JAB Holding Co’s audacious effort to build a food-and-beverage empire, which already includes Krispy Kreme Doughnuts and Caribou Coffee, has taken a surprise turn into soft drinks.
When Diet Coke debuted in 1982, it was aimed at a maturing baby boomer generation seeking a substitute for the sugar-filled sodas of their youth. Now, as similarly sugar-averse millennials take the reins as the country’s top consumer cohort, Diet Coke is seeking to connect with the new generation via its largest redesign effort to date.
Waitrose has become the first UK supermarket to ban sales of energy drinks to under-16s, amid concerns about high levels of sugar and caffeine and their impact on children’s health and behaviour.
The Japanese government has given a "gold label" to the soda Coca-Cola Plus, a designation meant to certify the drink's "health benefits".
Coca-Cola will launch a new Coke variant in selected markets in 2018 that's sweetened only with stevia - no sugar and zero calories and reportedly without the aftertaste problems that has put a major handbrake on the stevia journey.
Unilever is to buy the Tazo brand from Starbucks, a leading brand in the fast-growing specialty tea category in a deal worth $384-million.
Heading off on international travels? You might be in for a nasty shock when it comes to buying a round of drinks - but you'll be happy if you're headed to South Africa!
The $42-billion company behind Corona, Modelo, and Svedka is betting on marijuana’s national legalisation in the US, if not the world.
Coca-Cola is buying Topo Chico, the Mexican mineral water brand that has grown a cult following among Texas' hip beverage connoisseurs, and adding to its inventory of premium, healthier brands.
Coca-Cola has unveiled it’s most controversial flavour yet – it has mixed its imitable fizzy drink with pure coffee.
Nestlé has announced it has acquired a majority stake in California-based Blue Bottle Coffee as the Swiss conglomerate aims to bolster its presence in the high-end coffee market.
As it rolls out its new Gordon’s Pink Gin across the UK, Diageo has said it expects it to become a “massive” brand as the gin category continues to grow.
Unilever has bought UK organic herbal tea company, Pukka Herbs, for an undisclosed sum, boosting its organic and environmental credentials.
Nestlé is facing a lawsuit in the US alleging that its Poland Spring brand is “common groundwater” rather than spring water.
Coca-Cola is calling on the public via the crowdsourcing platform HeroX to develop a natural, low-to-no-calorie sweetener, but the compound must not contain, or be derived from, stevia or monk fruit.
As has been anticipated for some time, Coca-Cola in the US has announced that it would stop selling Coke Zero in the US in August, replacing it with a beverage with a different recipe, design, and name: Coca-Cola Zero Sugar.
Leading Australian supermarket, Woolworths, has made the shock announcement that it won’t be stocking Coca-Cola’s new No Sugar variant.
SodaStream International, which makes machines to carbonate tap water at home, is looking to acquire companies and beef up marketing in key countries to keep its turnaround going.
Coca-Cola is getting rid of Coke Zero, starting in Australia - or so the launch of a new sugar-free variant would indicate.
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