Cadbury Drink Sale Delayed
Cadbury Schweppes PLC has extended the bidding on the sale of its beverage brands in the face of last week’s tumultuous debt market problems. The beverage and candy maker had…
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PepsiCo Still on the Hunt
PepsiCo might still be interested in acquiring more beverage companies, according to CEO Indra Nooyi. After sitting still for nearly a year following its acquisitions of Naked Juice and Izze,…
Cott Reports Q2 Results
· Reported earnings per share of $0.07 · $9.1 million in restructuring and other charges for the new customer development & solutions teams and office consolidation · Gross margin of…
The Coca-Cola Company Reports Second Quarter and Half Year 2007
• Second quarter reported EPS increased 3 percent to $0.80; up 15 percent to $0.85, after considering items impacting comparability. • Second quarter net revenue growth of 19 percent on…
Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages Acquires Southeast-Atlantic Beverage Corp. (SEABEV);
PLANO, Texas, July 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages (CSAB) today announced it has acquired Southeast-Atlantic Beverage Corp. (SEABEV), a leading independent bottling and distribution company based in Jacksonville,…
Summer 2007 Fancy Food Recap
View the Photo Gallery @@img1 The 2007 Summer Fancy Food Show took place at the Javits Center in Manhattan from July 8-10. This annual event is focused on retailers and…
Cola Wars: Coke Races Past Pepsi At Daytona
ATLANTA – The Coca-Cola Co. will take over exclusive soft drink and water marketing and pouring rights at 10 racetracks served by rival Pepsi by 2012 under a multimillion dollar…
High Fructose Fun: Snapple Sued
Add Snapple to the growing list of beverages being targeted by consumer activists over the use of High Fructose Corn Syrup. A lawsuit filed this week in federal court seeks…
Coke to Snap up Snapple?
As private equity groups circle the Cadbury Schweppes soft drink portfolio, the Coca-Cola Co. is considering trying to grab a well-known Cadbury brand for itself. Coke Chairman and CEO E.…
Freek Freed By Feds
The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday reversed a preliminary injunction that had prevented National Beverage Corp. from selling its Freek energy drinks, dealing a blow to rival…
2007 Summer Fancy Food Show Planner
DOWNLOAD SHOW PLANNER @@img1 It’s time for the NASFT’s annual Summer Fancy Food show, held at the Javitts Center in New York City. BevNET.com will, as always, be on hand…
Diet Pepsi MAX: “Wake Up, People!”
@@img1PURCHASE, NY – June 2007 – Americans are tired of being tired. According to a new survey commissioned by Diet Pepsi MAX, an invigorating zero-calorie cola with ginseng and more…
2007 World Tea Expo Recap
by John Craven and Matt Kennedy, BevNET Editors View the Photo Gallery More than 300 exhibitors and 5,000 buyers gathered in Atlanta at the Georgia World Congress Center, June 9-11,…
National Beverage Adds ‘FIZZ’ to NASDAQ
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–National Beverage Corp. (NASDAQ:FIZZ) has completed its previously announced move to the NASDAQ Global Select Market, with trading commencing yesterday under the ticker symbol FIZZ. Existing shareholders…