Super Bowl sponsor PepsiCo is used to being in enemy territory. The last four Super Bowls were hosted by cities where Coca-Cola enjoys a market share lead in carbonated soft drinks, as the table below shows. While the same holds true this year for Super Bowl LIII, the stakes are even higher as Coke’s hometown Atlanta plays host. 

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BD’s Dec. 7 Future Smarts conference featured an interview with Kate Daly, executive director of Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy. Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Starbucks and McDonald’s are among 14 consumer product companies that have partnered with Closed Loop since 2015 to make recycling more viable. 

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In a Jan. 24 report, analysts at RBC Capital Markets compared the portfolios and social media data for Monster Beverage and Bang Energy. Bang gained attention from analysts last year as a potential threat to Monster’s core energy offerings (BD 10/26/18). 

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With all the promise and hype surrounding the emerging cannabis-infused beverage space, BD invited a pair of beverage executives to Future Smarts 2018 to discuss their work in the sector. 

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Coca-Cola has completed its acquisition of Nigerian juice and dairy company Chi Ltd., having first invested in the company three years ago  

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Bryan Welsh, most recently GM for the Pepsi-Starbucks North American Coffee Partnership, has been tapped as GM of SodaStream USA. PepsiCo purchased the maker of at-home sparkling water appliances on Dec. 5. Welsh will report to SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum, who continues to run the company following the acquisition. Read More

A San Francisco law requiring health warnings on sugar-sweetened drinks is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled yesterday. Read More