Jessica Jacobsen, editor of Beverage Industry, visits a range
of beverage companies for cover stories and facility tours, represents the magazine at trade shows and industry events, and works with the Beverage Industry team to determine the content and direction of the magazine and its online components.
Cudzik patented his idea in 1975 and by 1976, a majority
of beverage companies adapted the new can design.
Previously, he worked at Price Waterhouse & Co. (now Price Waterhouse Coopers LLP) but says he prefers the environment
of the beverage company.
At NWNA, Nelson is responsible for the continued growth and implementation
of the beverage company's multi-faceted sustainability strategy.
As the Managing Director
of a beverages company, I more often than not have to delegate work in order to handle all disciplines: I depend on my line managers to further follow up on tasks and give reasoned assessments of what's working and what isn't.
A highlight of Hugo's career with McKinsey was developing lean capabilities for a team of over 30 experts across seven production sites
of a beverages company.
Not exact matches
This has driven interest in acquisitions and joint ventures by big
beverage companies like Starbucks, which acquired Atlanta - based tea retailer Teavana in 2012, and Hain Celestial, which says it plans to complete multiple acquisitions
of ready - to - drink
beverage brands valued at $ 5 million to $ 20 million.
I sat down with Annie Lawless, Chairman & CEO
of Lawless, to talk about her transition from her first
company, the
beverage empire (now partially owned by Coca - Cola) Suja Juice, to cosmetics.
At the moment, he estimates that only 5 percent
of his customers order
beverages through the app, but it's a number that's been picking up steam over the last few months; if the trend continues, and 5 percent grows to a more substantial slice
of the pie, he says he'd push to renegotiate his terms with the
company.
The real measurement for both
companies is their market share
of beverages, Silverstein adds.
But his main takeaway was that Coca - Cola — a
beverage company from birth — had to think
of itself as a fruit and liquid food
company too.
Roughly a year ago, Sam Adams brewer Boston Beer (sam) debuted the
company's first hard seltzer under a brand called Truly Spiked & Sparkling, finding inspiration from the increased sales
of carbonated bottled waters and broader interest in low - calorie alcoholic
beverages.
She has run her family's diversified holding
company, whose activities span 12 sectors and range from investing and real estate to the manufacture and distribution
of foreign
beverages (like Coca - Cola), cookies (like Nabisco's Oreos) and heavy equipment (like Cummins» engines), since 1986.
The
beverage giant taking harsh criticism from value fund Wintergreen Advisers, who sent letters to Coca - Cola shareholders, the Coca - Cola Board
of Directors and Warren Buffett, detailing concerns with the
company's proposed 2014 Equity Plan.
Small
beverage companies like Wahta, Oviva and Maple3 are touting maple water instead — a low - cal, gluten - free drink that has the consistency
of water but is slightly sweeter.
Cold brew coffee, in particular, has become a popular
beverage, leading
companies like Starbucks and Dunkin' to invest in cold brew kegs to ensure the quality and freshness
of the drink.
In Dunkin's new location, a number
of the
company's signature cold
beverages are served on tap, including teas, coffees and nitrogen - infused cold brew.
For example, take a food and
beverage company that wants to expand the digital campaign for one
of its newest products.
The
company offers a range
of cannabis products, including carbonated
beverages, fudge bars and oil cartridges for vaporizer pens.
The
company rolls out some 18,000 cases
of beverage products every hour.
Deborah Rosado Shaw is the SVP, Chief Global Diversity and Engagement Officer for PepsiCo, a global food and
beverage company with net revenues
of more than $ 63 billion.
The
company turned its primary product — a basic commodity and one
of the most ubiquitous
beverages in the world — into a multi-billion dollar empire.
Suntory, the parent
company, generates a little more than a third
of its annual sales from alcoholic
beverages, with the rest
of the business coming from non-alcoholic drinks and foods.
Shares
of Long Blockchain Corp. doubled after the
beverage company changed its name from Long Island Iced Tea Corp. in December.
A majority
of the
company's key business segments, including
beverages, meals and desserts, and enhancers and snacks, have reported sales declines.
Kraft Foods Group announced Chairman John Cahill will also take on the chief executive role, leading a food - and -
beverage giant at a time when many
of the largest packaged foods
companies are facing a challenge to find growth.
In the past five years, according to Credit Suisse analyst Robert Moskow, the top 25 food and
beverage companies have lost $ 18 billion worth
of market share — a stunning number.
It's also nearly equal to the market cap
of Pepsi (pep), the 119 - year old snack and
beverage company that's CEO last week said that Trump's presidential win has left her female employees asking if they are safe.
Justin Timberlake, who founded his own tequila line called 901 (for the area code
of his hometown, Memphis) in 2009, will team up with the Beam Inc. - owned Sauza Tequila house to launch a «super-premium»
beverage called Sauza 901 early this year, the
company said.
Nooyi predicted this,
of course, but changing tastes are roiling traditional food and
beverage companies.
The Coca - Cola
Company sells a lot
of different
beverage types, from water and milk to iced tea and many, many permutations
of flavored sugar - water.
As part
of the settlement, WTOP reports, the
beverage company will no longer be allowed to use those claims and it must add the words «added sugars» in two places on the Vitaminwater label.
Holiday
beverages are among its most popular; the
company partly credited a 9 % bump in its core business in the last quarter
of 2014 to the launch
of its new Chestnut Praline Latte.
That could create barriers for Keurig Dr Pepper if the bigger
companies refused to stock some
of its
beverages — say, ready - to - drink coffee brands — on shelves.
Then last March, 3G and Berkshire Hathaway teamed up again to invest $ 10 billion into the megamerger
of Kraft and Heinz, which created the fifth - largest food and
beverage company in the world with combined revenues
of $ 28 billion.
Caira, 59, was most recently global CEO
of Nestle Professional and was also a member
of the executive board
of Nestle SA, the world's largest food and
beverage company.
In the early 1990s, at the height
of Snapple's popularity, the
company attracted the attention
of larger food and
beverage conglomerates.
Besides owning trains (BNSF Railway), planes (NetJets) and automobiles, Warren Buffett also wholly owns or controls huge stakes in food (Heinz), restaurant (Dairy Queen),
beverage (Coca - Cola), banking (Wells Fargo), insurance (Geico), furniture (Nebraska Furniture Mart), real estate (Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices), building (Benjamin Moore) and clothing (Fruit
of the Bloom)
companies, to name just a few.
Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: KRFT) is one
of North America's largest consumer packaged food and
beverage companies, with annual revenues
of more than $ 18 billion.
About a month ago, the
company revealed that it would replenish 100 %
of the water used in its production by the end
of the year — a goal that puts the
beverage giant five years ahead
of its original plans to go water neutral by 2020.
The purchase
of Pilsner Urquell and other Central and East European brands would give the Japanese
beverage company a greater global presence.
The
company's new, low - calorie Truly fruity spiked seltzer was a bright spot, too, and yet a sign
of where some
of the trouble lies: Not only are consumers shifting toward seemingly healthier foods, they're looking for similar options when it comes to alcoholic
beverages, as paradoxical as that may sound.
Food and
beverage companies are under pressure to address the risk
of forced labor in countries where they obtain sugarcane.
The family chairman
of a Belgian food and
beverage company described a similar approach: «He will have lots
of contact with me, and I will make sure that I can show him what the family wants.»
Examples
of companies within the food,
beverage, and tobacco industry include Coca - Cola, General Mills, Tyson, ConAgra, Kellogg, Molson Coors (maker
of Coors, Blue Moon, and Keystone beers) and Philip Morris (maker
of Marlboro cigarettes).
March 7 Kraft Heinz Co has launched an incubator program for food and
beverage startups, joining a growing list
of U.S. food
companies looking at new ways to spur growth as consumers shun processed packaged food in favor
of healthier offerings.
George's understanding
of Kraft Heinz and his dynamic perspective on the food and
beverage industry will be immensely valuable as the
Company pursues Our Vision To Be the Best Food
Company, Growing a Better World.»
In reality, a look at the most recent 10K reveals that, although the
company does sell some finished
beverages, almost all
of its revenue is derived from the sale
of «
beverage concentrates and syrups» to «bottling and canning operations, distributors, fountain wholesalers and some fountain retailers.»
The nearly 100 year old
beverage company produces an array
of non-alcoholic
beverage.
(Reuters)- Kraft Heinz Co (KHC.O) has launched an incubator program for food and
beverage startups, joining a growing list
of U.S. food
companies looking at new ways to spur growth as consumers shun processed packaged food in favor
of healthier offerings.