Public parks will be getting cleaner in communities across the country thanks to a significant grant made possible by Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) in collaboration with Keep America Beautiful (KAB). Twenty-six local and county governments in 19 states will receive durable, permanent recycling bins as part of the Dr Pepper Snapple Group/Keep America Beautiful […]
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Keurig Partners With Peet’s Coffee & Tea
Keurig Green Mountain Inc. and Peet’s Coffee & Tea have entered a multi-year manufacturing and distribution agreement for Peet’s-branded packs for the Keurig brewing system. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The companies plan to launch a selection of Keurig licensed Peet’s coffee and tea varieties in K-Cup packs for Keurig brewers produced […]
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GMCR Changes Name To Keurig Green Mountain
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (GMCR) has changed its company name to Keurig Green Mountain Inc., effective immediately. Shareholders approved the new name at the company’s annual shareholder meeting last week. The company will retain its ticker symbol of “GMCR” on the NASDAQ stock exchange. “Our new name better reflects who we are as a […]
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Essentia Water Releases Its Expo West Event Schedule
Essentia Water has released its schedule of events for its booth No. 5209 at the Natural Products Expo West, March 6-9, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. • Friday, March 7: Stop the Swish 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Trampoline athlete Jerry “Iron Man” Fleming, an AIRobics instructor at Sky High Sports in Costa Mesa, […]
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Diet Coke Debuts Diet Coke Frost, First Frozen Offering In Brand’s History
Diet Coke is introducing a new product, Diet Coke Frost. A low-calorie frozen carbonated beverage, this is the first frozen offering in the brand’s 31-year history. Diet Coke Frost includes natural cherry flavorings. Each serving has 30 calories and 12g of carbs. Diet Coke Frost Cherry as a Slurpee will be available exclusively at 7-Eleven locations […]
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Anheuser-Busch Acquiring Blue Point Brewing Co.
Anheuser-Busch has agreed to purchase Blue Point Brewing Co., one of the nation’s top craft brewers with more than 40 beers and sales concentrated along the East Coast, in a move that will bring additional resources to Blue Point’s operations, allowing it to meet growing consumer demand for its award-winning brands. Terms of the agreement […]
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GoodBelly Offers Free Probiotic Drinks To Sickened Cruise Passengers
GoodBelly, a line of probiotic juice drinks designed to boost daily digestive health, is responding after passengers aboard the Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas cruise ship were struck with an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness, presumably due to norovirus. With hundreds of passengers and their tummies signaling SOS to “Save Our Stomachs,” GoodBelly says it […]
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Domestic Beer Falling Flat As Americans Tackle Bold Flavors, Healthier Options
As Americans stock their refrigerators in advance of the Super Bowl, it would appear that the contents in the cooler may not align with what is traditionally one of the big game’s biggest advertising spenders: domestic beer. According to new research from Mintel, some 22 percent of Americans say they are drinking less domestic beer […]
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PepsiCo Plans To Invest $5B In Mexico
PepsiCo Inc. plans to invest $5 billion in Mexico over the next five years. The investment is designed to further strengthen PepsiCo’s food and beverage business in Mexico, one of the most attractive markets in Latin America with a growing middle class and numerous opportunities for long-term economic growth, according to the company. PepsiCo says […]
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V8, ‘Wheel Of Fortune’ Team Up For On-Air And Online Promotion
The V8 and “Wheel of Fortune” brands are coming together for the first time to bring viewers an on-air and online promotion. Key elements of the V8 integrated promotion include the broadcast of “Wheel of Fortune’s” “Always Great! Wheel & V8 Week,” a V8 viewer sweepstakes, co-branding on www.wheeloffortune.com, including a themed online game and […]
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Dunkin’ Donuts, WhiteWave To Introduce Dunkin’ Coffee Creamers At Grocery
Dunkin’ Donuts and WhiteWave Foods have announced a licensing agreement to introduce Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee Creamers at grocery outlets nationwide. Available in the refrigerated dairy section of select grocery outlets and club stores, Dunkin’ Donuts Coffee Creamers are made with real milk and cream as a companion for coffee. WhiteWave Foods, a leader in coffee […]
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Good Earth Teams With Chef Elizabeth Falkner To Roll Out Tea-Starring Recipes
Good Earth Teas Inc., maker of bold herbal tea blends, and celebrity chef Elizabeth Falkner have partnered to create an exclusive line of recipes featuring Good Earth’s tea fusions. Additionally, the brand’s Facebook fans will have the opportunity to enter the “Taste the Tea Untamed Sweepstakes” for the chance to win a culinary experience with […]
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Life Is Good Rolls Out New Coffee Line
Life is good is introducing a new line of Life is good coffees to retailers throughout North America. The coffee line, available now, provides consumers with high-quality, UTZ Certified coffees, according to The J.M. Smucker Co.-owned brand. Life is good coffees are available in three roasts and two flavors: • Light Hearted—light roast ground coffee; […]
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Samuel Adams Introduces New Spring Seasonal Beer
The brewers at Samuel Adams are ushering in the New Year with a new spring beer—Samuel Adams Cold Snap—the newest addition to the brewery’s seasonal beer collection. Brewed for spring’s transition away from the hearty brews of winter to the bright, lighter-bodied beers of summer, Cold Snap is the brewers’ take on a Belgian-style white […]
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Survey: Nearly 6 In 10 Energy Drink Consumers Worry About Their Safety
As a new year begins and consumers return to work, many will be looking for an energy kick. But according to new research from Mintel, nearly six in 10 Americans (59 percent) who are current energy drink or shot users say they worry about the safety of energy drinks and energy shots. However, despite allegations […]
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Reily Foods Buys New England Tea & Coffee Co.
Reily Foods Co. has acquired New England Tea & Coffee Co., one of the country’s largest independent coffee roasters. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. This transaction is not expected to change the day-to-day operations of Malden, Mass.-based New England Tea & Coffee, which will operate as New England Tea & Coffee Co. LLC, […]
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Hard Rock Energy Drinks Debut In South Florida
Hard Rock Energy drinks are making their debut in South Florida. This test market is the first step in rolling out the new product by the Seminole Tribe of Florida Inc., the Tribe’s business development arm. Three flavors of Hard Rock Energy drinks will soon be available for purchase on store shelves and be available […]
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Miller Lite Goes Retro With Limited-Edition Original Lite Can
Miller Lite, the beer that launched the light beer category, will release on Jan. 1 the limited-edition Original Lite Can, an updated version of the iconic packaging that helped change the beer industry nearly 40 years ago. The Original Lite Can features the familiar images of hops, barley and the words “a fine pilsner beer,” […]
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Sunkist Soda Refreshes Packaging
Dr Pepper Snapple Group recently enlisted the help of New York City brand agency CBX to refresh the packaging graphics for Sunkist Soda, first introduced in 1978. Sunkist Soda once was known for its California style, and Dr Pepper Snapple Group believed there was an opportunity to take the brand back to its “fun in […]
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Good Earth Tea Revamps Brand
Good Earth Teas Inc., maker of bold herbal tea fusions, has relaunched the brand, complete with new product names, revamped fusions as well as a new look and feel. Built around Good Earth’s “Tea Untamed” mantra, all aspects of the brand now embody the belief that tea is potent and powerful and, like life, should […]