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The best global beverage brands of 2020

By Rachel Arthur

Coca-Cola maintains its position in the top 10 in Interbrand’s Best Global Brands 2020 Report. But what are the other beverage brands making their mark this year?

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Brown-Forman invests in wind farm project

By Rachel Arthur

Brown-Forman, the company behind brands such as Jack Daniel’s, Woodford Reserve and BenRiach, has agreed to purchase 30 megawatts of electricity per year from Solomon Forks Wind Project in Kansas, US.

It's been an action-packed year for the beverage world. Here are some of the highlights. (Pic:iStock/marekuliasz)

The year that was: Headlines of 2016

By Rachel Arthur

From mergers and acquisitions to innovations in packaging and flavors, we take a look back over some of the headlines of 2016. 

Best global beverage brands: Who joins Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Budweiser?

Best global beverage brands: Who joins Coca-Cola, Pepsi and Budweiser?

By Rachel Arthur

Coca-Cola has taken the #3 spot in Interbrand’s annual Best Global Brands Report, which identifies the most valuable brands across the world. Pepsi, Budweiser, and Nescafé also feature in the top 100, alongside seven other well-known beverage brands. 

Top 5 most valuable worldwide whiskey brands

Top 5 most valuable worldwide whiskey brands

By Hal Conick

Top whiskeys are usually discussed as the top volume sellers, but Spiros Malandrakis, senior alcoholic drinks analyst for Euromonitor, says this sometimes skews the results away from good, recognizable brands.

Caught in the headline headlights! Top 10 BeverageDaily.com stories of 2014

HAPPY CHRISTMAS 2014 FROM BEVERAGEDAILY.COM!

Caught in the headline headlights! Top 10 BeverageDaily.com stories of 2014

By Ben BOUCKLEY

As voted for by you the readers - effectively - and checked by us on Google Analytics, here are our Top 10 most read news stories of 2014 – from Constellation Brands attracting the ire of craft brewers to Dr Pepper’s stevia trials.

Capri Sun success alerts US brands to ‘untapped’ pouch potential

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Capri Sun success alerts US brands to ‘untapped’ pouch potential

By Ben BOUCKLEY

Capri Sun’s runaway success in North America for Kraft Foods is alerting other beverage brands to the potential stand-up pouches offer, while machine line speeds are increasing all the time.

Liquid profit: Coca-Cola Enterprises CEO tops drinks rich list

Liquid profit: Coca-Cola Enterprises CEO tops US drinks rich list

By Ben BOUCKLEY

As we await the latest Forbes league tables listing US executive pay, we look back at the 2012 list that saw Coca-Cola Enterprises CEO John Brock take the laurels as top 2011 drinks earner, trumping Muhtar Kent and PepiCo chief Indra Nooyi, though neither...

Diageo faces struggle to make United Spirits pay: Analyst

Diageo faces struggle to make United Spirits pay: Analyst

By Ben BOUCKLEY

The potential upsides in Diageo’s potential acquisition of a majority stake in India's United Spirits (USL) are clear but achieving acceptable profitability from the business may be tricky, according to one analyst.