Hemp Rockstar, Plant-Based Starbucks Energy, Snapple Elements Reboot
October 12, 2021
This year’s NACS trade show in Chicago offered an early glimpse at innovation being sold into US convenience channel retailers for 2022. This story includes a BD slideshow of products featured at the show by Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Keurig Dr Pepper, and Monster. Below are select highlights based on details provided by the companies and NACS....
We’ve added a new category to the Beverage Digest Awards. Best Powdered Functional Beverage. In January, I wrote about the emergence of single-serve powdered beverages and one analyst’s view that the category could become...
Volume and Dollars Grow for Ready-to-Drink Water, Tea, and Sports Drinks
September 1, 2021
Results for the first half of this year show dollar sales growth across all US non-carbonated beverage categories tracked by BD. Shelf-stable juice drinks was the only tracked category that did not ...
Company to Shed Sports Drink, Tea Factories on Heels of Water Plant Divestiture
August 11, 2021
Coca-Cola has agreed to sell three hot-fill plants to Refresco as part of an ongoing “asset right” market strategy, according to Mark Rahiya, Coke’s chief supply chain, technical and innovation officer. The plants in...