I’m through saying that any given year in the US beverage business is wilder than the previous year. These days, it’s always true. Social media. Fickle and adventurous consumers. A willingness by companies to blur lines when it comes to product categories and distribution methods. The breakneck evolution of...
BD Founder Recalls Reporting ’Boldest’ Move After Face-to-Face With Goizueta, Keough
Plus: Read BD’s 1985 New Coke, Coke Classic Coverage
Next Friday, July 11, will mark 40 years since Coca-Cola shocked the world for the second time in three months by bringing back its original Coca-Cola formula, which the company renamed Coca-Cola Classic. The first...
Strategy for Newly Acquired Gut Soda Pioneer is to ’Let Poppi Be Poppi’
June 18, 2025
PepsiCo is now integrating pioneering gut soda Poppi into its portfolio following the closing of a $1.95 billion acquisition last month. PepsiCo will need to hit the ground running to fend off competition from another...
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...
What We Learned From First-Quarter Earnings Reports
May 1, 2025
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Keurig Dr Pepper face a host of challenges in the US in 2025, ranging from declining consumer sentiment to negative policy actions. All three companies addressed the...
No Slam Dunk. Hurdles and Questions Remain. Is Trump on Board?
April 3, 2025
Momentum is growing within the Trump Administration to cut carbonated soft drinks from the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP. US Health Department Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced late last week...