Walmart recently made interesting changes to its grocery app in the wild west of ecommerce. Previously, grocery orders for curbside pickup or courier delivery were transacted separately from e-commerce orders shipped by traditional means like FedEx. Now, Walmart has stitched those silos into a single experience for grocery shoppers that encourages them to become agnostic about ...

US sparkling water category growth at retail has remained strong through the first three quarters of this year despite lapping strong pandemic-related growth last year. Dollar sales were up +9.5% on volume and pricing growth of almost...

With our Dec. 6 Future Smarts conference a little more than a month away, this is a great time to share a few of the themes we will explore this year. We are in a pivotal reset period for the global beverage industry following the extreme disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. To help sort it out, we’ve assembled an exceptional lineup of speakers who are well-placed to evaluate the implications of the past two years and share insight on what to expect. They include leaders ...

A collection of recent developments from around the industry to keep you up to speed...

On Oct. 27, Coca-Cola raised full-year 2021 revenue guidance to a range of +13% to +14% after reporting 14% higher third-quarter organic revenue. The sales gain came on volume and pricing that each grew ...

With few exceptions, beverage stocks tracked by BD underperformed the S&P 500 Index this year through the first three quarters of this year. Coca-Cola’s shares...

On Oct. 5, PepsiCo reported third-quarter 2021 performance that included global beverage volume organic growth of ...