‘Energized’ Results for National Beverage Corp.
— 2006 fiscal earnings were $22.2 million or $.59 EPS on revenues of $516.8 million, while earnings for the prior year were $16.9 million or $.45 EPS on revenues of…
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Jones Soda Co. Announces Extension of Agreement with Target Corporation
Jones Soda Co. (the “Company” or “Jones”)(NASDAQ:JSDA) (TSX VENTURE:JSD), is pleased to announce that it has extended its licensing and distribution agreement with Target Corporation until December 31, 2006. Headquartered…
Ocean Spray and PepsiCo Form Strategic Alliance
@@img1LAKEVILLE, MA and PURCHASE, NY – July 13, 2006 – Ocean Spray and PepsiCo today announced a long-term strategic alliance in which Pepsi-Cola North America will market, bottle and distribute…
Summer Fancy Foods 2006 Recap
View the Photos >> NEW YORK, NY – JULY 11 2006 – The biggest beverage-related topic of discussion at this year’s NASFT Summer Fancy Food Show wasn’t a new product…
Snuffed! FDA Disses Nic Lite
Less than a year after the would-be nicotine replacement beverage applied for an exemption from regulation by the Food and Drug Administration as a drug, the agency turned it down.…
FBI Nabs 3 Over Coca-Cola Secrets
ATLANTA, Georgia July 6, 2006 – Three people have been arrested on charges of offering Coca-Cola secrets to rival Pepsi for $1.5 million, federal prosecutors have said. The FBI began…
Coke Gets Respect
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…
Is Coke Still It at McDonald’s?
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…
Latte Imbroglio Continues: Manufacturer Cooperates with FDA, Recalls Cans
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.…
Wal-Mart Threatened Coke
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…
Hansen Natural Stockholders Approve Company Proposals at Special Meeting
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,…
Hansen Natural Signs Mexican Distribution Agreement
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…
“Beverage Companies at the Cutting Edge” Call With JOHN EDWARD COCHRAN, President & COO of FIJI Water
@@imgJohn Edward Cochran President & COO of FIJI Water Will Talk With Us on: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 11:00AM EST Conference Call Information: Dial-In Domestic: 800-374-1467; Intl: 706-679-7445 Passcode: “HERZOG”…
FMI Show 2006 Recap
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…