Anheuser-Busch will invest more than 1.5 billion in its US operations during the next three years. The money will go towards upgrading the beer giant’s brewing, agriculture, packaging and distribution operations.
The Coca-Cola Company and Monster Beverage Corporation have closed on the previously announced agreement which gives Coca-Cola a minority ownership in the popular energy drink company.
Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc., one of the world’s largest independent bottlers of Coca-Cola, said it is committed to reducing calories per liter across its entire portfolio by 10 percent by 2020.
The anti-obesity non profit Alliance for a Healthier Generation and a coalition of some America’s biggest beverage companies began work at four Los Angeles area neighborhoods as part of an initiative to help reduce beverage calories consumed by 20 percent per person by 2025.
A former MillerCoors vice president and seven co-defendants were charged this week in a twenty count indictment as a result of an alleged plan to defraud the company of at least $7 million, the US Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Illinois announced.
This week Nielsen announced its 12 US Breakthrough Innovation Winners for 2015 which included nine food and beverage products from big names such as PepsiCo, MillerCoors, Kellogg’s and Kraft Foods.
Bud Light has apologized for a slogan it printed on bottles part of its #UpForWhatever campaign after the tagline came under fire from consumers who say the ad promoted rape culture.
Beginning in August, Diet Pepsi, Caffeine Free Diet Pepsi and Wild Cherry Diet Pepsi in the US will be sweetened with a blend of sucralose and acesulfame potassium.