Coca-Cola Amatil has signed a 28-year distribution agreement with Abro, the global brand owner of Rekorderlig Cider, which is the number one flavored cider in Australia.
A group of business leaders is urging the UK government to aim for net zero emissions by 2050, with Coca-Cola European Partners, Unilever and Danone among the signatories.
As the largest shareholder in Monster Beverage, Coca-Cola struck a non-competing deal with it when it comes to energy products. Now the two companies have a difference of opinion over Coke’s plans to release new energy drinks in 2019.
Coca-Cola Hellenic saw its no and low calorie sparkling beverages grow volumes 25.9% in the latest quarter, compared to 2.1% for full sugar variants, highlighting a shift towards lower calorie beverages.
Coca-Cola has been on an acquisition spree: buying coffee shop chain Costa, French fruit drink Tropico, and Australian kombucha Mojo; alongside minority investments in sports brand Bodyarmor and smoothie and juice company Made Group. So how will these...
Coca-Cola Australia has emphasised that its latest release, the coffee-cola combination Batch Blends, is designed for the 'adult palate', and is fully in line with its sugar reduction health targets.
The nationwide legalization of recreational cannabis in Canada went into effect last week, with many concerned about what the new market could do to beer, wine and liquor sales. But TABS Analytics’ 2018 BevAlc study found no reason start worrying--yet....
Canada is the second country in the world to legalise recreational marijuana after Uruguay, where adults can carry and share up to 30 grams of dried cannabis and operate up to four homegrown marijuana plants per household, in most provinces.
Coca-Cola Brazil has launched a line of Del Valle coconut water-juice blends and extended its Frut range to stretch business and align with consumer needs in a drawn-out economic crisis, its senior marketing manager says.
Sidel is seeing a growing demand for premiumization of packaging and said most customers want to develop ‘a premium execution of one of their packaging range’.
Chinese spirits company Kweichow Moutai has taken second place in the 2018 FutureBrand Index – an index that looks at the 'futureproof factor' of the world's top companies.
Coca-Cola Amatil and The Coca-Cola Company have announced a joint acquisition of a 45% minority interest in Australia’s Made Group, which is behind beverage and dairy brands such as Cocobella, Rokeby Farms, Impressed and NutrientWater.
Coca-Cola Amatil has officially opened a $165m AUD ($118m USD) expansion of its Richlands bottling and warehouse facility: its biggest manufacturing plant in Australia.
Indian juice company finds right formula as brands jockey to differentiate
“One rainy day, an August afternoon, when you had just come home from school, completely drenched. Tearing a page from your math notebook, you ran outside to make a tiny boat and launch it into the biggest puddle you could find! Mom would then call your...
The Coca-Cola Company has acquired Australia's Organic & Raw Trading Co., which is the producer of the MOJO brand of naturally fermented, live culture, organic kombucha beverages.
Coca-Cola India’ says its latest product launch Minute Maid Smoothie hits the buttons for three of its core initiatives: Expanding its Health and Wellness portfolio, boosting its Fruit Circular Economy concept and adhering to two-thirds product localisation.
The Coca-Cola Company wants to patent its character recognition app that uses artificial intelligence and relies on consumer input to scan reward codes as part of its product loyalty program.
The American Beverage Association (ABA) has appointed Katherine Lugar as CEO and president, effective later this year. She will replace Susan K. Neely, who served in the role for 13 years.
‘Coffee is a significant, on-trend, fast-growing and profitable category’
On Friday Coca-Cola announced its $5.1bn acquisition of Costa, one of the world’s largest coffee chains. CEO James Quincey reveals the rationale behind the acquisition – and Coca-Cola’s plans for the company in the future.
Coca-Cola: ‘The acquisition of Costa will give us a strong coffee platform’
Coca-Cola will acquire UK coffee brand Costa Coffee, giving the soft drinks giant a ‘strong coffee platform’ as it seeks to grow its presence in the market.
Coca-Cola Amatil has started a strategic review into growth options for SPC, an Australian processor of packaged fruit and vegetables, with a change in ownership, alliances or mergers on the cards.
Coca-Cola Singapore has launched a new line of low- or no-sugar ready-to-drink (RTD) teas called Authentic Tea House, as the firm continues its focus on reformulating products with lower sugar content.
Coca-Cola FEMSA is to sell back its 51% stake in Coca-Cola Philippines, after a tough period marked by labour unrest and the introduction of a sugar tax.
‘Even in the best companies, zombies exist side-by-side with rock stars’
Coca-Cola is on a mission to ‘kill the zombies’: products that - for whatever reason - simply haven’t taken off. So far this year it has identified 125 ‘underperforming SKUs for elimination’ in one region alone.
New product launches, good weather and the FIFA World Cup has helped Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company grow revenue 6.4% in the first half of the year.
As it seeks to respond to today’s sugar-wary consumers, Coca-Cola has been boosting the sugar-free varieties in its trademark Coke portfolio. And while critics might point to the potential confusion between brands (how many people know the difference...
Crown Holdings has scooped five awards at the 2018 International Metal Decorators Association (IMDA) Excellence in Quality Competition, including the event’s top prize, the Grand Award.
Coca-Cola Femsa - , the largest Coke franchise bottler in the world by sales volume – has acquired Uruguay’s Montevideo Refrescos from The Coca-Cola Company for US$250 million.
Production of Coca-Cola in the UK has been affected by a shortage of carbon dioxide with ‘temporary pauses on some production lines’. However, the company says has been no disruption to supply to date.
Coca-Cola and bottling partner Swire Group have opened a new production plant in Yunnan, China, adding another piece to the puzzle in the beverage giant’s China growth strategy.
Kantar Worldpanel highlights Sprite as a ‘top performer’ in its global rankings of the most chosen consumer brands, on the basis of its worldwide penetration and number of interactions with consumers. So what has Sprite done right in a shaky market for...
In 2017, 19% of new coffee launches around the world were iced, ready-to-drink products: illustrating demand for refreshing, indulgent products, according to Mintel.
Beverage giant Coca-Cola will invest US$1.2 billion in Argentina over the three year period 2019-2021 to upgrade existing facilities, and construct new production lines.
Coca-Cola India has launched two new drink categories — Enhanced Hydration and Nutritious Dilutables — as it seeks to enhance its range of more healthy and functional products.
Coca-Cola is driving innovation and experimentation across its business to bring new products to market and expand existing products into new markets. But that doesn’t mean experimentation for the sake of experimentation – products must connect with consumers,...
Britvic, Danone, Coca-Cola, Nestlé and PepsiCo are among more than 40 businesses that have pledged to reduce plastic packaging waste in the UK by 2025.
Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey acknowledges the UK sugar tax is likely to have ‘some impact’ on the company in the UK – particularly for classic Coca-Cola – but is optimistic that the industry is well prepared to minimize the impact of the levy.
