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Coca-Cola Launches Global Campaign to Tap Meal Delivery Trend

‘Magic Weekends’ Partners with Delivery Aggregators Like DoorDash
April 1, 2022

Coca-Cola is partnering with food delivery companies across its nine operating units for a new global meals campaign focusing on Coca-Cola, with a particular emphasis on...


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Sparkling Water at Retail: Category Growth Decelerated Late in 2021 as Pricing Jumped

Lacroix Underperformed Category. Polar Surpasses Bubly on Volume
March 30, 2022

Sparkling water category growth decelerated at US retail late last year as pricing moved higher, according to annual data compiled by BD. As shown in the table, the category posted +7.1% dollar growth on volume that rose +1.7% and pricing growth of +5.4%. During the first...


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Energy Drinks at Retail: 2021 Category Growth Rate Doubles Previous Year’s Pace

Monster Leads On Pricing. Rockstar Looks To Hispanic Market In Turnaround Bid
March 30, 2022

The energy drinks category at US retail last year grew at roughly twice the rate of 2020 by dollars and volume, according to annual data compiled by BD. As shown in the table, dollar sales...


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Beverage Analysts Contemplate Possibility that Consumers Reject Higher Pricing

March 30, 2022

Wall Street analysts are looking ahead to the pain that would be caused for beverage companies should consumers...


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Coke Hires Chobani Executive to Run BodyArmor as Hastie Plans to Retire

Coke Finance Veteran Named CFO. Move Comes Five Months After Acquisition
March 30, 2022

As BD reported in a March 22 email news alert, Coca-Cola has tapped a Chobani executive to run BodyArmor, which Coke acquired last November. Federico Muyshondt will become CEO on April 25, taking over the sports drink and...


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Coke Hires Chobani Executive to Run BodyArmor as Hastie Prepares to Retire

Plus, Coke Finance Veteran Named CFO. Announcement Comes Five Months After Coke Acquisition.
March 22, 2022

Coca-Cola has tapped a Chobani executive to run the BodyArmor sports drink business the company acquired in November, BD has learned. Federico Muyshondt will join...


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Global Perspective

Coke, PepsiCo Report Broad Volume Gains Across International Markets
March 17, 2022

Coca-Cola and PepsiCo began to recover in 2021 from the previous year’s pandemic- stricken global beverage market. Increased mobility last year after Covid-19 lockdowns led to growth in most markets, helped by a favorable comparison. The table below shows results for selected markets as reported by Coca-Cola and PepsiCo in their respective annual regulatory filings.


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U.S. Non-Carb Results at Retail 2021

At-home Demand Fueled Sports, Water Categories. Pricing Accelerated
March 17, 2022

The plain bottled water, enhanced water, and sports drinks categories all posted volume, dollar and pricing gains at US retail in 2021 as the global pandemic continued to spur at-home consumption. Pricing in all non-carb retail categories tracked by BD posted accelerated growth for the full year, compared to the first-nine months of 2021. The higher pricing was triggered in part by escalating input costs for beverage makers, who took pricing actions to protect or recover profit margins. The table provides a snapshot of the non-carb categories tracked by BD for the full-year 2021. The Green Sheet on the following page provides further detail.


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Stake in Online Retailer Boxed Helped PepsiCo Prepare for Inflection Point

PepsiCo CFO Speaks To Strategy Behind Recently Disclosed Investment
March 17, 2022

In December, PepsiCo disclosed for the first time a stake in online bulk grocery retailer Boxed. The disclosure was prompted by the start of trading for Boxed as a public company by way of a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. PepsiCo had first invested in the privately held Boxed ...


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Alcohol Retailers in Florida, Tennessee, Iowa Clamor for Hard Mtn Dew

PepsiCo's Blue Cloud Aims to Service "All Retail Customers" in Phased Roll Out
March 17, 2022

Hard Mtn Dew has created a stir among some independent liquor store operators in three states where Boston Beer and PepsiCo launched the alcoholic soda one month ago. Operators in Florida, Tennessee, and Iowa told BD that they have so far ...


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