Beverages: Page 2

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    How Olipop is sweetening the PTO deal for employees

    The better-for-you soda maker wants to send the message “that our unlimited PTO is not just for show,” CEO Ben Goodwin said.

    By Caroline Colvin • July 29, 2025
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    PepsiCo to end manufacturing at Detroit plant

    The beverage maker is set to lay off 83 workers at the facility, which will stop production, maintenance and transport operations on Sept. 27.

    By • July 24, 2025
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    Mergers and acquisitions

    Declining sales and slowing consumption have more companies divesting brands, opening the door for smaller players and private equity firms to expand their portfolios.  

    By Food Dive staff
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    Coca-Cola to sell cane sugar version of its signature cola in US

    The announcement comes a week after President Donald Trump claimed he persuaded the beverage giant to replace high fructose corn syrup in its sodas.

    By • July 22, 2025
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    PepsiCo launching prebiotic versions of its namesake soda

    The colas will debut online this fall and in stores next year as the beverage giant aims to attract health-conscious consumers back to its Pepsi brand.

    By • July 21, 2025
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    Liquid Death to launch energy drinks, entering $23B category

    With the release of Sparkling Energy, the edgy brand known for its tagline “Murder your thirst” will expand into its fourth beverage segment.

    By • July 21, 2025
  • Snacking brands made by PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division on a grocery store shelf in Washington, D.C.
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    PepsiCo to launch Cheetos and Doritos versions without artificial colors, flavors

    The snacking and beverage giant also plans to rebrand Lay’s and Tostitos to highlight a simple ingredient list and a lack of synthetic additives.

    By • July 18, 2025
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    Trump says Coca-Cola to use cane sugar in namesake beverage

    The soda giant stopped short of confirming the president’s claim, noting only that new innovations “will be shared soon.”

    By • July 17, 2025
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    Smirnoff owner Diageo splits with CEO

    Debra Crew's departure after two years comes as the beer and spirits giant battles tariffs and declining alcohol consumption.

    By • July 16, 2025
  • Several glossy maraschino cherries with stems
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    FDA approves natural blue color, urges accelerated phaseout of synthetic red dye

    The White House asked companies to remove Red No. 3, an artificial color in candy and cereal, sooner than the 2027 deadline put in place by the Biden administration.

    By • July 14, 2025
  • Hometown Food Company launched Funfetti Donut Mix
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    Q&A

    Inside the private equity firm giving new life to Chef Boyardee, Pillsbury

    Brynwood Partners purchases well-known brands that have fallen out of favor with large CPG manufacturers, then boosts marketing and innovation to rejuvenate sales, says CEO Henk Hartong.

    By • July 14, 2025
  • A package of Cinnamon Toast Crunch Hormel Black Label Bacon Flavored Cereal
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    Leftovers: Cinnamon Toast Crunch fries up bacon cereal | Welch’s fruit snacks get juicy

    The popular cereal brand teamed with Hormel on a cinnamon and bacon flavored offering, while Powerade puckers up with an extra sour sports drink.

    By Food Dive staff • July 11, 2025
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    Monster Energy execs purchase Thrifty ice cream business

    A holding company, linked to Hilton Schlosberg and Rodney Sacks, paid $19.2 million for the Rite Aid-owned brand and a healthcare business.

    By • July 9, 2025
  • Non-alcoholic spirits from Undone.
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    The nonalcoholic spirits segment is blowing up and getting better

    As the zero alcohol market continues its upward trajectory, products are improving in standalone quality and variety.

    By Amanda Schuster • July 9, 2025
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    Olipop doubles down on health claims as Pepsi, Coke enter better-for-you soda space

    New nutritional studies validate the benefits of the popular beverage while providing another way to differentiate the drink from its competitors, according to the company’s CEO.

    By • July 8, 2025
  • Packages of Dunkin' Donuts and Folgers coffee are displayed on a shelf at a grocery store.
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    JM Smucker plans tariff-driven price hike for coffee

    The Folgers and Café Bustelo owner said duties add to “record high costs for the commodity.” 

    By Antone Gonsalves • June 30, 2025
  • Crystal Farms' Dill Pickle shredded cheese
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    Leftovers: Crystal Farms launches dill pickle shredded cheese | Peroni puts Italian Ice on tap

    The beer brand is entering the frozen aisle, while Oreo brings back its blueberry pie flavor after eight years.

    By Food Dive staff • June 27, 2025
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    Nestlé vows to eliminate use of synthetic colors in US by mid-2026

    The Hot Pockets maker joins General Mills and Kraft Heinz in pledging to remove artificial dyes from its portfolio amid pressure from the Trump administration.

    By • June 25, 2025
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    Jones Soda sells cannabis business for $3M

    The divestiture of its Mary Jones brand will allow the company to focus on other categories, such as alcohol and functional beverages.

    By • June 24, 2025
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    Deep Dive

    Back from the dead: Once discontinued brands get another chance

    Slice, Hydrox and Odwalla are back on the market several years after they left, often with modernized changes aimed at attracting new consumers without alienating nostalgic shoppers.

    By • June 23, 2025
  • Flavors of Bud Light Seltzer
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    Anheuser-Busch invests $17M in Houston brewery

    The beer giant has spent $2 billion during the last five years on its manufacturing network despite a slowdown in consumption.

    By • June 20, 2025
  • Cartons of water with Boxed Water is Better branding are next to glass and plastic water bottles in a store cooler.
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    Boxed Water to change packaging sustainability claims after watchdog report

    The brand will tweak claims, including that it is “better than plastic,” following a review from a nonprofit that evaluates truth in advertising. 

    By Katie Pyzyk • June 20, 2025
  • Bottles of International Delight.
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    Danone spends $65M to increase coffee and creamer production

    The International Delight and STōK Cold Brew Coffee maker is expanding a Florida manufacturing plant and investing in a distribution center to help supply products to the Southeastern U.S.

    By • June 17, 2025
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    Kraft Heinz to remove artificial colors in US products by end of 2027

    The Jell-O and Crystal Light maker estimated nearly 90% of its American portfolio by net sales are already free of synthetic dyes.

    By • June 17, 2025
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    Tilray wants to light up US market for hemp-derived drinks

    As traditional cannabis and alcohol sales slow, the company is marketing beverages with low THC as a way to help consumers unwind without getting drunk or high.

    By • June 17, 2025
  • A mockup of a Pepsi billboard standing in front of a similar one from rival Coke
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    Pepsi parodies ‘Share a Coke’ after rival resurrects iconic campaign

    New Pepsi packaging and ads take Coke’s concept but swap out names on bottles for food pairings relevant to the summer cookout season.

    By Peter Adams • June 12, 2025