In the US, PepsiCo is to launch Diet Pepsi in new slimline cans to boost appeal with the brand’s core female market.
In North America, companies including Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, Dr Pepper Snapple Group and Nestlé Waters North America sign up to the Clear on Calories initiative to display calorie information on the front of beverages.
Kraft Foods posts a 30% increase in Q4 2010 net revenues to US$13.8bn, with operating income up 2.2% to US$1.2bn, boosted by the acquisition of Cadbury.
Swedish probiotics firm BioGaia records a 16% increase in FY 2010 net sales to SEK236m, with operating profit rising 18% to SEK56.3m.
18 top speakers at UK Soft Drinks Industry Conference on 12-13 April 2011 in Leeds. www.zenithinternational.com/events.
Coca-Cola Company partners with HJ Heinz to allow Heinz to use Coca-Cola`s sustainable packaging material PlantBottle for its ketchup bottles.
Britvic warns that its operating profit margin will be heavily impacted by soaring raw material costs including PET, steel and sugar.
South African group Tiger Brands is to acquire South African powdered beverage company Davita Trading for an estimated Rand 1.3bn.
Coca-Cola Company extends its partnership with the National Basketball Association (NBA) to 2014, with the Sprite brand becoming the global lead partner brand.
Coca-Cola Company denies reports that the closely guarded formula for the Coca-Cola brand has been uncovered.
Nestlé reports 6.2% organic growth in FY 2010 group sales to CHF109.7bn, with the Nestlé Waters division seeing 4.4% organic sales growth to CHF9.1bn – Web 17.2.11
In the US, PepsiCo announces plans to repackage its Tropicana Pure Premium brand in clear plastic bottles instead of cartons, after the successful launch of Trop50 in bottles.
Danone announces plans to increase the price of its consumer goods in France by 2-2.5% during 2011 in light of rising raw material costs.
In the UK, Kraft Food’s Cadbury is cutting the size of its Dairy Milk bar and is blaming ‘economic reasons’ for the decision to downsize. Kraft Foods says other products are affected as well.
Kettle Chips Jalapeño Chilli come in 150g sharing bags and are available in UK supermarkets. The new seasoning includes real Jalapeño Chillies that have been crushed and dried.
The U.S. Department of Energy has issued rules related to the testing of energy consumption for refrigerated beverage vending machines, according to a news bulletin from the National Automatic Merchandising Association.
In the US, Kraft Foods is launching MiO, a zero-calorie line of concentrated liquid flavourings designed to be mixed into water.
