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Lemon Lemon sparkling drink

PepsiCo releases Lemon Lemon in time for summer

Sparkling lemonade available in US, Canada, Western Europe
May 3, 2017

With summer days just around the corner, Lemon Lemon, a new sparkling lemonade from Purchase, N.Y.-based PepsiCo Inc., is available in stores across the country, offering a refreshing way to enjoy the warmest months of the year. 


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Swire Coca-Cola finalizes refranchising from The Coca-Cola Co.

Company gains territories, facilities in Oregon
May 2, 2017

Swire Coca-Cola USA, Draper, Utah, announced the completion of refranchising of territories in Oregon from Atlanta-based The Coca-Cola Co. This refranchising includes the acquisition of four sales and distribution facilities and one production plant in the state. Swire Coca-Cola’s operation of the territories commenced April 29.


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Coca-Cola releases first quarter results

James Quincey to assume CEO role next week
April 25, 2017

Atlanta-based The Coca-Cola Co. reported first quarter 2017 operating results. For the quarter, net revenues declined 11 percent to $9.1 billion.


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Share a Coke 2017

Share a Coke campaign to return in May

Coca-Cola announces more names and includes Coca-Cola Life, Cherry Coke
April 18, 2017

Back by popular demand, Atlanta-based The Coca Cola Co.’s Coca-Cola brand is reintroducing its successful Share a Coke program under a new name — "Share an ICE COLD Coke.” "Share an ICE COLD Coke" bottles will hit shelves in May, the company says.


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Kristen Distributing Co.

2017 Soft Drink Report: What’s next for carbonated soft drinks?

Despite category’s decline, craft soda and ginger ale are bright spots
jessica Jacobsen
Jessica Jacobsen
April 10, 2017
Carbonated soft drinks (CSDs) have long been the top seller in the U.S. beverage market based on volume. Last month, however, New York-based Beverage Marketing Corporation (BMC) announced that U.S. volume sales of bottled water eclipsed CSDs in 2016, making it the No. 1 consumed packaged beverage. This shift followed more than a decade’s worth of single-digit volume declines for soft drinks.
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ABA’s Susan Neely honored for leadership, service

Neely named 2017 Trade Association CEO of the Year
April 6, 2017

CEO Update has named Susan K. Neely, president and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Washington, D.C.-based American Beverage Association (ABA), the 2017 Trade Association CEO of the Year, an annual award recognizing outstanding trade association executives. Neely received the award for her forward-thinking leadership as the head of the ABA and her dedication and service to the wider association community, the company says.


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Mtn Dew Label Series

Mountain Dew announces new Mtn Dew Label Series

Introduces Mtn Dew White Label, Mtn Dew Green Label
March 31, 2017

Following the success of Mtn Dew Black Label last year, Mountain Dew, a brand of Purchase, N.Y.-based PepsiCo Inc., is creating the Mtn Dew Label Series — a line of premium sodas from Dew with unique flavors and herbal and citrus bitters. The new line of bold, yet refined, beverages now includes the citrus-flavored Mtn Dew White Label and the apple-kiwi flavored Mtn Dew Green Label, the company says.


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DPS announces 2016 results

Net sales up 3 percent for the year
March 15, 2017

Plano, Texas-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) announced that reported net sales were up for the fourth quarter as well as the year.


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