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- Higher prices buoyed Q1 earnings at Dr Pepper Snapple
Price increases and cost-cutting measures pushed Dr Pepper Snapple Group's first-quarter profit up 3.9% compared with Q1 of 2012, to $106 million. Price hikes helped compensate for a 2% drop in sales volume. The company is putting $30 million into launching 10-calorie soda to combat years of declining sales. The Wall Street Journal
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- K-Cups from Starbucks named one of 2012's top new products
Starbucks has shipped more than 850 million K-Cup packs since November 2011, making it one of the top ten food and beverage launches of 2012, according to the marketing research firm Information Resources. Starbucks K-Cups were among a small number of the nearly 1,900 new consumer packaged goods to appear on store shelves last year that achieved IRI's "New Products Pacesetter" status. The premium single-cup category now accounts for about 25% of total coffee sales in grocery stores. FastCasual.com
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Starbucks focuses innovation strategy around technology, CEO says: Digital, social and mobile tools are key in Starbucks' ongoing strategy for staying on top through innovation, said CEO Howard Schultz. The company is constantly innovating, which includes plans for its store of the future that always start with the question "If we were competing with Starbucks, what would we do?" USA Today
(4/24)
 | Nielsen Data Compares Beverage Sweetener Strategies
Wondering what's the right sweetener strategy for your brand? New Nielsen shopper data tracks how different sweetener formulations fared across eight major product categories, including leading soft drink, fruit drink and sports drink brands. The data covers all outlets combined, including Walmart. See what the receipts say about your sweetener strategy at CornNaturally.com. |
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- Pepsi teams with fishing club to clean up Maine lake
Pepsi Beverages Company of Auburn, Maine, has joined with the local Bassmasters fishing club in a one-day campaign to pick up trash and clean the area around Lake Auburn. The project, scheduled for Saturday, April 27, is expected to bring out 20 to 30 volunteers from Pepsi and another 30 from the Androscoggin fishing club. The cleanup is part of the company's "Pepsi Supports Surrounding Towns," an annual effort to help collect trash and litter. Sun Journal (Lewiston, Maine)
(4/24)
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- Spartos branding new water products with electronic musician Aoki
Spartos has teamed with electronic music producer Steve Aoki to create new "Aoki-fied" labels for two of the company's protein water brands -- Blackberry+Yuzu and Jackfruit+Watermelon. Spartos will kick off the new partnership with a series of "Spartini" nights at clubs in the Los Angeles area, featuring martinis blended with Spartos protein water. "We are looking forward to bringing in a personality that is as dynamic as the Spartos brand," said CEO Kirk Bardin. Progressive Grocer
(4/24)
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- FDA warns food safety will suffer because of budget cut
A $209 million budget cut at the FDA as a result of sequestration will lead to fewer food-safety inspections, Commissioner Margaret Hamburg says. The cut will mean an 18% reduction in inspections compared with 2012. Other effects include a delay to implementation of the Food Safety Modernization Act and a longer approval process for drugs. USA Today
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