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  • 1 lead web
    July 25, 2023

    Dueling Alcohol Models

    What’s better: a Blue Cloud, or a Red Tree?

    For the past decade, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have diverged in the US when it comes to soft drink distribution strategy. Coke owns no soda distribution operations, leaving that in recent years to independent franchised bottlers. On the other hand, PepsiCo owns and operates most of its US bottling distribution system. Now that both companies are seeking a growth path through alcoholic beverages, their strategies in the US have diverged once again.

    As you’ll read in today’s issue, PepsiCo is going all-in on the distribution of alcoholic beverages such as Hard Mtn Dew with its Blue Cloud Distribution subsidiary. The company appears...

  • 1 lead v2
    June 20, 2023

    Sources: Bang Energy Bankruptcy Sale Down to Monster, One Other Bidder

    The sale process for bankrupt Bang Energy may finally be headed for a conclusion in late June after a two month delay. A bankruptcy judge in Florida has set a sale hearing date for June 30 to approve a winning bidder. That hearing date could yet be pushed back, however. According to BD sources, remaining bidders are...

  • 2 lead
    April 19, 2023

    Buffalo Rock Latest Pepsi Bottler Eyeing Alcohol Distribution

    Buffalo Rock President and CEO Matthew Dent said the Birmingham-based Pepsi bottler intends to distribute alcohol in the three states where...
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    March 2, 2023

    Coke and Pepsi Bottlers Look Ahead: See Return to Single-Digit Pricing Increases

  • February 1, 2023

    Pepsi Buffalo Rock Adds Counties to Landmark KDP Distribution Agreement

  • 1 lead
    January 12, 2023

    Beverages Executives, Stock Analysts Optimistic About CSD Pricing Growth in 2023

  • 1 lead full
    December 19, 2022

    PepsiCo Bottler to Piggyback Hard Mtn Dew on Soda Trucks

  • October 11, 2022

    Court Filing: Bang Energy Creditors Include Monster, PepsiCo, KDP, 7-Eleven, Target, Various Suppliers

  • October 2, 2022

    NACS Show Product News

  • September 22, 2022

    Blue Cloud Distribution GM Says, ‘We’re in This for the Long Haul.’

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    September 15, 2022

    PepsiCo-Owned Blue Cloud Distribution GM Says, ‘We’re in This for the Long Haul.’

  • 4 fast twitch
    September 7, 2022

    PepsiCo’s Gatorade to Launch 200mg Caffeinated Energy Drink for Athletes

  • September 7, 2022

    Celsius CEO Sees Cold Drink, Foodservice, C-Store Upside With PepsiCo as Partner

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