Suja (#2), Bai (#13) Land Forbes’ Top 100 Most Promising Companies of 2015
Suja and Bai took to their Twitter accounts Thursday to celebrate their inclusion on list saying they were “thrilled’ to be featured.
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Press Clips: Pepsi Spoils a Gronkowski Gathering; Wendy’s Removes Soda from Kids’ Meals
In this week's press clips, Pepsi spoils a Gronkowski gathering, Wendy's pulls soda from its kids meals, and Soylent raises $20 million in financing round.
PepsiCo Infuses Coconut Water Into New Kickstart Varieties
The launch of the new beverages is not entirely unexpected. In November, PepsiCo chief marketing officer Simon Lowden told The Street that the company would be adding coconut water as an ingredient across several of its brands, though Mountain Dew was the only one named at the time.
FDA Warns NYSW On Manufacturing, Marketing of VBlast
The FDA indicated that NYSW’s labeling of VBlast products as liquid dietary supplements is contentious because the company represents them as beverages by using the words “water” and “punch” in product descriptions.
Jones Soda Founder Peter van Stolk Launches ‘The Juice Box’
Before he was selling soda, Peter van Stolk was slinging freshly-squeezed juices out of his truck in Edmonton. 30 years later the Jones Soda founder’s latest venture is bringing him back to his roots.
Press Clips: Big Soda Embraces Small; Juice Startup Looks to Raise $120 Million
Coke and Pepsi are making their smaller sizes more widely available and increasing marketing efforts on behalf of their mini-cans.
Wells Fargo Securities Downgrades Monster Stock
Despite Monster Beverage’s return to double-digit growth in dollar sales in the four-week period ending 12/20/14, analysts aren’t sold that the company can keep it up in 2015.
Distribution Roundup: Big Geyser and Glaceau Split, Whole Foods Welcomes KonaRed and Sipp
2015 kicked off with big news from New York beverage distribution heavyweight Big Geyser, which informed suppliers that the company had requested a buyout of its contract with Glaceau from Coca-Cola.
HPP Association in the Works
With new companies emerging everyday utilizing the technology, High Pressure Processing continues to look more and more like the future of food and beverage pasteurization.
Press Clips: Bone Broth is Back; Coke and USA Technologies Make Up
Bone broth may have debuted during prehistoric times but apparently it’s now coming back in a big way. The New York Times recently profiled the drink, which has become particularly appealing to those involved in another popular trend, the Paleo Diet.
Dr Pepper Snapple Group and Keurig Partner for Launch of Keurig Cold
Today Keurig announced that it has reached a multi-year agreement with Dr Pepper Snapple Group that will give the company exclusive rights to produce single-serve pods for brands in DPSG’s portfolio.
Declining Gas Prices Boost Beverage Sales in C-Stores
Dollar sales of carbonated soft drinks (CSD) were up 3.6 percent in the U.S. C-store channel in the four-week period ending on December 2014.
Big Geyser to Drop Glaceau Brands
Big Geyser, which has been responsible for much of the success of Glaceau in New York, will cease to carry Glaceau products by March.
Press Clips: Coke Makes Cuts, PepsiCo Launches ‘Drinkfinity’
Coca-Cola Co. is cutting at least 1,000 to 2,000 jobs worldwide, according to the Wall Street Journal. The cuts come as part of a $3 billion cost-cutting plan that the company announced in October, a response to widespread declining soda sales.