As we have noted in previous updates, NACS and other organizations holding trade shows in New Orleans have been in regular communication with the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau…
The NACS has issued a statement regarding the NACS 2005, which was scheduled to be held in New Orleans this October: “We are very sensitive to providing full, complete and…
WASHINGTON – In a speech on Wednesday at the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) annual meeting in Seattle, Susan K. Neely, president and chief executive officer of the American…
@@img1ST. LOUIS, MO – As contemporary adults across the country prepare to kick off a fresh week of happy hours and nights out on the town, Anheuser-Busch is kicking off…
Coca-Cola, Pepsi and the rest of the soft drink industry are considering a voluntary ban on carbonated soft drinks in elementary and middle schools and restrictions on sales in high…
Consumer activists and soda manufacturers are once again exchanging shots over the health impacts of certain beverages. Yesterday, claiming that sugary soft drinks are helping to bulk up the calorie…
NEW YORK, NY — The NASFT’s annual Summer Fancy Food show took place this week (July 10 – 12) at the Javits Center in NYC. The show featured a number…
NEW YORK — An attempt to raise the world’s largest ice pop in a city square ended with a scene straight out of a disaster film – but much stickier.…
There’s a lot of debate in the BevNET offices about this Coke line extension, mostly relating to the overall quality of Coke itself. That’s because in terms of its flavor…
Los Angeles, CA — The Los Angeles Unified School District has awarded one of the largest – and most competitive — beverage contracts in the country to Pepsi Bottling Group…
Greg Stroh, the heavy metal-loving co-founder of the growing Izze Beverage Co., resigned yesterday after the company hired consumer products veteran Peter Burns as its new vice president of sales.…
Los Angeles, CA — Life at Southern California’s Coca-Cola bottling plants and distribution centers returned to normal Monday after a Teamsters local voted to end its two-week strike. It ended…
Honest Tea, the best-selling brand of organic bottled tea, has launched a new line of organic citrus quenchers named Honest Ade. The first two varieties: Cranberry Lemonade and Limeade, were…
For Coke, it’s one up, one down when it comes to strikes at two key bottling plants. Workers at the Coca-Cola Enterprises plant in Hartford, CT voted on May 28…
