25 Aug PepsiCo’s sale of Tropicana: what it means for the future of the juice category
On 3 August 2021, PepsiCo announced the sale of its Tropicana and Naked fruit juice businesses - a giant change that's explored further here by Euromonitor.
12 Aug Coca-Cola trials packaging-free, self-pour, self-pay tech
Consumers of Coca-Cola in Spain can now self-pour and pay for drinks as part of a European-first trial of a beverage dispensing system
04 Aug PepsiCo bales out of juice in North America
PepsiCo has announced a deal to sell its Tropicana and other juice brands in North America to French private equity firm PAI Partners (PAI) for $3.3-billion.
28 Jul America’s taste for hard seltzer is suddenly starting to wane
The fast-growing market for hard seltzer is losing its fizz, tapering off as competition intensifies.
13 Jul US: Coca-Cola Zero Sugar gets a revamp
Coca-Cola Zero Sugar is rolling out with a new recipe and packaging in the US, with the product promising ‘an even more iconic Coke taste’.
27 Jun Better Juice raises $8m in seed funding
Better Juice, the first company to reduce all sugars from natural juices, is making further progress on the road to full commercialisation of its propitious technology.
17 Jun Ronaldo snub sees Coca-Cola market value fall by $4bn
Soccer super-star Cristiano Ronaldo's removal of two Coca-Cola bottles at a Euro 2020 news conference this week coincided with a $4bn drop in the market value of the American drink giant.
15 Jun Global beverage alcohol expected to gain +3% volume in 2021
Global beverage alcohol is showing positive signs of recovery, and is projected to grow in volume by +2.9% by the end of 2021. Some great insights from IWSR...
28 May Nestlé’s new pea-based ‘not milk’ alternative
Nestlé in Europe has launched Wunda, a new pea-based beverage that is 'epic in everything' that you would otherwise use milk for.
27 May Coca-Cola cans energy drink line in N America
In anther trimming of its portfolio, Coca-Cola will discontinue Coca-Cola Energy in North America, less than two years after it launched there.
05 May Space-aged wine expects to sell for small fortune
A bottle of French wine that orbited the Earth for more than a year has been put up for sale by Christie's - with an exorbitant price tag!
04 May Super-premium Nescafé instant coffees
Nestlé continues to take instant coffee to new heights, launching the Nescafé Gold Blend Roastery Collection, barista-style soluble coffees.
04 May Purple wine launches in Australia
An Australian winemaker has embraced nature's rarest colour and made a completely natural purple wine in a world first.
21 Apr How many CO2 bubbles in a glass of beer?
French scientists have been hard at work, cracking open the mystery of how many bubbles are in a glass of beer.
21 Apr Global revamp for Coca-Cola range as it sticks by unified pack strategy
Coca-Cola is globally rolling out revamped Coca-Cola, Diet Coke and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar packs, a design continuation of its ‘One Brand’ strategy, which it describes as “integral” to its marketing approach.
23 Mar Nestlé acquires Essentia, expands in premium functional water
Nestlé has underlined its focus on the premium end of the bottled water category with the acquisition of US ionized alkaline water producer, Essentia, the pioneer in alkaline water when it launched in 1998.
17 Mar UK: Baby formula in innovative new format
Here's some savvy innovation from Danone - the launch of the "first ever" formula milk in the UK to be sold in a pre-measured tab format.
17 Mar Oatly goes big in the UK
Swedish alt-milk brand Oatly, which is gearing up for a US stock market listing, has announced plans to open one of the world’s biggest plant-based dairy factories in the UK.
15 Mar US: PepsiCo backs cocktail culture craze
PepsiCo is making its first foray into the non-alcoholic cocktail mixers category with the launch of Neon Zebra, aimed at Gen Z and young Millennials (21-34-year olds) who like making cocktails at home, but are looking for more “fun and practical" mixers.
11 Feb Better Juice, GEA partner to disrupt global orange juice industry
Better Juice, the innovative sugar-reduction foodtech start-up, is joining forces with GEA Group, Germany, to scale up and expand its global footprint.