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PepsiCo Looks to Capitalize on Consumer Return to Juice

Tropicana Wins Back Millions During Pandemic, Looks to Retain Gains
June 23, 2021

PepsiCo’s Tropicana juices recaptured more than 3.1 million lapsed users during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an interview, Anup Shah, VP and CMO of juice at PepsiCo Beverages North America, said a primary driver...


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Soft Drinks At Retail: Q1 Volume, Dollars Rose as KDP Led Pandemic-Fueled Gains

Green Sheet Details Corporate, Top-10 Brand Performance
June 7, 2021

Consumers continued to turn to carbonated soft drinks at US groceries and convenience stores during the first quarter of this year as many restaurants, workplaces, and foodservice venues remained closed or under limited use following the worst of the Covid-19 pandemic. At US retail, carbonated soft drink (CSD) volume...


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BodyArmor Co-founder Sees Big Global Opportunity in Coke's Potential Buyout

Offers To Keep Management Team at Helm if Coke Takes Majority Stake
May 25, 2021

As Coca-Cola negotiates a possible buyout of sports drink challenger BodyArmor, the public dance between the two companies continued to play out on...


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Recovery Snapshot: Carbonated Soft Drink Sales Versus Pre-Pandemic 2019

Plus: IRI Sees Return To Parity Between At-Home And Away-From Home Food Sales
April 30, 2021

Plus: IRI Sees Return To Parity Between At-Home And Away-From Home Food Sales. Late in the first quarter of this year, US soft drink retail sales begin to cycle the impact of pandemic-related pantry loading last year. To get a baseline understanding of the extent to which elevated retail sales are sticking now that pandemic lockdowns are easing, BD compared data from the first quarter of 2021 to the first quarter of 2019 (instead of 2020).

 


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Sales Data Show Beverage Industry in US Steady Under Tough Comparisons

April 20, 2021

Higher pricing has helped beverage makers offset volume declines against unusually high comparisons generated by last year’s pandemic-driven consumer stock up. US all- channel retail data...


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Customer Backlash Over Coke Position on Voting Access Concerns Bottlers

April 20, 2021

Coke system bottlers in the US have warned of a retail customer backlash and expressed frustration at Coca-Cola for speaking out about a new voting law in the company’s home state of Georgia. In recent statements...

                                                



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As Covid Subsides, Challenges Remain for Coke and Pepsi Bottlers

Higher Costs Signal Pricing Actions to Ease Burden
April 20, 2021

As Covid Subsides, Challenges Remain for Coke and Pepsi Bottlers. Since the US outbreak of the COVID-19 virus more than a year ago, BD has tracked the crisis through the eyes of beverage executives in the Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and independent bottling systems. Our latest informal survey asked bottlers what has improved and what they continue to grapple with on the way to a new normal that has yet to be defined. The following is a synopsis of contributions from more than a dozen bottling executives...


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Keurig Dr Pepper DSD Unit Hunts Extended Reach, Efficiency

Executives Update Investors on Distribution, New Capacity, Innovation
April 1, 2021

Executives Update Investors on Distribution, New Capacity, Innovation. Keurig Dr Pepper participated in an investor webcast on March 26 hosted by Goldman Sachs Managing Director and Beverage Analyst Bonnie Herzog. Chairman and CEO Bob Gamgort, CFO and International President Ozan Dokmecioglu, and Cold Beverages President Derek Hopkins took questions on topics that included distribution efficiency, production capacity, cost inflation, and innovation. The following are highlights.


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Beverage Sales Now Lap Start of Pandemic Pantry Loading

Convenience Channel Shows Improvement as Mobility Increases
April 1, 2021
In BD’s March 18 edition, BD flagged the possibility of swings in category and channel performance once US syndicated data cycled pandemic-related pantry loading from a year ago. As lockdowns lift, new data suggests...

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RTD Beverages Point Centuries-Old Adaptogenic Mushrooms Toward Mainstream

BluePrint HPP Juice Founders Provide Primer on Newest Mushroom Passion
April 1, 2021

Mushrooms have been used medicinally in Asia for centuries. In the US, mushroom extracts have become a go-to functional ingredient within the wellness community. Often referred to as adaptogenic, functional, or medicinal mushrooms, the ingredient now is...  To better understand functional mushrooms as an RTD beverage ingredient, BD turned to Zoe Sakoutis and Erica Huss. Last year, they launched Earth & Star, a line of canned mushroom-infused oat milks and coffees.


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