Published: Nov 07, 2012 By: Lorraine Mullaney

Drinks giant PepsiCo has defeated a Welsh artisan brewer in a two-year legal battle over the name Bare Naked Beer.

Published: Nov 07, 2012

Icelandic Water Holdings ehf, makers of Icelandic Glacial, have announced the launch of home-delivery in Southern California and South Florida via a distribution initiative with the Los Angeles Times and the Sun Sentinel.

Published: Nov 06, 2012 By: Paula Forbes

Starbucks has announced on Twitter that their holiday red cups are back.

Published: Nov 06, 2012

World coffee exports have increased by 2.95% to 107.8 million bags in coffee year 2011/12 (October-September) compared to 104.7 million bags in 2010/11, according to International Coffee Organization (ICO).

Published: Nov 06, 2012 By: Jeffrey Klineman

It went unnoticed last week, but fast-growing BluePrint — which makes raw juices and direct-to-consumer juice cleanse products — has been scooped up by natural foods conglomerate Hain Celestial.

Published: Nov 06, 2012

The Hain Celestial Group Inc., Melville, N.Y., entered into a letter of intent to acquire New York-based BluePrint, a raw juice category brand.

Published: Nov 05, 2012 By: Lauren Torrisi

Pepsi Japan is launching a new clear cola drink just in time for the holidays.

Published: Nov 05, 2012

QTrade Teas & Herbs, a North America-based organic tea supplier, plans to acquire Kopius Teas, an e-Commerce provider of B2B bulk teas for retail businesses.

Published: Nov 02, 2012 By: Ray Latif

Amid the recent wave of negative publicity surrounding energy drinks, and the ire of some elected leaders calling for greater oversight and regulation of the category, consumer perception of the top energy drink brands has fallen to its lowest level since

Published: Nov 02, 2012

Alliance Beverage Distributing Company has been recognized with one of the industry's highest honors awarded by Diageo-Guinness USA at the Ninth Annual Golden Bar Awards event, held during the 2012 Diageo-Guinness National Distributors meeting, on October

Published: Nov 02, 2012

COCA-COLA Amatil has inherited a beer and spirits business in Fiji and Samoa from Foster's that it plans to invest in to unlock the growth potential for the export of local beer and rum to new markets.

Published: Nov 01, 2012

British soft-drink makers Britvic Plc and AG Barr Plc said they have been given a second extension by UK's takeover panel to decide on their 1.4 billion pounds ($2.25 billion) merger.

Published: Nov 01, 2012 By: Malavika Sharma

United Spirits, the Indian whiskey maker controlled by Vijay Mallya, saw share prices fall the most in eight months in Mumbai trading on speculation that discussions to sell a stake to Diageo could fall through.

Published: Nov 01, 2012 By: Jeffrey Klineman

Here’s the challenge for Troy Carter, the manager of pop superstar Lady Gaga: launch a brand that has a basis in celebrity DNA without necessarily using those celebrities as the only reason to buy the product.

Published: Nov 01, 2012

Specialty beverage retailer Beverages & More! (BevMo!) is all set to open four new stores in Washington, US.

Published: Oct 31, 2012

Joh A Benckiser (JAB), a privately held group focused on long term investments in premium brands in the broader consumer goods category, has acquired US-based Peet's Coffee & Tea for $1bn.

Published: Oct 31, 2012

Mondelēz International, an American multinational confectionery, food and beverage conglomerate, plans to invest a minimum of $200m to empower one million coffee farming entrepreneurs by 2020 under its Coffee Made Happy program.

Published: Oct 31, 2012

The Coca-ColaCompany has announced a new system investment of US$300 million over the next three years in Vietnam to further capture growth opportunities in one of the world's major emerging consumer markets.

Published: Oct 30, 2012

Mondelez International, Inc. announced an expanded effort to make its coffee business more sustainable.

Published: Oct 30, 2012

Acai-drink maker Sambazon issued a statement that questioned the magazine’s inclusion of its Amazon Energy drink and refuted the study’s findings that the beverage contained more caffeine that listed on its label.