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PepsiCo to Distribute Bang Energy in US

Also Closes $3.85 Billion Rockstar Energy Acquisition
April 28, 2020

PepsiCo just announced an exclusive agreement to distribute Bang Energy in the US. The deal, effective immediately, comes as PepsiCo also has closed the $3.85 billion acquisition of Rockstar Energy. Terms of the agreement with Bang owner VPX Pharmaceuticals...


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Survey: US Convenience & Gas Retailers React to Traffic Declines

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April 21, 2020

Analysts at Goldman Sachs, led by Bonnie Herzog, surveyed retail and wholesale contacts representing 33,000 US convenience & gas store locations, which represents about a fifth of that retail channel. Here are some of their findings:


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Restaurants: Credit Suisse Analysts Assess Consumer Traffic During COVID-19.

Highlights
April 21, 2020

A recent report by Credit Suisse Analyst Lauren Silberman and her team outlined trends in the US restaurant sector, which is an important sales channel for fountain and packaged beverages. Here are some of the points from the April 13 report that BD found most important for the beverage industry:


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Category Results (Week-Ending 4/11): Bottled Water, Sports Drinks Fall. Energy Up.

Juice Gains Remain Strong. Carbonated Soft Drinks Accelerate.
April 21, 2020
Retail data for the week ending April 11, according to data provided to BD by Nielsen. Includes detailed table dating back to the week of March 7.
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Retail Survey: Promotions During Easter Holiday Sales Period

April 14, 2020

The COVID-19 disruption extended through last week’s important Easter holiday sales period. Large family gatherings and community egg hunts were shut down across the country. The holiday also came on the heels of a month of extreme grocery stock-up in April. BD took a look at...


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Covid-19: Margin Concern Rises for Bottlers.

20-oz ‘Fallen Off a Cliff.’ New Retail Data: Beverage Category Sales Slowed.
April 14, 2020

As COVID-19 home lockdowns drag on, beverage bottlers in the Coke, Pepsi, Dr Pepper and independent beverage distribution systems have seen large store sales slow in April compared to the extreme stock-up buying by consumers last month, according to BD’s ongoing informal survey. Bottlers are increasingly concerned about the shift to future consumption from immediate consumption, which has pressured profit margins. The following are comments from bottlers since late last week, organized by topic...


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View From New York: Big Geyser COO Expects Covid-19 to Cut Sales In Half

April 1, 2020

New York is one of the hardest hit COVID-19 regions in the world. It’s also the home to Big Geyser, one of the largest and most important independent beverage distributors (and incubators) in the US. The company serves almost 13 million consumers in New York City’s five boroughs and the counties of Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester. BD spoke this week to Big Geyser COO Jerry Reda to find out how the company is responding to the crisis. He estimated that only about...


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Grocery Panic Eases. Beverage Bottlers Assess The Next Phase of Covid-19 Impact

April 1, 2020

Since early March, BD has tracked the COVID-19 crisis through the eyes of beverage executives in the Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and independent bottling systems. By last week, a period of frenzied demand had given way to a more normalized sales pattern, bottlers and distributors said. Some are now bracing for...  Story includes direct comments from beverage bottlers and distributors.


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Tracking COVID-19 : Live Updates

The Beverage Industry Perspective
March 31, 2020
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As consumers reacted in March to the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus, Beverage Digest provided live updates on the impact to the US non-alcoholic beverage industry. Here is that coverage in its entirety.


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Beverage Calories and Alcohol

A Look At Shifting Consumer Preference
March 18, 2020
Given triple-digit percentage growth rates for hard seltzers and the increasing trend toward ultra-low-calorie beers, BD decided to take a look at calorie counts for alcoholic beverage segments and brands...
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