Three Ideas to Sell More Beverages
CHICAGO -- The generational data is strong for convenience stores: Members of both the millennial generation and generation Z are more willing to shop in a convenience store than older generations and...
View ArticleBlog: 7 Highlights from CSP’s Cold Vault Summit
CHICAGO -- Put 70 beverage retailers and suppliers in a room for three days and you’re bound to hear some innovative ideas and interesting statistics. Such was the case during CSP’s recent Cold Vault...
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Program Takes Aim at 'Whoa' Products in C-Stores
BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. -- The Florida Department of Health (DOH) in Broward County, Broward Regional Health Planning Council and the YMCA of South Florida have teamed up to combat children’s unhealthy...
View ArticleLow Gas Prices to Fuel Black Friday Blitz
ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- Nearly half (42%) of all regular Black Friday shoppers expect to shop more this holiday season as a result of lower gas prices, according to the results of a new consumer survey...
View ArticleSmartwater Adds Bubbles
NEW YORK -- Coca-Cola's smartwater will join the sparkling-water game this month with smartwater sparkling initially rolling out to "select retailers" this month before entering larger distribution in...
View ArticleEnergy Drinks Stumbling?
NEW YORK -- The energy-drink category has found itself in a bit of an awkward spot. Even as it continues to deliver some of the highest volume growth in the cold vault—recently about 5%—that number...
View Article2015 Outlook Leadership New Products: Beverage Edition (Slideshow)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The product gallery at Winsight’s 2015 Outlook Leadership Conference brought a great collection of new beverage products to convenience-store retailers’ attention this past week,...
View Article5 Beverage Coolers That Don’t Look Anything Like Yours (Slideshow)
LAS VEGAS -- They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And beverage makers generally find beauty when their products are in the “strike zone” of the cold vault, that magical spot at eye level...
View ArticleFive Beverage Trends to Watch in 2016
In collecting a list of hot trends in retail for 2016, CSP's editors uncovered several items specific to packaged beverages.Here's a look at the five ideas most relevant to the convenience-store cold...
View ArticleSchweppes Introduces Dark Ginger Ale
PLANO, Texas -- Just in time for the holiday season, Schweppes is giving consumers more ginger taste with the introduction of the new Schweppes Dark Ginger Ale. Tapping into increasing demand for...
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Roundtable Report: Extending the Beverage Habit
Red Bull recently asked consumers a very telling question: What triggered your c-store visit today? Not surprisingly,80% of respondents answered “habit.”The response illustrates just how many customers...
View ArticleCoca-Cola Reorganizes
ATLANTA -- Coca-Cola North America will realign its business beginning Jan. 1, 2016, including reinstituting the USA Operations to lead all business activities related to bottler-delivered beverages in...
View ArticleBlog: A Soda Machine for Lil' Stevie
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- I swear I planned to write this blog post before Keurig Green Mountain was bought out by a Dutch investment firm, but the timing certainly adds fuel to the fire. No, this...
View ArticleA New TWST on Sierra Mist
PURCHASE, N.Y. -- PepsiCo will relaunch Sierra Mist next year, rebranding the lemon-lime soda to Mist TWST."We are looking toward a spring launch," a spokesperson told CSP Daily News. "Mist TWST will...
View ArticleTop 5 Beverage Stories of 2015
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. -- The biggest beverage news stories of 2015 underscored an overriding trend the industry is facing: consumers opening their mind to healthier beverages while legacy beverage...
View ArticleJones Soda Turns 20
SEATTLE -- Jones Soda Co., the soda company known for its unique flavors and customer-designed packaging, has released a limited-edition Birthday Cake-flavored soda to celebrate the company’s 20th...
View ArticleEnergy Drinks, Beer Winners in December
NEW YORK -- Energy drinks and beer continued to lead the major packaged-beverage categories for growth during the month of December, according to a new Wells Fargo Securities report. Winning companies...
View ArticleMello Yello Gets a New Look, New Attitude
ATLANTA -- Coca-Cola Co. has redesigned the packaging for its Mello Yello citrus soda in an effort to create "a new attitude that is audacious and powerful."Mello Yello is now sporting a black “MY”...
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Opinion: Join a Battle Worth Fighting
The recent sale of our family business has proven to be a very reflective process for me. Looking back and taking stock of my successes and mistakes and the wonderful people I’ve had the pleasure to...
View ArticleCoca-Cola Launches Global Marketing Strategy
PARIS -- Coca-Cola Co. has launched its first-ever global marketing plan, bringing promotion of all drinks under its namesake brands into a single, "one-brand" marketing strategy.At an event in Paris,...
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