Starbuck’s Turning Japanese
Seattle, Wash. — Starbuck’s Corporation announced today that it will enter the ready-to-drink coffee category in Japan and Taiwan. The combined ready-to-drink market in these countries represents more than U.S.…
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7UP Creates Flight Buzz
Famed astronaut Buzz Aldrin announced today that the next time you reach UP for a can of Diet 7UP, newly reformulated with SPLENDA(R) Brand Sweetener, you could be reaching for…
COCA-COLA NORTH AMERICA ANNOUNCES FRESCA MAKEOVER
Two New Line Extensions To Accompany New Look For Venerable Brand ATLANTA, May 25, 2005 – Coca-Cola North America today announced a makeover for its Fresca brand along with two…
ZoTa Zeroing?
Burlington, VT – Green Tea soda company ZoTa Soda is trying to come up with a way to stay afloat. “We’re in the middle of restructuring right now,” said Andrew…
Coke faces Bicoastal Strike
ATLANTA — Just in time for the all-important summer season, workers at Coca-Cola Enterprise plants in California and Connecticut went on strike Monday, the Associated Press has reported. The 2000…
NESTEA DEBUTS INNOVATIVE READY-TO-DRINK TEA WITH REFRESHING COOLING INGREDIENT
ATLANTA, NESTEA announced that it will introduce in June its newest ready-to-drink iced tea product in the United States – NESTEA ICET. An exciting new addition to the NESTEA family,…
Cheerwine Gets a Toehold
SALISBURY, N.C. –Twenty years ago, the last big expansion thrust by the makers of one of North Carolina’s favorite homegrown soft drinks, Cheerwine, fizzled miserably. It wasn’t so much because…
Interstate Wine Shipments Legal
WASHINGTON – Wine lovers can’t be barred from shipping home bottles purchased from out-of-state vineyards they visit in person or on the Internet, the Supreme Court said Monday in a…
BevNET Company Spotlight: Honest Tea Brews Up Explosive New Growth in Mainstream Channels
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The Prince of Beverages: Springtime for hopefuls
@@img1 THE PRINCE OF BEVERAGES By Greg W. Prince The rookies have returned to Port St. Lucie and other baseball spring training sites. It’s an annual ritual of late winter,…
The Prince of Beverages: The monkeys were to howl for
@@img1 THE PRINCE OF BEVERAGES By Greg W. Prince It was reported a couple of days after the fact that Donovan McNabb was not feeling well during the Super Bowl.…
The Prince of Beverages: Carnac the Bevnificent
@@img1THE PRINCE OF BEVERAGES By Greg W. Prince “Canada Dry.” Canada Dry. “Describe Canada after Paris Hilton visits for the weekend.” “Welch’s, a trapezoid and Ashlee Simpson’s worst nightmare.” Welch’s,…
The Prince of Beverages: You gotta have cart
@@img1 THE PRINCE OF BEVERAGES By Greg W. Prince Sometimes you read something and all you can do is stare at it blankly. I experienced this non-sensation recently when the…
The Prince of Beverages: Nostalgia ain’t what it used to be
@@img1 By Greg W. Prince A year has ended. Such an occasion generally calls for a year-in-review. There was a time when I was the king (OK, the Prince) of…