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Soda fan bids cans adieu

@@img1 The Prince of Beverages BY GREG W. PRINCE It is a staple of the post-World War II middle-aged American male mindset to complain that his mother threw away his…

Bevearges Abhor A Vacuum

THE PRINCE OF BEVERAGES By Greg W. Prince @@img1 “You just don’t drink a vodka gimlet after mowing the lawn-unless you’ve got a problem.” That line got a big laugh…

Coke & Pepsi’s Low-Carb Conundrum

by John Craven, BevNET.com Editor; [email protected] @@img1 Coke and Pepsi are getting into the low-carb / mid-calorie category this summer with C2 and Edge, respectively. The two beverage giants are…

BLUEBERRY MILK FOREVER

THE PRINCE OF BEVERAGES By Greg W. Prince @@img1 You know milk, right? You know its assets (builds strong bones), its limitations (don’t leave it out on the kitchen table…

New Coke at Nineteen: It’s Not News Anymore

@@img1 In a recent episode of The Sopranos, there was a subtle gag about a mob guy who’d gotten out of the can after being convicted in the mid-’80s. The…

A very Avery’s milestone

By Greg W. Prince What is it they say about living too long? Sooner or later, you’ll outlive everybody you knew. Geez, that’s kind of depressing, and that’s not the…

BevNET.com’s “Best of 2003” Awards

CAMBRIDGE, MA — 2003 was an interesting year for the soft drink industry. Sales of carbonated soft drinks were pretty flat in terms of growth, energy drinks boomed (to almost…

XO Energy Drink — In a word, XOlent!

@@img1 You might wonder, “Does the world really need another energy drink?” Well if the beverage in question is XO, then the answer is a resounding YES! As trends go,…