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  • April 3, 2025

    Opening Thoughts: The Amalfi Coast

    My wife and I got away late last month for a vacation to Southern Italy’s Amalfi Coast. I was taking some time off but couldn’t help making a few casual beverage observations.

    First, when it comes to carbonated soft drinks, Coca-Cola appears to dominate the region. From the small local market near our Airbnb rental in tiny Conca dei Marini, to the trendy restaurants in mid-size Sorrento, there was always a Coke for sale. We didn’t stumble on a Pepsi until we hit a market in the much larger city of Naples.

    While this was no formal survey, the disparity actually makes sense to me, knowing something about Coca-Cola’s and PepsiCo’s global strategies. PepsiCo’s global beverage expansion strategy has historically focused...

  • March 11, 2025

    Future Smarts ’24 Rewind: Highlights From Coke, PepsiCo, Keurig Dr Pepper

    Beverage Digest hosted its annual Future Smarts conference last December in New York City. The day’s lineup of speakers included leaders from three of the largest US beverage companies — Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Keurig Dr Pepper. The executives sat for interviews on stage with Beverage Digest Editor & Publisher Duane Stanford. Here are highlights as the speakers looked ahead to 2025...

  • February 4, 2025

    Noteworthy Launches: Suja Slice, Celsius Hydration, Coke Orange Cream, Pepsi Wild Cherry and Cream, La Colombe, Sparkling Ice, Dr Pepper Cherry Crush

    As promised, Suja Life has relaunched former PepsiCo brand Slice as a functional “healthy” soda with prebiotics and probiotics. Suja enters a gut soda market lead by brands such as Olipop and Poppi and replete with incoming competition. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo also are expected to enter the segment this year. Launched by PepsiCo in 1984 as a fruit flavored soda with 10% juice, Slice was...

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  • February 4, 2025

    Coca-Cola Concentrates to Bottlers Up +4.0% for 2025. Pepsi, Dr Pepper Up +3.5%

  • November 25, 2024

    Coke System Meeting: North America Bottlers Look ‘Above and Beyond’ For 2025

  • October 3, 2024

    Store Brand Soda Volume Down in First-Half Retail Results

  • September 5, 2024

    Opening Thoughts: September 5, 2024

  • July 31, 2024

    Opening Thoughts: July 31, 2024

  • June 20, 2024

    Noteworthy Launches: June 20, 2024

  • June 6, 2024

    Territory Changes and Deals: Atlantic Coke, Suja Life, Cheerwine, Coke Africa, Clinton's Ditch Coop, Hop Wtr, Novelis, and More

  • June 6, 2024

    CSD Volume Decline Abates at U.S. Retail. Pricing, Dollar Growth Slowed

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    May 23, 2024

    2023 All-Channel Results: LRB Dollars Rose. Volume Fell. Dr Pepper Edges Out Pepsi-Cola as No. 2 CSD Brand

  • May 23, 2024

    Opening Thoughts: May 23, 2024

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