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This month, just-drinks' in-house analyst, Ian Shackleton, has a lot on his plate. What will Ian drink to wash it all down? He'll probably have a Coke. Lots and lots (and lots) of Coke.

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Last month's announcement that PepsiCo will buy the SodaStream home carbonation market leader has shaken up a sector of the soft drinks industry that, until now, had proved idiosyncratic at best. This month, soft drinks commentator Richard Corbett tells us why he believes the sector is primed - finally - to change the game.

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Ian Shackleton, just-drinks' resident analyst, returns this month with a headache from Heineken. He also considers the prospects for growth in the tricky Chinese market and surveys the dangers facing PepsiCo that its next CEO will have to deal with from day one.

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The US soft drinks market of today sees bottled water rivalling carbonated soft drinks for significance as consumers increasingly favour the segment's offer of naturally-healthy and convenient hydration.

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.

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.

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Three drinks companies made it through to the final of the latest PepsiCo Nutrition Greenhouse European incubator programme, including a non-alcoholic wine maker.

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PepsiCo's North American beverage business is back on track, the company's head has said, after a rescue plan launched last quarter helped revive Pepsi sales.

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PepsiCo has reported improved sales for its North America Beverages unit in the second quarter of 2018.

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PepsiCo has revamped its Naked smoothie range, aiming to recruit new consumers with a refreshed pack design and a new Protein Pomegranate variant.

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PepsiCo has overhauled the packaging for its 7UP Free brand in the UK ahead of a new marketing campaign.

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A PespiCo bottler in Mexico has shut down a distribution plant two months after Coca-Cola FEMSA shuttered its factory in the area, amid concerns over employee intimidation.

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A character created by PepsiCo for a Pepsi ad is to star in his own Hollywood movie this month.

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.