Nestlé coffee giant Nespresso commits that every cup of Nespresso worldwide will be carbon neutral by 2022. In order to achieve this, it has initiatives in three key areas: reducing carbon emissions; planting trees in coffee farms; and investing in high-quality...
Heineken is testing new hard seltzer brand Pure Piraña in New Zealand and Mexico; while exploring the booming US market with Mexican hard seltzer Canijilla.
PepsiCo is launching Driftwell: a functional beverage containing L-theanine to promote relaxation. Representing PepsiCo’s fastest beverage brand ever to market, it was created through an internal idea pitch competition for employees.
Around 30 European companies, including Nestle and Unilever, have backed a joint statement issued in support of the European Green Deal laying out the region's ambitions to move towards net zero carbon emissions.
Constellation Brands has acquired Kentucky-based Copper & Kings American Brandy Company, a distillery which produces American brandy, absinthe, gin and Destillaré liqueurs.
For innovations to succeed they do not need to be perfect out of the gate, but they do need to offer a real benefit to companies, their consumers and their retailer and business partners at a scale that justifies the investment and risk, top executives...
Kirin and FANCL is set to release two new beverages in Japan this October, including one with a Food with Function (FFC) claim - their first such products since forming a business alliance last year.
CCEP Ventures has acquired a 25% stake in Innovative Tap Solutions (ITS): with the two companies working together to introduce the self-pour dispense technology in Western Europe.
Absolut will start trialling a paper bottle prototype in the UK and Sweden: aiming to ‘turn the spirits industry upside down with packaging that invokes real and long-lasting behavioral change’.
Japan’s Kirin Brewery will launch the country’s first zero-sugar beer this October, with ambitious plans to sell 1.2 million boxes or 150,000 hectoliters by the end of 2020.
