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May 10, 2013

In this issue:

  • BD's June 10 Wall Streets Smarts Conference: Coca-Cola Co; PepsiCo; and Dr Pepper Snapple. Plus Other Leading Executives and Experts.
     
  • PepsiCo About to Test in U.S. First in Family of New Fountain Equipment. 'Touch Tower.'
     
  • Energy Drink Business Slows Dramatically, As It Faces Potential Challenges and Regulation. F.D.A. Sets New Review of Added Caffeine.
     
  • Analysis of Coke's U.S. Re-Franchising: Coke Consolidated Deal 'Sheds Light.'
     
  • PepsiCo Will Push Mt. Dew This Summer. New Aluminum Bottle.
     
  • 1st Qtr CSDs: Coca-Cola Co and DPSGain Share. PepsiCo's Share Down. Brand Coke's Share Up.
     
  • 1t Qtr Non-Carbs: All Categories Under-Performed Full-Year 2012. Enhanced Water Down -8.3%. Glaceau Smartwater Now Bigger Than Vitaminwater. Gatorade Out-Performs Powerade.
     
  • New U.S. Gov't Report: Most Added Sugar in American Diets From Food, Not Beverages.
     
  • All-Channel Water and Non-Carbs Both Up in 2012. Nestle #1 in Water. PepsiCo #1 in Non-Carbs.
     
  • Plus, As In Every Issue: Territory Changes and Deals, People and Briefs.
     

Green Sheet supplement:

  • First Quarter 2013 Multi-Channel Take-Home Soft Drinks, Two Data Sets.One data set covers supermarkets, convenience/gas stores, drug chains and mass merchandisers (excludes Wal-Mart); the other data set covers a larger multi-channel universe. Both sets includes shares and volume trends for CSD companies and the top-10 brands.

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