PepsiCo and Lipton have launched a Pure Leaf Zero Sugar Sweet Tea nationally in the US. Sweetened with sucralose and acesulfame potassium, the ready-to-drink bottled tea contains no calories. The drink, packaged in an 18.5-oz single-serve carafe, will retail for $2.49 per bottle. It’s the first zero sugar tea produced in the US by the PepsiCo’s Lipton tea joint venture with Unilever. In an interview with BD, North America Pepsi Lipton Partnership GM Julie Raheja-Perera pointed out that...

PepsiCo has now launched a sweetened sparkling water called Bubly Burst, an answer to Talking Rain’s popular Sparkling Ice. Bubly Burst is an extension of PepsiCo’s flavored sparkling water brand, Bubly, which debuted in 2018. BD previously reported the expected Bubly Burst launch when PepsiCo gave a sneak peek to convenience retailers in October at the NACS show. Bubly Burst will be available nationally starting next week. Flavors are ...

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Keurig Dr Pepper hosted an investor update yesterday in New York. The event featured the first in-person investor presentation by COO Tim Cofer, who will take over as...

Coca-Cola’s volume share of the US carbonated soft drink (CSD) market at retail surpassed 40% in 2023, according to BD data. As shown in the table, market leader Coke gained nearly half...

G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers announced it will invest $24 million to modernize a bottling plant and add a 77,000-sq-ft warehouse expansion at a facility in Columbus, Ohio.

C4 Energy maker Nutrabolt said it has taken a roughly 20% stake...