Review: Liquid Energizer
Liquid Energizer is a new line of energy drinks that’s been launched on the West Coast. It is designed to offer a balance of flavor selection, low retail price, and…
PepsiCo Files Suit Against PBG and its Board
PURCHASE, N.Y., May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) announced today that it has filed suit in Delaware against the Pepsi Bottling Group (NYSE: PBG) and certain of its directors.…
Review: Bossa Nova: New Packaging/Flavors
A lot has happened to Bossa Nova since it first came on the scene a few years back, including new flavors, new management, and, most recently, new branding under the…
VPX appeals Muscle Power ruling
VPX filed an appeal Friday of the injunction against its Muscle Power protein drink given to them this week by a federal judge. The judge ruled that Muscle Power’s name…
CytoSport injunction halts VPX’s Muscle Power
A federal judge has barred VPX Sports from making, selling or marketing its Muscle Power protein drink because its appearance is too similar to that of a competing product. In…
CytoSport Secures Preliminary Court-Ordered Injunction of Muscle Power Due to Infringement of Muscle Milk Trademark
On Wednesday, May 6th in Sacramento, CA, a Federal Court issued an order requiring Vital Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (VPX) to immediately remove Muscle Power from the marketplace after concluding that the…
PepsiAmericas Determines PepsiCo Proposal Not Acceptable
MINNEAPOLIS–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PepsiAmericas, Inc. (NYSE:PAS) today announced that it has informed PepsiCo that its Board of Directors, based on the recommendation of the Transactions Committee, comprised of all eight independent directors…
Review: Dry Soda: Cucumber
Dry Soda’s latest flavor is “Cucumber,” a mellow flavored soda that has only 45 calories. And, of course, it comes in Dry Soda’s distinctive 12 ounce glass bottle.…
BevNET Live Conference – Sold Out; Updated Agenda Available
All seats for the upcoming BevNET Live Entrepreneur and Innovation Conference have sold out. The event, which will be held May 14, 2009 at the Jumeirah Essex House in New…
Review: Inko’s White Tea with Lemon
The latest flavor from Inko’s is “White Tea with Lemon.” Blending lemon extract with a premium base of white tea makes for a very mainstream and enjoyable product.…
Diet sodas prevent kidney stones
Soda, which has been demonized in the public health debate for everything from containing too much sugar to containing artificial sweeteners rumored to cause cancer, recently received an unexpected public…
The Pepsi Bottling Group Rejects PepsiCo Acquisition Proposal
SOMERS, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (NYSE: PBG) today announced that its Board of Directors has rejected as grossly inadequate a proposal by PepsiCo (NYSE: PEP) to acquire all…
Review: Numi Organic Tea
Since 1999, Numi Tea has been a purveyor of high quality leaf teas. Now they’ve entered the ready to drink market, with their new line of “Numi Organic Teas.” Features…
Coca-Cola fires back on Powerade suit
Coca-Cola fired back this week on a PepsiCo suit objecting to advertisements for Powerade ION4 by claiming that Coca-Cola had done nothing wrong – or, at least, that it hadn’t…