LRB Share is Key Metric for PepsiCo Beverages North America, PepsiCo CEO Says.

Private Label Results. Top-10 Brand Performance. Dew Lags in C-Stores.

The US carbonated soft drink category at retail generated pricing growth of almost +15% in 2022, according to new BD data. Volume declined a modest -1.9% as most CSD makers found success extracting latent value from their brands and offsetting across-the-board cost inflation. As shown in the table...

Bodyarmor-Powerade a ‘One-Two Punch’ Vs Gatorade With Two-Tier Pricing

BodyArmor leaders will look to double the brand’s awareness and make it a household name now that they have completed an integration with Coca-Cola’s Powerade, BodyArmor Sports Nutrition CMO Matt Dzamba told BD in an exclusive interview. “We can't just be a brand that athletes of the Nth degree understand,” he said of BodyArmor. “So we're widening the aperture and speaking to a broader audience, like gatekeepers and active adults.” He also said...

BodyArmor leaders will look to double the brand’s awareness and make it a household name now that they have completed an integration with Coca-Cola’s Powerade, BodyArmor Sports Nutrition CMO Matt Dzamba told BD in an exclusive interview. “We can't just be a brand that athletes of the Nth degree understand,” he said of BodyArmor. “So we're widening...

A pressing question for 2023 is whether Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Keurig Dr Pepper will face a more challenging consumer and pricing environment later this year, especially in the US. Goldman Sachs estimates that by mid-January Americans had spent down...

’We’re Not Desperate,” Co-founder Says, Thanks to Military Focus.

Military-focused isotonic brand Hoist is on the hunt for outside investment capital to help fund a deeper and eventually wider push into traditional retail markets, according to the brand’s founders. Hoist currently derives more than half of its revenue from US military sales, Co-founder and President Kelly Heekin told BD in an interview. Outside of the armed forces, Hoist’s traditional retail footprint comprises about...

Bottler Also Executing $300M Optimization Plan

Pepsi and Dr Pepper bottler Buffalo Rock has added 10 east Alabama counties to its landmark 2020 deal with Keurig Dr Pepper to pick up brands including...

During last year’s bear market, the S&P 500 index fell nearly -20%. Still, the share prices for both Coca-Cola and PepsiCo outperformed the broader market to end the year at +7.4% and +4.0%, respectively. Monster Beverage’s +5.7% gain also beat...