A collection of recent news items to keep you up to speed on the heartbeat of the non-alcoholic beverage industry.

DIRTY LEMON ROLLS OUT SPARKLING WATER. Dirty Lemon has taken a new sparkling water brand called Sanzo onto its text-based ordering platform. The brand pitches “real fruit” and flavors inspired by the Asian palate. There is no added sugar. Online, the product sells for

Coke Outlines Coronavirus Impact. Coca-Cola said this morning in a press release that impacts from the coronavirus crisis in China, the company’s third-largest market, will shave...

CSD Growth Decelerates. US Carbonated soft drink dollar sales grew +0.3% during the four weeks ending Jan. 25, according to Nielsen data published by Morgan Stanley. That was a deceleration from +1.4% growth in the prior 12-weeks. A -2.8% volume decline during the four weeks...

Powerade Takes on Propel, and Adds Creatine Variant. Coca-Cola’s Powerade sports drink brand has announced two new products in the US (BD Email News Alert 1/16/20, or click HERE). Powerade Power Water will go head-to-head with PepsiCo’s Propel fitness water for the first time since Propel’s introduction 20 years ago. Like Propel...

Pepsi Café. PepsiCo has announced a new coffee-infused cola to launch in April. Pepsi Café will be sold in 12-oz slim cans in original and vanilla for a limited time. The drink comes with almost twice the caffeine of a regular Pepsi, according to the company. The product appears to...

Coca-Cola. The company has signed a beverage contract with the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team and the Wells Fargo Center, replacing Pepsi after 23 years, according to the Philly Voice.

PepsiCo. A federal jury has ruled that PepsiCo owes Iowa-based Pepsi bottler Mahaska almost $3 million in pricing–related reimbursements that should have paid after deals with national customers such as Dollar General … PepsiCo

Industry Makes Progress to Cut Calories. An industry initiative to reduce beverage calories consumed cut daily per capita calorie consumption at a faster rate in 2018 than in previous years, according to a new report on behalf of the American Beverage Association and the Alliance for a Healthier Generation. The organizations have collaborated since

CSDs Accelerate. Carbonated soft drink dollar sales jumped +3.2% in the four weeks ended Oct. 5, according to Nielsen retail data published by Morgan Stanley. That was faster than the two-year...

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Best C-Store Coffee. For the third straight year, Texas-based convenience/gas chain Buc-ee’s has been named by GasBuddy for having the nation’s highest-rated...