There has been a changing of the guard at PepsiCo’s largest independently owned US franchise bottler, Pepsi Bottling Ventures. Paul Finney has retired as president and CEO, a post he had held since...

Third-quarter global beverage volumes grew in most global markets reported by Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, according to regulatory filings. That marks two consecutive quarters of widespread quarter-over-quarter volume sales growth internationally for the companies as countries recover from...

A collection of recent developments from around the industry to keep you up to speed...

US sparkling water category growth at retail has remained strong through the first three quarters of this year despite lapping strong pandemic-related growth last year. Dollar sales were up +9.5% on volume and pricing growth of almost...

On Oct. 27, Coca-Cola raised full-year 2021 revenue guidance to a range of +13% to +14% after reporting 14% higher third-quarter organic revenue. The sales gain came on volume and pricing that each grew ...

The top-3 US energy drink leaders all posted double-digit growth rates that outpaced the category this year while employing disparate pricing strategies, according to BD data (see table). Red Bull grew ...