US Energy drink category growth at retail accelerated during the first quarter of this year following a sluggish 2024, according to BD data. The category posted sales growth of...
Soda Category Volume, Dollars Up. Private Label Surges
May 22, 2025
In a flip-flop, regular Pepsi-Cola outperformed regular Coca-Cola at US retail during the first quarter of this year, according to BD data. As shown in the...
ABOUT THIS REPORT AND BD’S FACT BOOK, 30TH EDITION. This report is a snapshot of BD’s newly-published Fact Book, 30th Edition. Fact Book offers a comprehensive view of US liquid refreshment beverage industry sales performance by brands, company, and category. Annually, BD compiles estimated volume and value sales data for the US liquid refreshment beverages (LRB) market, as well as categories including carbonated soft drinks (CSD), and energy drinks. The data included in BD’s Fact Book and in this special issue synopsis estimates beverage sales for all measured and unmeasured channels, including packaged retail, fountain, and vending. The fountain channel includes restaurants, sports and entertainment venues, and other foodservice outlets. In recent years, BD has added chilled juice to the annual Fact Book and to this report.
We just released the 30th Edition of the Beverage Digest Fact Book, detailing 2024 all-channel sales results across the US non-alcoholic beverage industry. Unlike the quarterly retail data published in BD’s newsletter, this data set covers ready-to-drink packaged and fountain drinks across all channels, including retail stores and foodservice outlets.
Today’s special issue is a top-level view of that annual all-channel Fact Book report. It provides a snapshot of the intense competition within the U.S. non-alcoholic beverage business. The following newsletter pages cover major beverage companies, categories, trademarks, and brands. It’s a quick reference guide to how the biggest players are performing in liquid refreshment beverages, with an emphasis on carbonated soft drinks...
Sources: Possible Shift Coming for Independent Pepsi Bottlers, Too
February 18, 2025
PepsiCo Beverages North America has struck an agreement with contract packager Niagara for the production and distribution of Aquafina case pack bottled water in the US, PBNA has confirmed to BD. Niagara will produce...
Concentrate list pricing for flagship Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar and other carbonated soft drinks produced by US Coke bottlers rose...
Key Energy Stocks Fell. Coke Consolidated Shares Soared
January 9, 2025
Retailers Amazon, Walmart, Costco Rose as Shoppers Sought Value, Online Convenience
Shares of Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Keurig Dr Pepper all underperformed the S&P 500 Index and the Consumer Staples Index in 2024. As shown in the table below, Coca-Cola was the only one of the three companies to post a gain. Top-3 energy drink makers...
PepsiCo’s Muscle Milk Declines Through Three Quarters
December 11, 2024
Coca-Cola’s Fairlife Core Power continued to lead growth in the $6 billion US protein shake category at retail for the first nine months of this year, according to BD data. The brand grew sales +39% by dollars and +29% by volume in the period, as shown in the...
Arizona Gained RTD Tea Share as Lipton Slips. Gold Peak Up
December 11, 2024
Consumers cut back on ready-to-drink coffee at US retail during the first nine months of this year, according to BD data. The category, led by a joint venture between PepsiCo and Starbucks, declined by volume (-2.6%) and dollars (-3.2%), as shown in the Coffee Green Sheet with this story. Pricing for the category was down slightly by -0.6%. PepsiCo’s Starbucks portfolio posted a -9.1% volume sales decline as dollar sales dropped -6.3% as pricing rose +2.7%. Frappuccino, which accounted for more than a ...
The US sports drink category at retail declined by both volume and dollar sales at retail during the first nine months of this year, according to BD data. As shown in the Green Sheet with this story, category volume fell...