Published: Nov 15, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Starbucks Coffee has agreed to buy specialty retailer Teavana for $620m, as part of its plans to grow its tea division Tazo business.

Published: Nov 15, 2012 By: Mike Stones

Rival soft drinks firms Britvic and AG Barr have finally agreed a merger to create a £1.5bn business, which will trade under the name Barr Britvic Soft Drinks.

Published: Nov 14, 2012

PepsiCo Inc is in talks to sign a bottling agreement in Myanmar, ramping up the competition with Coca-Cola Co as they fight for market share in a country emerging from decades of isolation.

Published: Nov 14, 2012 By: Leon Stafford

Unlike Las Vegas, what happens in New York City doesn’t always stay in New York City.

Published: Nov 14, 2012 By: Ray Latif

For the second time in three months, Monster Beverage’s board of directors has authorized a repurchase of up to $250 million of the company’s outstanding common stock.

Published: Nov 14, 2012 By: Ray Latif

Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPSG) is pulling its line of 7UP Antioxidant sodas, the company announced last Thursday, shortly after being hit with a lawsuit alleging that the drinks were misleading to consumers.

Published: Nov 14, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

PepsiCo has opened its largest food and beverage research and development (R&D) center outside of North America in Shanghai, China.

Published: Nov 14, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

Compassion Tea Company, an online tea store which donates 100% of its after-tax profits to its parent organization CompassioNow, has launched its exclusive blend of green tea - Compassion Apple Crisp.

Published: Nov 13, 2012

UK lawmakers criticized executives of Starbucks, Google and Amazon on Monday for not paying more tax in Britain, and Amazon said it had received a $252 million demand for back taxes from France.

Published: Nov 13, 2012

Nestlé Nespresso has launched Hawaii Kona Special Reserve 2012, its first special reserve limited edition coffee, for club members.

Published: Nov 13, 2012 By: Foodmate Team

PepsiCo has introduced a new 'fat blocking' cola containing an indigestible form of dextrin fibre in Japan.

Published: Nov 12, 2012 By: Brendan O'Brien

The wild Arabica coffee plant, the parent of the bushes on coffee farms, could go extinct as soon as 2080, according to a study by researchers from the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens published in PLoS One on Wednesday.

Published: Nov 12, 2012

Caribou Coffee has introduced limited-time-only Ho Ho Mint Mocha and Fa La Latte signature holiday beverages and expanded menu.

Published: Nov 09, 2012 By: Ray Latif

Calling it a “new direction” for the company, Mexican beverage marketer Novamex has launched Alova, a new all-natural, sparkling aloe vera drink.

Published: Nov 09, 2012 By: Ray Latif

While pricing remains muted, the carbonated soft drink category continued to slide with sales declining by 2.4 percent in a year-over-year comparison for the four weeks ending on October 27.

Published: Nov 08, 2012

Monster Beverage, a marketer and distributor of energy drinks and alternative beverages, has reported 15.4% rise in gross sales to $632.3m for the third quarter ended 30 September 2012 compared to $548.1m in the prior year period.

Published: Nov 08, 2012

Ganeden Biotech® and Tipton Mills® introduced the first probiotic instant coffee enriched with GanedenBC30® at SupplySide West in Las Vegas.

Published: Nov 07, 2012

The Hain Celestial Group Inc., a natural and organic products company, has entered into a letter of intent to acquire lifestyle brand BluePrint, a leader in the raw juice category based in New York City.

Published: Nov 07, 2012

Another week, another announcement of a weird variety of Pepsi being released in Japan. This time it claims to keep your body from absorbing fat.

Published: Nov 07, 2012 By: Rachel Tepper

Well, here's the fruit of iconic Spanish chef Ferran Adrià's partnership with PepsiCo. Behold! A Pepsi can with Adrià's face plastered on the side.