Conventional wisdom holds that consumers will trade down to private label consumer packaged goods during economic downturns such as the pandemic-driven US recession...

Carbonated soft drink sales growth continued to accelerate as the COVID-19 crisis in the US entered a fourth month, according to data provided by Nielsen. Dollar sales...

Energy drink sales shifted back to growth as sports drink sales growth decelerated....

The US bottled water, tea and sports drink categories all gained volume and dollars during the first quarter as the COVID-19 pandemic spurred consumers to stock up late in the period. As shown in the Green Sheet included with this issue, the

Analysts at RBC Capital Markets hosted a global consumer and retail conference on May 27-28. Beverages analyst Nik Modi interviewed leaders from Keurig Dr Pepper, Coca-Cola and Primo Water (formerly Cott). The following is a synopsis of shifts in short-term and long-term trends seen by the executives.