PepsiCo is adding capacity for Gatorade, which suffered from product shortages last summer amid a spike in demand spurred by higher temperatures and pandemic-related buying. During a recent ...

Coca-Cola intends to acquire a controlling stake in fast- growing sports drink brand BodyArmor. BodyArmor Co-Founder and Chairman Mike Repole issued a statement dampening the news. One might conclude by Repole’s and Quincey’s comments that negotiations are ongoing...

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Keurig Dr Pepper announced agreements to buy back territory from Red River Beverage Group and the Maid-Rite Company. Together, the territories include 37 counties in east Texas and northern Louisiana...

Four of five non-carbonated beverage categories tracked by BD grew by volume and dollars during the first nine months of this year, as the table with this story shows.  ...  

Franchise bottlers for Coca-Cola’s North America Operating Unit recently met virtually to review innovation and system execution plans for 2021. Those plans will center on growing the base business, relaunching innovation that was disrupted in 2020, and introducing “purposeful” innovation, according to multiple sources who attended...