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Coca-Cola’s Costa Coffee Pursues Three-Pronged U.S. Strategy

Brand to Launch Canned Flat White Coffee for US Market in December
October 10, 2022

Coca-Cola’s US strategy for Costa Coffee came into sharper focus last week at the NACS convenience retail show. The company unveiled a new ready-to-drink canned coffee for the US market, showed off its Smart Cafe? automated coffee kiosk program, and shed light on plans to add standalone cafe?s. Since buying the UK-based coffee chain in 2019, Coke was forced to...


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Rolling Updates
October 2, 2022
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Celsius CEO Sees Cold Drink, Foodservice, C-Store Upside With PepsiCo as Partner

John Fieldly Breaks Down PepsiCo Distribution Deal.
September 7, 2022

When John Fieldly stepped into Celsius as CFO in 2012, things weren’t going well. He recalls being kicked out of Costco, which was responsible for about 60% of sales. The same thing happened at retailers including Walgreens, CVS, and Harris Teeter. The velocities just weren’t there for what was then a “negative calorie drink” that promised...


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Former Coke Executive Looks to Scale Up 2-Year-Old Lemon Perfect

August 18, 2022

BD caught up with former Coca-Cola sales executive Jim Brennan a month after he was hired full-time by startup beverage brand Lemon Perfect. Brennan has served as an advisor to the Atlanta-based company’s Founder and CEO Yanni Hufnagel since early 2021, helping open doors at key retailers including Kroger, Costco, and Safeway. That requires meetings with retailers and other hands-on work, and as Brennan was pulled deeper into...


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Bottler Liberty Coke Embraces Paper 6-Pack Holder to Replace Plastic Rings

‘The Plastics Issue is Not Going Away,’ Executive Says
August 18, 2022

Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages has become the first beverage manufacturer to replace plastic rings and shrink wrap with paperboard holders for can multipacks. The bottler is now using a KeelClip paperboard packaging system by Graphic Packaging to hold together six- packs of 7.5-oz minicans. More package sizes could be added...


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Closer Look: Air Up Promises “Scent-Flavored” Water

Spoiler: The PepsiCo-Backed ‘Retronasal Smell’ Technology Works
August 18, 2022

BD recently wrote about the U.S. launch of Air Up, the German maker of a refillable bottle that uses pods to flavor plain water by smell instead of taste. PepsiCo is an investor in the company, which describes its technology, based on a scientific concept called “retronasal smell,” this way: “The flavored air travels from your mouth up to your olfactory center, where it’s perceived as flavor.” From packaging to materials, Air Up embodies an assortment of beverage trends that resonate with Gen Z and Millennial consumers: Healthfulness, design, personalization, technology, and sustainability. To better understand the Air Up offering, BD bought and used the product, which the...


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PepsiCo System to Distribute Fitness Energy Brand Celsius as Bang Transitions Out

Deal Gives PepsiCo Equivalent of 8.5% Stake in Celsius For $550M
August 2, 2022

PepsiCo will begin transitioning fast-growing fitness energy drink brand Celsius into its US bottling network during the fourth quarter, according to a PepsiCo letter to bottlers yesterday. PepsiCo had announced...


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What’s Life Like These Days for Regional Soda Brand Ale-8-One?

120-Year-Old Company Navigates Unprecedented Inflation With ‘Steady’ Strategy
July 15, 2022

Nestled in Winchester, Kentucky just outside Lexington and less than three miles from the Bluegrass Heritage Museum, craft soda maker Ale-8-One Bottling is a microcosm of the complex...


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All Sport Owner Jel Sert Parlays Fla-Vor-Ice Popsicle Empire into Boozy Extension

Company Looks to Expand Licensing, Co-Packing Work With Coke, Other Majors
July 15, 2022

Company Looks to Expand Licensing, Co-Packing Work With Coke, Other Majors
Owner and President Sees Long Growth Runway for Powdered Water Enhancers

During the past two years, West Chicago-based Jel Sert built a distillery, winery, and brewery into the middle of a half-million-square-foot food and beverage manufacturing plant that for almost...


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As Inflation Rages, C-Store Behavior Stable, PepsiCo Says

Store Ad Review: July 4 Promos Strike Balance for Strapped Consumers
July 15, 2022

US Inflation surged by +9.1% during the 12 months ending in June, according to newly released Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s the largest year-over-year spike in the consumer price index in more than four...


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