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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…

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…

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: 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: All the world’s a store

@@img1 By Greg W. Prince All the world’s a store, and all the men and women merely consumers. That’s the Shakespearean conclusion I’ve reached after reading The New York Times…

The Prince of Beverages: An empty bandwagon

@@img1 The Prince of Beverages By Greg W. Prince Previously on the Prince of Beverages: “The exit polls are coming! The exit polls are coming! Overcaffeinated political junkies nationwide are…

The Prince of Beverages: Beware early returns

@@img1 The Prince of Beverages By Greg W. Prince The exit polls are coming! The exit polls are coming! Overcaffeinated political junkies nationwide are salivating. After months of picking over…