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Q&A: Ghost CEO Discusses Keurig Dr Pepper Deal

KDP to Acquire Ghost Energy. Also Will Distribute Bloom Energy.
October 28, 2024

Keurig Dr Pepper has agreed to acquire Ghost Energy, the beverage brand co-created by its founders and Anheuser-Busch and distributed by AB's network. We talked to Ghost Co-founder and CEO Dan Lourenco about the deal and what he hopes to gain for his brand and product portfolio. The full interview is included.


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Exclusive Interview: Bang Founder Jack Owoc to Launch New Energy Drink

AI Energy Formulated for Enhanced Brain Function and Mood, Owoc Says
October 11, 2024

Bang Energy founder and former CEO Jack Owoc is launching a new energy drink. Called Ai Energy, the product will launch in the coming weeks. The introduction follows Bang's bankruptcy sale to rival Monster last year. Exclusive full interview and details.


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Coca-Cola Names New Red Tree Beverages President

Coke and Pepsi Announce Competing Canned Rum & Coke Products
October 3, 2024

Coca-Cola has appointed a new president of its Red Tree Beverages ready-to-drink alcohol business in the US. This comes as both Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have announced rum and cola canned cocktail launches as part of a new front in the cola wars...


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Q&A: Celsius CEO Says Pressured Energy Consumers Aren’t Fleeing Category

While Consumers Spending Less, Category Still Delivers Value, John Fieldly Says
September 19, 2024

Brand Looks to Help C-Stores Attract Traffic.

As PepsiCo Partner, Fieldly Sees ‘Massive’ Foodservice Opportunity.

While Even ’More Optimistic’ on International Expansion, Will Remain ‘Methodical.’

No. 3 energy drink maker Celsius hasn’t been immune to the intensifying slowdown this year in the US energy drink market. The company’s volume and dollar sales growth rates that were in the


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Beer, Soda Distribution Consolidation Increasingly Likely, Former Coke Exec Says

As Consumers Blur Lines, Distributors Following Suit
September 5, 2024

Conditions are ripe for accelerated consolidation of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage distribution businesses in the US market, predicts Matt Hughes, a former Coca-Cola Venturing and Emerging Brands executive. That could mean even Coca-Cola and Pepsi franchise bottlers one day look to combine with beer distributors to add efficiency and boost...


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Pepsi System Meeting: PBNA CEO Aims for ‘Disruptive Big Swings’ in 2025

Market Share Wins, Profit Margin Gains Demand ‘Challenger Mindset’
August 22, 2024

CSD Priorities to Include Minicans, Flavors, Zero Sugar.

Gatorade Will Look to Deepen Gen Z Ties. Plus, New Energy for Rockstar.

Executives and operators from PepsiCo’s North America bottling system met recently in Las Vegas to discuss market plans for 2025. Ram Krishnan, who took over in January as CEO of PepsiCo Beverages North America, urged the audience...


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Unbuzzd, Safety Shot Look to Beat the Hangover

Products Reach for New Functional Frontier
June 20, 2024

The former CEO of Celsius and a former Coca-Cola veteran have partnered to launch what they say is a “rapid alcohol detoxification” beverage called Unbuzzd, as the market for hangover remedy drinks moves beyond mere...


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Analysis: Monster Beverage’s Succession Plan. Coke Swire's Gehring Enters as CGO

Gehring Joins List of Possible CEO Successors at Iconic Energy Drink Company
June 20, 2024

Monster Beverage’s announcement last week that the company had appointed Swire Coca-Cola USA President and CEO Rob Gehring as chief growth officer is the latest signal that a significant management succession is underway at one of the world’s largest...


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Analysis: Keurig Dr Pepper's Expansion Play

KDP to Acquire Kalil Bottling. Move Follows Effort to Take Back Reyes' Dr Pepper Territory in California
June 6, 2024

Keurig Dr Pepper has agreed to acquire Tucson, Arizona-based Kalil Bottling as KDP continues to bolster its company-owned direct-store-delivery (DSD) operation in the western US. The announcement Friday came weeks after KDP disclosed in a Texas lawsuit that it will not renew a franchise agreement with Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling to distribute Dr Pepper products in California, effective Oct. 27, 2025. Reyes, citing California franchise laws, has asked a California judge to force a renewal unless KDP can show cause for ending the franchise arrangement. That has sent some Dr Pepper bottlers into their contracts to assess termination risk. KDP’s aggressive new stance with Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling has raised industry questions about whether more such moves are planned by KDP as part of a strategy to take back Dr Pepper territory from Coke and Pepsi bottlers. Or, is the Reyes non-renewal simply a special and opportunistic circumstance driven by geography and existing synergies?


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2023 All-Channel Results: LRB Dollars Rose. Volume Fell. Dr Pepper Edges Out Pepsi-Cola as No. 2 CSD Brand

Most Top-10 LRB Trademarks Posted Dollar Growth, Volume Decline
May 23, 2024

Liquid refreshment beverage sales across all US measured and unmeasured channels in 2023 grew +7.9% by...tables included:

Table 1: U.S. LRB Category Volume and Dollar Performance FY2023

Table 2: Top U.S.Carbonated Soft Drink (CSD) Brands* FY2023

Table 3: Top U.S. Liquid Refreshment Beverages (LRB) Trademarks* FY2023


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