just-drinks authors and correspondents

Articles by Andy Coyne

US health drinks company Celsius snaps up Finland's Func Food Group 16 September 2019

Finland-based functional food and beverage business Func Food Group is to be acquired by Celsius Holdings, the US company behind the Celsius fitness drink brand, in a US$24.6m deal.

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PepsiCo names Ram Krishnan CCO as Laxman Narasimhan departs 12 June 2019

PepsiCo has appointed Ram Krishnan, currently CEO for Greater China, as its new global chief commercial officer.

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President Trump raises China trade stakes with fresh tariff threat 7 May 2019

Tweets from US President Donald Trump over the weekend suggest he is willing to escalate the on-going trade war between his country and China.

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Beverage giants sign up to new plastic recycling initiative 30 April 2019

PepsiCo, Nestlé Waters and Suntory Beverage & Food Europe have joined a consortium founded by Carbios and L'Oréal to support the use of enzymatic technology for the recycling of plastics.

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Time for drinks companies to switch from Millennials to Generation Z - research 15 March 2019

Brand owners will need to keep up with the endless list of food and drink 'I wants' in order to connect with Generation Z consumers determined to express themselves through what they buy, according to the latest report from FUTURES, the new insights service from just-food and sister site just-drinks. 

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PepsiCo shakes up executive team to support "growth agenda" 5 March 2019

PepsiCo has announced changes at senior executive level, designed to "support the company's strategic priorities and growth agenda".

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Hormel Foods reveals PepsiCo paid US$465m for CytoSport 22 February 2019

US-based Hormel Foods has revealed that it sold its CytoSport sports nutrition business to peer PepsiCo for US$465m.

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Unilever wins battle to acquire Horlicks 3 December 2018

Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever has emerged as the winner in the fight to acquire the India-based Horlicks bedtime malt drink brand and other nutrition products from GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), confirming a EUR3.3bn (US$3.74bn) deal.

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Kirin set to offload Lion Dairy & Drinks 19 October 2018

Japan's Kirin Holdings is to sell the dairy and drinks division of Lion, its Australia-based food and beverage subsidiary.

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Soft drinks firms named in plastic waste report tell Greenpeace: "We share your goals" 11 October 2018

Leading soft drinks companies including The Coca-Cola Co and PepsiCo have underlined the importance of sustainability after Greenpeace labelled them the world's worst offenders for plastic waste.