Carbonated soft drink (CSD) pricing at US retail has reached a level this year not seen in at least the past decade as consumer demand has soared, product supply shortages persist, and costs for inputs such as transportation and ...

Reyes Holdings will merge Illinois-based Great Lakes Coca-Cola Bottling and California-based Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling into a single operating unit starting Jan. 1, BD has learned from multiple sources. Reyes Coca-Cola CEO Bill O’Brien will helm the combined unit as CEO and the entity will ...

With the deadline approaching for Coca-Cola to exercise its option to buy a controlling additional stake in fast-growing sports drink challenger ...

In July, stevia-sweetened soda maker Zevia PBC began trading on the New York Stock Exchange following an initial public offering that will give the company capital to expand within the grocery channel, add immediate consumption by way of the ...

ShineWater, an upstart enhanced water brand, has signed a US distribution agreement with ...

Registrations filed in at least 16 US states for new corporate entities called Blue Cloud Distribution will be used to...

Hope of a post-pandemic return to normal this year in the US has given way to continued uncertainty as COVID-19 vaccination rates vary widely by state, the Delta variant spreads, and workers delay getting back to the office or resuming employment. At the same time, vaccinated consumers are pushing forward in many parts of the country as they frequent restaurants, travel, and get back to something approaching business as usual. For beverage bottlers within the Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Keurig Dr Pepper systems, the state of business is a...