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In recent years, the health & wellness trend has set the scene for low-calorie soft drinks to boom. The US, however, has provided little but headaches for soft drinks companies. Until now. Richard Corbett investigates.

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Ian Shackleton, just-drinks' resident analyst, has some sage advice for those listed drinks companies out there who are sniffing around the cannabis sector. He also considers the growing importance of corporate governance, while preparing the ground for a lively few days of third-quarter results.

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The last five years have seen a raft of drinks firms launch all kinds of venture capital funds, incubator units and start-up accelerators as they look to enter new categories or invest in new technologies.

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The ongoing fallout from the merger of Keurig Green Mountain and Dr Pepper Snapple Group earlier this year has prompted soft drinks commentator Richard Corbett to consider how companies should consider their options when it comes to chasing growth.

PepsiCo is to take its Nutrition Greenhouse accelerator programme to North America after launching the initiative in Europe, where it is in its second year. Dean Best spoke to PepsiCo executive Daniel Grubbs about why the US food and drinks giant is bringing the scheme to its domestic market, what it has learnt so far and why such programmes are important strategically to one of the largest players in the sector.

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Last week, we published the first part of our interview with Dr Mehmood Khan, chief scientific officer at PepsiCo and head of global research & development. Here, in the second and final part, Dr Khan gives us a tour of the inner workings of PepsiCo's R&D approach and defines success and failure for his department.

The US is on the verge of signing off a new bill to legalise industrial hemp that could see The Coca-Cola Co and PepsiCo target the CDB category, an analyst has said.

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PepsiCo is to launch a new Mountain Dew CSD that claims to give video gamers increased accuracy and alertness.

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PepsiCo's new CEO has highlighted key consumer trends as the company completes the US$3.2bn acquisition of SodaStream.

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PepsiCo has announced the first start-up enterprises to join its Nutrition Greenhouse incubator programme in North America.

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PepsiCo has announced a new plant-based drink for the US under its Quaker brand.

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The American Beverage Association has defended its members after a New York Times article revealed the amount of funding The Coca-Cola Co and PepsiCo are giving to anti-grocery tax ads.

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PepsiCo has pledged to use 25% recycled content in its plastic packaging by 2025, following a similar promise by The Coca-Cola Co.

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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.

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China's Kweichow Moutai is the world's most future-proofed beverage company, according to a new global ranking.

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PepsiCo has reported a stronger third quarter for its drinks operations in North America, with the performance in the latest three months bringing sales from the unit to parity in the year so far.

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The Coca-Cola Co has joined Unilever and Nestle in making it through to the second stage of bidding for GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)'s Indian nutrition business, according to reports from the country.

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A blind taste test in the UK has prompted PepsiCo to claim that Pepsi Max was found to taste better among consumers than regular Coca-Cola.

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PepsiCo is to match its on-premise glassware with its retail bottle packaging in the UK as it looks to boost brand awareness for the sugar-free Pepsi Max variant.

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PepsiCo has found a willing buyer for its Tropicana fruit juice production and bottling facility in France, with Munich-based investment holding company Navigator Capital lining up a move.

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PepsiCo has joined some of its biggest soft drinks rivals in a research alliance to develop more sustainable packaging.

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PepsiCo has set a target of achieving 50% recycled plastic (rPET) in the company's bottles across the European Union by 2030, with an interim goal of 45% by 2025.

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Beverages have been placed ninth out of 15 in a list of industries ranked by their "brand intimacy".

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PepsiCo has reassured its bottling partners its US$3.2bn takeover of SodaStream International will not see it turn away from them, according to a Bloomberg report.

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PepsiCo's North America division has created an operating entity that will focus on incubating and accelerating its smaller, emerging brands.

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PepsiCo is to buy SodaStream International in what could be the final acquisition of CEO Indra Nooyi's leadership.

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PepsiCo's long-standing CEO, Indra Nooyi, is to step down, handing over the reins of the world's second-biggest beverage company to Ramon Laguarta.

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PepsiCo has signed up to become an official marketing partner of The Madison Square Garden Co (MSG), with effect from 1 September.

The soft drinks world is abuzz today over what an executive shake-up at PepsiCo might mean to on-going speculation over CEO Indra Nooyi's successor.

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PepsiCo has unveiled footage of its upcoming soda, Pepsi 1893.