months 2001.  ACNielsen 3-Channel and combined IRI/ACNielsen 4-channel take-home data for soft drink companies and top-10 brands.

In this issue:

• Top Executives on December Future Smarts Conference Program.
   
• Dr Pepper/Seven Up Executives Assess Performance of Dr Pepper and CSD Category. Introduce New Ad Campaign With Modified Positioning. Increase Support and Urge Focus for Growth.
   
• Coke Innovations: 8-Ounce Cans. Flavored Mello Yello. Vanilla Coke?
   
• Ultimate Juice Co Sees Strong Growth. 'Real Next Wave.' Marram Chairs Company. Odwalla -- Competitor of Ultimate Juice -- Finalizes Deal to Sell to Coca-Cola.
   
• September 11 Affected Grocery Buying Dramatically for Some Categories. Consumers Stock Up on Powdered Milk, Bottled Water, Batteries, Peanut Butter.
   
• Cadbury Watch: Some CSDs, Hawaiian Punch and Country Time Post Gains. Dr Pepper and 7UP Sluggish.
   
• Global CSD Picture: U.S. and Mexico Top-2 Markets. World Volume at 32 Bil Cases.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• 2000 All-Channel Carbonated Soft Drink Corporate Shares In 99 Countries.  Lists for each country: population; per capita consumption; Coca-Cola Co corporate share; PepsiCo corporate share; Cadbury corporate share. Click here to see a list of the countries covered.

In this issue:

• Top Executives on December Future Smarts Conference Program.
   
• Coke Is Seeking to Acquire Odwalla Premium Refrigerated Juice Company.
   
• Ocean Spray Likely Sells Nantucket Nectars By Year-End, Says Executive. Lawsuit vs Ocean Spray.
   
• Cadbury Sues Pepsi Over 7UP at Tricon. Sour Lemon-Lime Relationship.
   
• At IBWA Convention, Talk Covers Growth, Consolidation and Safety. New Products and Packages.
   
• Monarch Plans to Reforumlate All Sport.
   
• Packaging Play or Play Packaging? 'Belly Washers' Owner Plans 100% Juice Line Called 'Tummy Ticklers.'
   
• PepsiCo Executives Predict Cola Growth. On Sports Drinks: 'We Don't Like Losing Share to Anyone.'
   
• Nine-Month 2001 Stock Prices: Market and Many Beverage Stocks Weak in Attack's Aftermath.
   
• Plus, as in every issue: Territory Changes/Deals, People and Briefs.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• Top Fountain Accounts.  Lists top U.S. fountain accounts: number of units, cola(s) poured, lemon-lime(s) poured and pepper(s) poured.

In this issue:

• Industry Veteran John Carson Joins December Future Smarts Conference Program.
   
• BD Talks With Top PBG Executives as Cahill Becomes CEO. Weatherup Remains Chairman. PBG Stock Up +96% Since IPO. Weatherup Calls Future Cola Strategy '$64,000 Question.'
   
• New Products from Pepsi: Brisk Lemonade; Dole Smoothers and Enhanced Water Also Possible.
   
• Investment Group -- Not a Coke Bottler -- Buys Virginia Coke Bottler. Coca-Cola Co Buys Bottler's Brands.
   
• States Escalate Efforts Against Soft Drinks in Schools. NSDA Mounts Defenses to 'Attack' on the Product.
   
• Refrigerated Juice Prices: Tropicana Higher Than Minute Maid. Grapefruit Higher Than Orange.
   
• Lemon-Lime Update: Sierra Mist Grabs Share As Sprite and 7UP Slide.
   
• Argentina: Lower-Priced Brands Help Coke Bottlers Increase Volume. Pepsi Baesa Grows Via Acquisition.
   
• Cadbury and Pernod Sign Deal for Purchase of Orangina and Yoo-Hoo. Snapple to Handle Bottle/Can.
   
• Industry Opens Its Heart and Pockets After Sept. 11 Attack. Cadbury Cancels Washington Bottler Meetings.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• Royal Crown Bottler Territory Map.  Shows Royal Crown U.S. bottler territories with state lines in color. Back lists multi- and single-franchise bottlers and their headquarters locations as well as locations of all U.S. RC bottling plants and their owners.

In this issue:

• American Tragedy: Editor's Note.
   
• CEO of Coke's Global Ad Agency Joins December Future Smarts Conference Program.
   
• Is Ocean Spray Looking to Sell Only Nantucket Nectars? Picture As Murky As a Cranberry Bog.
   
• Water Category Remains Robust. Coke, Pepsi and Private Label Dominate in Future Consumption Channels.
   
• New From Dannon: 'Frusion' Fruit-Yogurt Smoothie. 'Breakfast or Filling Snack.' Available to Mets Fans.
   
• Sports Page: Coke and Pepsi Each Win Some. Dr Pepper 'Predominant' at New Dallas Arena.
   
• Coke Deals and Innovation: Seagram Mixers? Nantucket Nectars? BeginIt Yet to Begin It.
   
• Regular vs Diet CSD: Regular Highest in C-Stores, Lowest in Mass Merch. Growth Rates Vary.
   
• Who Drinks CSD and How Much? Males 18-34. Household Income Over $50,000. African-Americans.
   
• Modest CSD Price Increases Lead To Better Volume Performance This Year.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• Sports Venue Pouring Rights.  Shows which soft drinks are served at professional football, basketball, baseball, hockey, soccer and Winston Cup stock-car racing venues.

In this issue:

• Pepsi Bottling Group CEO Craig Weatherup, Cott CEO Frank Weise And Jones Soda CEO Peter van Stolk Join December Future Smarts Conference Program in New York City.
   
• Non-carbs Sluggish. Tea and Juice Growth Lags CSDs. Sports Drinks Strongest. Gaining Share: Coke's Powerade; Pepsi's and Cadbury's Juices; Arizona Teas.
   
• Fanta: Where Is It and How's It Doing? Surge Ebbs.
   
• Pepsi Appears Close to Launch of New 'AMP' Energy Drink From Mt. Dew.
   
• Arizona Debuts 42-Oz Hot-Fill PET Bottle. Links Up With Kraft Foods. Launches New Energy Drink.
   
• Coke Deals and Innovation: Seagram Mixers? Nantucket Nectars? BeginIt Yet to Begin It.
   
• Brazil: Big Bottlers Do Well in 1st Half. Coke and Pepsi 'Doing a Better Job.' Coke Details.
   
• Tropicana and Tampico Post Volume and Share Gains. Tropicana Huge in NYC, Tiny in L.A. PepsiCo and Minute Maid Voice Different Views on Simply Orange.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• 7UP Bottler Territory Map.  Shows 7UP U.S. bottler territories with state lines in color. Back lists multi- and single-franchise bottlers and their headquarters locations as well as locations of all U.S. 7UP bottling plants and their owners.

In this issue:

• Top Coke, Pepsi, Cadbury and CCE Executives Join Program for December Future Smarts. Brian Dyson, Gary Rodkin, Todd Stitzer and Lowry Kline Will Speak at Conference in NYC.
   
• Tie Goes to the Runner: PepsiCo Closes Quaker Oats Deal. All-Sport Goes to Monarch. U.S. Pepsi Bottlers Will Not Get Gatorade for 10 Years. Other Conditions. Pepsi Unveils New Organization.
   
• If It Occurs, Coke's Deal With P&G Will Be Scaled Way Back.
   
• Powerade's New Positioning Begins to Emerge. It's Not Gatorade. Quaker's Morrison Says It's Price.
   
• Mt. Dew Code Red: What's the Impact on Regular Mt. Dew?
   
• First Half CSD Take-Home: Only Pepsi Gains Corporate Share. Diet Brands Out-Perform.
   
• Coke Names New Chiefs For Europe and Asia. Heyer's Job Grows. Frenette Departs.
   
• Japan: Half-Year Volume Up +2%. Suntory Out-Paces. Coke Accelerates in June.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• Take-Home Data - First Half 2001.  ACNielsen 4-Channel and combined IRI/ACNielsen 4-channel take-home data for soft drink companies and top-10 brands.

In this issue:

• Coke Details New Products and 'Harry Potter' Promotion. New Ads Coming. Bottlers Laud 'Candor.' BD Talks With Dunn and Douglas About: Mixers, Fanta, Acquisitions, Line Extensions, Etc.
   

In this issue:

• Coke's Frenette and Perrier's Jeffery Will Speak at December Future Smarts Conference in NYC.
   
• Coca-Cola Will Introduce Diet Coke With Lemon.
   
• Ocean Spray Eyes Sale of Nantucket Nectars.
   
• Cadbury's CSD Business Presents Mixed Picture. Different Views. Talk With Brock.
   
• Water, Water Everywhere: Which Brands Lead Where In U.S.? Quaker's Propel Fitness Water Ranks in C-Store Top-10 in Several Markets.
   
• Pepsi Executive Becomes COO of SoBe. Lizard King Lauds Lizard Prince.
   
• Pepsi Plans National Rollout of Lemon Twist Cola. Rodkin Dubs Mt. Dew Code Red 'Huge Hit.'
   
• Coke and CCE Hit Rough Waters in 2nd Quarter. CCE Cuts Headcount. Bottler Is Bearish on Pricing. Coke CFO Says P&G Deal Completes in 4th Quarter.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• Dr Pepper Bottler Territory Map.  Shows Dr Pepper U.S. bottler territories with state lines in color. Back lists multi- and single-franchise bottlers and their headquarters locations as well as locations of all U.S. Dr Pepper bottling plants and their owners.

In this issue:

• Dyson Returns to Coke. Coke Names Company Veteran Brian Dyson
  Vice Chairman and COO. BD Talks to Daft.
   

In this issue:

• Coke's Frenette and Perrier's Jeffery to Speak at December Future Smarts Conference in NYC.
   
• In C-Stores, Mt. Dew Code Red Ranks #6 in 20-oz. Bottler: 'Off The Charts.'
   
• Whither Coke-P&G Joint Venture? 'Relationship' Is 'Likely.' CCE Tests Pringles Snacks on Its Trucks.
   
• Weatherup Predicts Flavored CSD Growth. Cites Dr Pepper/7UP 'Weakness.' Notes Aquafina/Dasani Strength.
   
• Coke Says 2nd Quarter Volume Up +4%. Better Numbers Ahead? Is It in the Comps?
   
• Diet Colas: Diet Pepsi Up, Pepsi One Down. Coke Posts Net Gains. Bottlers Say Pepsi One Needs Push.
   
• 1st Half 2001 Stock Prices: Coke, PepsiCo and Cadbury All Down. Latin American Bottlers Out-Perform.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• Pepsi-Cola Bottler Territory Map.  Shows Pepsi-Cola U.S. bottler territories with state lines in color. Back lists multi- and single-franchise bottlers and their headquarters locations as well as locations of all U.S. Pepsi bottling plants and their owners.

In this issue:

• Coke's Frenette and Perrier's Jeffery to Speak at December Future Smarts Conference in NYC.
   
• Energy Drinks: Red Bull Holds Huge Lead. Energized Pricing: $35 - $168 Per Case. Category May Total 10-12 Mil Cases This Year. Coke, Pepsi, Cadbury Now In. Price Erosion Ahead?
   
• Pepsi and Monarch Push Ahead on All-Sport Deal. Big Pepsi Bottlers' Role. Rumors and Reality.
   
• Cott Agrees to Buy Royal Crown Concentrate Plant and International Business From Cadbury for $94 Mil.
   
• Pepsi Out-Performs in Supermarkets. Dominates In Fastest-Growing Package: 24-Packs. CCE Plans Greater Use of 24-Packs.
   
• Top Beverage Executives and Wall Street Experts Detail Views at BD's Wall Street Smarts Conference.
   
• Pepsi/Lipton To Test Tea/Juice Brand: 'Matika' With Cane Sugar and Ginseng.
   
• Mexico: After Healthy Growth in 2000, Industry Slips in Early 2001.
   
• Coffee: Study of Declining Category. Taste an Issue. Ready-To-Drink 'Hot New Trend.'
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• Wall Street Smarts 2001.  Summaries of presentations made at June 11, 2001 conference.

In this issue:

• Are C-Stores Starting to Slip? Is Pay-at-the-Pump a Drain?
   
• Cadbury Near Deal to Buy Orangina and Yoo-Hoo from Pernod Ricard.
   
• Orange CSD Segment Soars. Cola Big but Weak. Weatherup on Cola Growth and National Twist.
   
• Pepsi's Hot-Fill Juice Drink Line Attains 5+ Share in 1st Quarter of Distribution. Minute Maid Up Sharply.
   
• Japan: 1st Quarter Volume Slows. In 2000 Coke and Pepsi-Suntory Grew.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• Coca-Cola Bottler Territory Map.  Shows Coca-Cola U.S. bottler territories with state lines in color. Back lists multi- and single-franchise bottlers and their headquarters locations as well as locations of all U.S. Coke bottling plants and their owners.

In this issue:

• Top Executives and Wall Street Experts on Program for BD's Wall Street Conference.
   
• Snapple Readies New Energy Drink: 'Venom.' Won't Use 'Snapple' Name.
   
• Pepsi and Coke Overwhelming Competitors in Water Category. Dasani Now #2.
   
• Sierra Mist Hits 5+ Share of Lemon-Lime. 7UP Down. Cadbury's Top Brand Dr Pepper 'Will Do Fine.'
   
• Teas and Juice Drinks Slip in 1st Quarter Take-Home. Executive Cites: Energy Drinks, Lack of Innovation and Water. Sports Drinks Grow. Fruitworks Up. Down: SoBe, Snapple and Fruitopia.
   
• Canada 2000: Pepsi Up and Coke Down in Bottle/Can. Coke Up and Pepsi Down in Fountain. Volume and Per Capita Consumption Down. Private Label Gains.
   
• Beverages Dominate Take-Home Food Retailing. CSD #1 in Dollars.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• Top-25 Food and Beverage Categories Ranked by 2000 Retail Dollars.  Covers supermarkets, mass merchandisers and drug chains.

In this issue:

• Top Executives and Wall Street Experts on Program for BD's Wall Street Conference.
   
• Coke Sets Sights on McDonald's and Fountain System for Dasani in Bottles. Bottler: 'Slippery Slope.'
   
• Coke Reformulates Powerade. Plans Line Extensions. Non-Carb News. Red Yello?
   
• Pepsi Passes Coke in Mass Merchandisers in 1st Quarter CSD Take-Home. Diet Pepsi Strong.
   
• CCE Increases U.S. System Domination. Kline: Herb Was 'Ready To Talk.' Relationship With Coke.
   
• New and Former Coke Executives: What They're Getting. Stahl Can't Compete.
   
• Megabrands: 100+ Mil Case Brands Hold 72.8% of Total Refreshment Beverage Volume.
   
• CSD Container Recycling Rate Falls. But PET Recycling Up.
   
• Colas' Foodstore Shares Fall Again in 2000. Diet Hold Their Own.
   
• European Per Capita: CSD Ranks Sixth Overall. Tea Most Popular.
   
• Coke Completes Deal to Buy Mad River Enhanced Alternative Beverage Line.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• Take-Home Data - First Quarter 2001.  IRI 7-Channel and ACNielsen 5-Channel take-home data for soft drink companies and top-10 brands.

In this issue:

• BD's Wall Street Conference: Cott CFO Joins Lineup.
   
• Pepsi Likely Sells All Sport to Monarch.
   
• Cadbury Eyes Deal With Fiji. Water Company Adds Major CSD Bottlers to Expanding Distribution.
   
• New Coke Ads Debut. BD Talks to Jones: 'Not Intrusive.' 'Command-and-Control' Over. +4% Brand Growth.
   
• Coke Will Slow Concentrate Price Increases. Lowers Volume and Earnings Estimates. Daft 'Disappointed.'
   
• CCE Plans Multiple Multi-Packs. 'Less Volume Growth.' Says Pricing Up +3% for Rest of Year.
   
• Coke vs Pepsi: Who's Ahead in 15 U.S. CSD Markets?
   
• CSD Packaging 2000: 12-Pack Usage Increases in Supermarkets. Pricing Varies by Package. Coke Brands Lead in 12-Packs. Pepsi Brands Dominate 24-Packs.
   
• U.S. Per Capita Consumption: CSD Declines; Bottled Water Posts Largest Gain.
   
• Great Britain 2000: Coke Gains From Cadbury Deal. Diet Pepsi and Pepsi Max Both Up.
   
• North American Coke Bottling System's Cash Flow Margin Increases Again.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• 15 Markets Grocery Market Shares.  Shows full-year 2000 market shares for Coke, Pepsi, Cadbury and RC plus leading brands and private label cola in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C.

In this issue:

• Wall Street Conference: Cadbury M&A Director Joins Lineup.
   
• Coke Is Close to Buying Mad River Tea/Juice Drink Line.
   
• Former General Counsel Becomes CEO of Coca-Cola Enterprises. Says Coke/CCE Need to Work 'More Closely.'
   
• Virgin Pulls Plug on U.S. Unit. Management Tries to Keep Ball Rolling.
   
• Seagram Mixers Officially for Sale.
   
• 1st Quarter 2001 Stock Prices: Big Beverage Companies Meet Bears.
   
• Restaurant Study Shows Preference For CSDs and Fountain Service. Women Like Water, Men Like Booze.
   
• All-Channel CSD Brands 11-25: Sunkist, Diet Dr Pepper, Diet Mt. Dew Are Top Gainers.
   
• All-Channel Bottled Water: Perrier #1. Pepsi #3. Coke #4. Top-5 Companies Hold 80% of Single-Serve Market.
   
• Modest CSD Growth in 2000 Leads to Share Gains for Vending and Mass Merchandiser Channels.
   
• C-Store Total Beverages: Pepsi Leads in Most Top-10 Markets in US. Coke in One, Cadbury in One.
   
• 15 Markets CSD Pricing: Coke, Pepsi, Cadbury Up Everywhere.
   
• PepsiCo's Tropicana Tests New Functional Beverage. Coke's Minute Maid Nears Test of 'BeginIt.'
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• 15 Markets Grocery Pricing.  Shows full-year 2000 pricing for 12-packs and 2-liter in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington D.C.

In this issue:

• Wall Street Conference: Top Coke, Pepsi and Bottler Executives. Plus Financial Experts.
   
• Coke and Coke Bottlers Explore Formation of Huge Production Joint Venture.
   
• Details: Minute Maid's Not-From-Concentrate Juice. Coke/P&G Joint Venture Details Some New Products.
   
• Coke Creates Venture Capital Unit. Keough Is Chairman.
   
• New Coke Ads. Picture Starts to Form. 'Life Tastes Good.' New Diet Coke Campaign Breaks. 'Tummy' Tucked?
   
• 2000 Supermarket Water Report: 'PET' Segment Now Tops in Dollars. Category Growth Slows. Pepsi's Aquafina Is #1 in Dollars, #3 in Volume. Coke's Dasani Posts Biggest Share Gains in PET Segment.
   
• 2001 Concentrate Cost Highlights. Concentrate Costs Far Outstrip Retails Price From 1988-2000.
   
• All-Channel CSD Brands 11-25: Sunkist, Diet Dr Pepper, Diet Mt. Dew Are Top Gainers.
   
• Coke Offers New School-Deal Guidelines. Bottlers Skeptical. Pepsi Lauds Coke's 'Choice' Approach.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• Concentrate Costs 2001.  Shows 2001 concentrate costs and change vs. 2000 for all major CSD brands and major cold-fill non-carbs.

In this issue:

• Senior Coke Executive Jeff Dunn and Head of Pepsi-Lipton on Program for Wall Street Smarts.
   
• Coke Restructures Management. Stahl Resigns. 'Rumblings.' Company Hires Turner Broadcasting COO.
   
• PBG's Weatherup on Water, Diets, Pricing, Costs, Etc.
   
• All-Channel Non-Carbs 2000: Quaker Gains Most Share. Juice Drinks Have Strong Year.
   
• Top Coke and PepsiCo Executives Take Up Their Pens. Daft: 'Let Me Deal' With Critics. Enrico and Reinemund: Coke and P&G 'Have Their Work Cut Out For Them.' Rodkin: 'Difficult' for Coke.
   
• Coke and P&G: Possible New Products.
   
• Clearly Canadian Aims for Turnaround. Mulls Possible Sale. New Sports Water With Reebok.
   
• Soft Drink Executives Convene In Washington. Focus on Schools and Defeating Ergonomics Rules.
   
• Dasani in Bulk Packaging? Not Your Father's Bulk.
   
• Sweetener Costs Up 'Moderately.' BD Offers On-Line Calculator.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• Sweetener Costs 2001.  Shows types of high-fructose corn sweetener used, amount used and estimated cost per 288-oz case for 60+ soft drink brands.

In this issue:

• Coke Sours on Diet Lemon Cola. New Water Extensions. Spring Water Deal Close? 'Isontonic' War. New Packaging. Dairy Drinks? Chocolate Drink? Big Coke Bottler Takes on Non-Coke Non-Carb Line.
   
• Cadbury's Brock: Working to Finish Orangina Deal. 'Watching Carefully' PepsiCo-Quaker Deal. Bearish on Water Profitability.
   
• PBG's Weatherup on Water, Diets, Pricing, Costs, Etc.
   
• 2000 All-Channel Profile: Diet Share Bounces Back. Retail Value Grows Must Faster Than Industry Volume.
   
• Pepsi Americas Outlines Growth Plans. Will Take On SoBe Broadly. Diet Sierra Mist.
   
• Take-Home Non-Carbs 2000: Consolidation Leaves Cadbury and Pepsi Atop Juice Category. Juice Drinks Up Nearly +10%. Tea Volume Soggy. Gatorade Continues Solid Growth.
   
• U.S. Per Capita Consumption of CSD at 848.5 for 2000.
   
• CSD Flavor Segments 2000: Cola Still Dominates But Slips, Except in C-Stores. Ranks Vary By Channel.
   
• Plus, as in every issue: Territory Changes, People and Briefs.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• BD/Maxwell All-Channel Data 1991-2000.  Top Companies and Top-10 Brands shares, 192-oz case volume and share changes for past 10 years.

In this issue:

• Coke and Procter & Gamble Join Forces. Pringles Salty Snacks 'Critical Part' of New Joint Venture. Talk With Daft and Short. New Company Includes Minute Maid, Fruitopia and Sunny Delight.
   

In this issue:

• Top-10 U.S. Soft Drink Companies and Brands for 2000. Coke and Pepsi Post Modest CSD Growth. Cadbury Out-Paces Industry But Dr Pepper Slows. Diet Colas Gain Most Share. Industry Volume Up +0.2%. Retail Value Climbs +4%. Cott Tops Share Growth.
   

In this issue:

• BD's Wall Street Smarts Conference Set for June 11 in New York.
   
• Arizona CEO Says Company 'Not For Sale.' Rowboat Vs. Queen Mary. 'Baby On The Shelf.'
   
• CSD + Water + Non-Carbs in C-Stores: Coke Top Brand. Mt. Dew 20-oz Top SKU. Aquafina and Gatorade in Top-10 and Grow. Snapple Up Strongly. Sprite Loses.
   
• PBG Takes On SoBe In Las Vegas and Texas. Other Bottlers. Other Markets? Tea for Three.
   
• ACNielsen Data Illustrates Growth of Grocery Channel and CSD. Sports Drinks Important in C-Stores.
   
• ACNielsen and IRI Diverge on Coke and Pepsi in Full-Year 2000 Multi-Channel. Cabury Posts Gains in IRI and ACNielsen. Diet Coke and Diet Pepsi Out-Perform.
   
• PBG's Weatherup: 'Buying Share' Doesn't Pay. Aquafina Hits 100 Mil Cases. Cahill to Take Over.
   
• PepsiCo's Tropicana Posts Strong Growth. Category Volume Up. But Major Brand Pricing Erodes.
   
• Coke and Nestlé Expand Relationship. Planet Java Included.
   
• Coke Volume Up +4% Last Year. Calls for Anchor Bottler 'Flexibility.'
   
• PepsiCo President Predicts 'Building Momentum' for CSD. FTC Requests More Information on Quaker Deal.
   
• Dairy Drinks: Yoo-Hoo Grows in 2000 But Below Category. Frappuccino and Arizona/Blue Luna Out-Pace.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• Take-Home Data - Full-Year 2000.  IRI 7-Channel and ACNielsen 5-Channel take-home data for soft drink companies and top-10 brands.

In this issue:

• Water Continues to Pour It On. Aquafina Leads and Grows. Dasani Gains. Perrier Brands Dominate. Evian Declines. Danone Executive Offers Perspective.
   
• Cadbury Prepares Sale of Royal Crown International.
   
• PepsiCo and Quaker Apply for Antitrust Approval. C-Store Objects.
   
• Crown Expands Shaped-Can Manufacturing. CSD Companies Said 'Taking Another Look.'
   
• ACNielsen Data Illustrates Growth of Grocery Channel and CSD. Sports Drinks Important in C-Stores.
   
• Late 2000 Take-Home Data Shows Volume Picking Up. Pricing Slowing Down. Coke Out-Performs.
   
• Profile: Apple & Eve. Company Relaunches Tribal Tonics Functional Line.
   
• Cost of Cans and PET Expected to Rise Slightly This Year. Bottler Cost Structure.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• Industry Calendar of Events 2001.  If your event is not listed, Click here to tell us about it.

In this issue:

• Pepsi Rolls Out New Dole Line. Morning Beverage. Executive Says Bottler Costs Less Than Ocean Spray.
   
• Pepsi Will Introduce 'Code Red' Mt. Dew Line Extension. Mulls Blue.
   
• Pepsi's New Ads: Still 'Joy' But Now It's 'Pepsi.'
   
• Pepsi Agrees to Sell All Sport -- Without Regard To Price -- If Necessary to Complete Quaker Oats Deal. How PepsiCo Did the Quaker Deal -- and How Coke Almost Did.
   
• Coke Set to Complete Planet Java Deal. What Else Might Coke Buy in North America?
   
• Full-Year 2000 Stock Prices: Most Beverage Stocks Up. PepsiCo, PBG and Cott Way Up.
   
• CCE Says 2000 Supermarket Volume Flat. Predicts Supermarket Volume Will Be Flat in 2001. New Products.
   
• 'Future Smarts' Conference: Top Executives Offer Insights on Changing Industry.
   
• Coke's Georgia Dominates Japan Ready-To-Drink Coffee Business. Market Flat Through August 2000.
   

Green Sheet supplement:

• "Future Smarts" December 11, 2000.  Summary of presentations made at NYC conference. Click here for information about a CD-ROM transcript.