Plastic packaging waste may now pose the single-biggest risk to profitability for the global beverage industry. Some US industry leaders have suggested behind the scenes that a national per-package fee could help fund solutions faster. But would such a proposal ever fly among some of those who will be most affected – independent US Coca-Cola and PepsiCo bottlers? To find out, BD asked...

BD asked executives within PepsiCo’s independent US bottling system for an assessment of the new PBNA to date. Here's what they had to say...

Gatorade SVP and GM Brett O’Brien gave BD an exclusive look this week at PepsiCo’s new Bolt24 hydration beverage (BD 5/21/19). The product will begin shipping in time for a July 10 launch tied to ABC’s ESPY athlete awards. Bolt24 is...

Dirty Lemon parent company Iris Nova is looking to expand its text-based “conversational commerce” distribution platform to outside brands. The company is negotiating distribution deals with at least two as-yet unnamed brands to be announced this year, Iris Nova CEO Zak Normandin told

    PepsiCo plans to launch an "all-natural" sports drink called Bolt24 that will debut in select....

Bang’s rapid market share gains this year have generated heated industry discussion about the fate of Monster and disruption within the energy category. Coca-Cola bottlers, meanwhile, are rolling out Monster’s answer, Reign. Since Reign’s late March debut, BD has spotted the product mostly in the convenience channel. Photos of cooler placements are from a Pilot outside Orlando, a QuikTrip outside Atlanta and a 7-Eleven in New Jersey. We also found a significant activation at ...

Bottler View. To get a broader view of the rollout on the ground, BD reached out to a number of Coca-Cola bottling system executives...

On April 10, a Delaware Superior Court judge released a redacted version of a lawsuit by Keurig Dr Pepper that claimed Bodyarmor wrongfully terminated a distribution agreement last year...

Last August, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated named Dave Katz president and COO. He spent 25 years preparing for the role. BD spoke to Katz about refranchising, competition with a reorganized PepsiCo beverages unit, methods to fuel revenue growth and even CBD.

The number of convenience stores (c-stores) in the U.S. fell by -1.1% last year, driven in large part by a decrease in single-store operators, according to statistics reported recently

Coke has expanded tests of a lower-calorie flagship Coca-Cola variant launched in Mexico in 2017 (BD 10/6/17). The product