When Kevin Keane joined the American Beverage Association in 2005 as SVP of policy and public affairs, industry issues were well focused on a single category. “We were talking largely about soda pop,” he recalled last week in an interview after being named the U.S. trade group’s CEO late last month. “Now there are so many different products that we're ...

PepsiCo’s Gatorade brand is jumping into the alkaline bottled water market with an electrolyte-infused entry called Gatorade Water to be available early next year. The product will be the brand’s first ever...

Coca-Cola will launch BodyArmor sports drink across Canada in January 2024, marking the US brand’s first international expansion since BodyArmor’s 2011 founding and Coke’s late 2021 takeover. “One of the first goals of the...

Bang Energy owner Vital Pharmaceuticals won approval from a Florida bankruptcy judge today for a $362 million acquisition of most of the company’s assets by major creditor and competitor Monster Beverage.The companies formaly announced the asset purchase agreement July 3 after the Federal Trade Commission ended an antitrust review early. The sale would include...

Alpha-Diver and Beverage Digest are pleased to unveil the industry’s first comprehensive psychology-based ranking of consumer beverage brands – The BEV50. The study was conducted by neuro-market researchers at Alpha-Diver in partnership with Beverage Digest to help beverage companies understand the WHY of consumer behavior. In this exclusive webinar, registrants will learn...

The sale process for bankrupt Bang Energy may finally be headed for a conclusion in late June after a two month delay. A bankruptcy judge in Florida has set a sale hearing date for June 30 to approve a winning bidder. That hearing date could yet be pushed back, however. According to BD sources, remaining bidders are...