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The owner of beverage development company Brain Twist has confirmed the sale of a new brand called “Respect” to Coke Consolidated, the country’s second-largest Coca-Cola Co.-affiliated bottler. The purchase of…

By John Craven, BevNET Editor The experiment is significant because it would provide in-store competition to fountain products manufactured by the Coca-Cola Co., which has been McDonald’s only source of…

A company that played a key role in the manufacture of self-heating coffee drinks licensed by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck has voluntarily recalled those products in cooperation with the U.S.…

The Coca-Cola Company has revealed that Wal-Mart may have been willing to produce its own sports drink under a private label if the soft drink giant had not switched its…

CORONA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–June 2, 2006–Hansen Natural Corporation (Nasdaq:HANS – News) today announced that its stockholders approved the two proposed amendments at the special meeting of stockholders held on June 1,…

CORONA, Calif., May 23, 2006 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Hansen Natural Corp. (HANS) today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Cadbury Bebidas, S.A. de C.V. for distribution of…

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by Matthew Kennedy, BevNET.com @@img1The rumors are getting louder that the annual Food Marketing Institute Show might soon move out of its traditional home base in Chicago, and go to…

The company that makes the “uncola” is accused of telling an untruth in a new marketing campaign that touts 7UP as “100% natural.” The nonprofit Center for Science in the…

Hansen Natural Corporation (Nasdaq:HANS) today reported record financial results, including sharp increases in sales and profits, for the first quarter ended March 31, 2006. Gross sales for the first quarter…

Hansen Natural Corporation (Nasdaq:HANS) and Anheuser-Busch Inc. (NYSE:BUD) today announced they have concluded agreements following which certain Anheuser-Busch wholesalers will become distributors of Hansen’s Monster Energy(R) and Lost(R) Energy(TM) drinks,…

PepsiCo has agreed to change the label and cap on its new enhanced water brand as part of a settlement agreement with Glaceau, which had sued because Life Water’s packaging…

The judge in Glaceau’s suit vs. PepsiCo’s Vitaminwater imitator Life Water warned the defendants to agree to redesign their label or risk her issuing temporary restraining order, according to beverage…

NEW YORK (AP) The nation’s largest beverage distributors have agreed to halt nearly all soda sales to public schools, according to a deal announced Wednesday by the William J. Clinton…