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Attitude Drinks buys Slammers, Blenders names

PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Attitude Drinks Incorporated, a beverage brand development and marketing company, announced today the acquisition of a portfolio of intellectual properties previously owned…

Tazo Tea Joins Pepsi/Lipton Partnership

SEATTLE, PURCHASE, N.Y. and ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J. – August 19, 2008 – Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX), PepsiCo, Inc. (NYSE: PEP) and Unilever (NYSE: UN, UL) today announced a licensing…

Researchers find Red Bull may raise stroke risk

Australian researchers discovered that Red Bull could be hazardous to your health – in a new way this time. Just one can of sugar-free Red Bull, according to the researchers,…

Coca-Cola Consolidated prices, profits up

Coca-Cola Consolidated announced a 30 percent jump in its second quarter profits compared to last year, with net income climbing from $11.7 million to $15.2 million. During the same period,…

Distributor to acquire SOCKO energy drink maker

LAS VEGAS, NV, Aug 05, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) — Marshall Holdings International, Inc. announces its intentions to acquire Vitality Beverage, the parent company of the “SOCKO” energy drink.…

July beverage growth small despite discounts

Soft drink volumes climbed 1-2 percent in July despite heavy discount promotions, according to Alton Stump, an analyst with Longbow Research. Coke and Pepsi continued 24-pack discount promotions from June…

PepsiCo jumps ahead in stevia battle

Over the past several years, Coca-Cola regularly made press announcements about its partnership with Cargill, and their joint “Truvia” stevia-based sweetener. The gist of those announcements boiled down to “it’s…

Houchens Industries, Inc. Acquires Tampico Beverages, Inc.

Jimmie Gipson, Chairman, and Spencer Coates, President, of Houchens Industries, Inc. announced today the closing of the acquisition of Tampico Beverages, Inc., headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Houchens Industries, Inc. is…

Pepsi Americas to change ‘every package we have’

Pepsi Americas Chairman and CEO Bob Pohlad declared at a second quarter earnings call Tuesday that the company needs to change “every package we have today.” The packages, he said,…

Icelandic’s Olafsson: I Paid Taxes

A day late and a dollar already paid. That’s the gist of Icelandic Water Holdings Chairman Jon Olafsson’s filed response to tax evasion charges filed against him by Icelandic authorities…