Edrington tells BeverageDaily.com that its new Famous Grouse whisky-based ginger beer RTD, Ginger Grouse, has beaten all its sales targets to date, as it extends its reach across the UK in July.
SAB Miller is disappointed by yesterday’s interim court injunction that stops it terminating its Canadian License Agreement with Molson Coors, and one City analyst warns that the spat could be a symptom of broader tensions between the two brewing giants,...
STRAWBERRY VERSION OF 'APPLE ALE' DUE FOR US LAUNCH THIS FALL
Miller Coors says it plans to launch a strawberry version of Redd’s Apple Ale in the US this Fall, with one top company executive noting that flavoured alcohol and malt-flavored beverages are ‘on fire’ as a category.
Mintel senior drinks analyst Chris Wisson predicts that English wine sales could exceed £50m ($77m) within a few years, as product quality continually improves and unfair perceptions of inferiority diminish.
Wellness Works CEO David Peters tells BeverageDaily.com that the NYC firm has attracted interest from major firms in its healthy Oatworks smoothie brand, and says this shows the potential of the novel oat beta glucan-based beverage.
The “chasing arrows” symbol around the numbers which defines the resin used in a products packaging are to be dropped in favour of an equilateral triangle.
As countries queue by the score to do business with China, the recent trade deal with Mexico might have missed the radar outside the respective countries.
In two high-profile votes at the American Medical Association’s annual meeting in Chicago, delegates officially recognized obesity as a disease, and called for a ban on the marketing of energy drinks to under 18s.
An innovative new cork which screws into its wine bottle has been dubbed “the most sensible reformulation of packaging ever” by the companies behind it.
Mars Drinks says it sees huge global potential for single-serve hot drinks machines and consumables in the high-growth office environment, and predicts ‘tremendous growth’ in emerging markets.
Red Bull energy shots failed to improve the time in which experienced runners completed a 5km run versus a placebo, according to a new, but small-scale US/Australian study claiming to be the first to examine the efficacy of shots rather than energy drinks...
US and native microbrewers could profit if Mexico’s antitrust regulator rules that controversial exclusivity deals, which benefit local giants Grupo Modelo and Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma, owned by AB InBev and Heineken respectively, are illegal.
Swiss-Israeli flavours and ingredients house Frutarom wants a greater slice of the global functional foods and drinks market with new investment and initiatives to tap markets like the Americas and Asia and the “sensitive” European market.
MeadWestvaco (MWV) Corporation has dropped the profit it expects from its Food and Beverage segment to between $45m-$50m after unanticipated costs and lower productivity.
A top Anheuser Busch InBev (AB InBev) exec tells BeverageDaily.com that challenging targets are crucial for the firm as he defends its lack of a ‘total target’ for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
Edrington says it sees ‘significant opportunities’ in the US for brands such as The Macallan and Brugal Extra Dry rum, as it takes over distribution of its brands from Remy Cointreau USA from 2014.
The director general (DG) of the Law Society of Ireland has reportedly said that the Irish government should stop foreign dignitaries like Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip from being pictured with a pint of Guinness, branding it the ‘greatest PR coup...
With the bunting barely cleared away following Coca-Cola’s triumphal march on Rangoon earlier this month, the company’s local partner has already indicated more celebrations are on the horizon.
The co-director of a London, UK microbrewer founded by a group of fathers who named it after the local elementary school their children attend tells BeverageDaily.com that receiving a threatening legal letter from Anhueser-Busch InBev (AB InBev) came...
The European Commission has released a fourth round of out-of-quota sugar for the current marketing year at reduced levies in a bid to boost EU supplies as prices soar above world levels.
RESEARCHER aims to replicate ATTENTION-GRABBING RESULTS
A preliminary study in the US assessing the efficacy of 5-Hour Energy found that the energy shot did not ‘significantly improve’ brain activity and reaction times versus plain water with added caffeine.
Anheuser-Busch InBev's (AB InBev) new environmental commitments include an ambitious pledge to reduce use of packaging materials by 100,000 tons annually by 2017, but the bulk of its new commitments will not result in overall reductions for energy...
With orange juice sales sliding in the US, PepsiCo’s Tropicana Trop50 brand is one of the ‘few notable successes’ in the space, although its status as a nectar signals the potential of this category.
Ecolab has expanded one of its research centers in Brazil to keep pace with the strong growth of the business in the country and throughout Latin America.
Cricket has for over a century been seen as a gentleman’s game, but that mantle fell a long time ago. The relentlessly evolving wealth and professionalism of the sport has served to “bring out the mongrel” in players in a way that would have been unheard...
Tate & Lyle says it is “very disappointed” that the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) has removed sucralose from the ‘safe’ category in its guide to food additives on the back of unpublished research from a scientist it claims has been...
Energy drink leader Red Bull – previously hit by EU rejection of taurine health claims – is boosting its energy-attention marketing by using approved vitamin B claims.
SETH GOLDMAN, CO-FOUNDER, SAYS BRAND 'CONTINUES TO INNOVATE'
Seth Goldman, co-founder and ‘TEA-EO’ of entrepreneurial success story Honest Tea, tells BeverageDaily.com that Coke’s ownership has helped the brand take Fair Trade and Organic credentials into the US mainstream.
Health Canada has issued a reminder for healthy adults to limit their caffeine intake to no more than 400 mg per day, with lower levels for children and pregnant women.
Nestlé tells BeverageDaily.com that ‘competition is nothing new’ to Nespresso after bitter rival Mondelez said it would launch system-compatible pods in the EU, but one beverage industry analyst warned it was 'very bad news' for the brand.
Prunes sold across the European Union can claim they contribute to “normal bowel function”, making the fruits the first whole fruit to win a claim under the EU’s new food marketing rules.
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) says its performance in the next six to seven weeks is ‘very important’ as it issued a profit warning yesterday after terrible spring and summer weather hit 2013 sales to date.
Campaign marks shift from 'saying and showing' to more real actions
A senior Coca-Cola Company executive tells BeverageDaily.com that the company is ‘working hard’ to decide whether it can viably scale-up its phenomenally successful ‘Sharing Can’ pilot launched in Singapore.
The EU is likely to backtrack rapidly on sanctions to stop cheap Chinese solar panel ‘dumping’ in the bloc, given alarms that possible tariffs on wine exports would hurt a ‘terminally stagnant’ French economy.
Global stevia supplier PureCircle has introduced a range of sustainability targets for reducing carbon emissions and water use, as well as calories in global diets by 2020.
The European Specialist Sports Nutrition Alliance (ESSNA) has welcomed today’s European Parliament vote that means sports nutrition products will move to general food law as existing special foods regulations are overhauled after years of debate.
Despite provisional Competition Commission (CC) clearance for the AG Barr/Britvic merger, City analysts believe Britvic will ‘seek improved terms’ in light of its better recent performance.
Taiwan’s government has claimed it is still trying to obtain details on the tests conducted by Singapore authorities that led to the city state banning several brands of bubble tea.
A study of hospital admissions at one of Australia's favourite holiday destinations has shown no reduction in the already high levels of alcohol-related harm since the government increased tax on alcopops.
