Coca-Cola news and analysis – Page 17
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Analysis & FeaturesDiet Coke Exotic Mango: acid test
Exotic Mango and Feisty Cherry are the brand’s first new flavours since 2003
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NewsCoca-Cola takes stake in US sports drink supplier Bodyarmor
Coca-Cola has agreed a deal to acquire a minority stake in US sports drink supplier Bodyarmor as it eyes the global sports drink market.
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NewsCoca-Cola European partners flattened by France and Spain despite levy boost
The soft drink levy provided a much-needed boost for CCEP despite being expected to stifle fizzy drink makers as sales dived elsewhere in Western Europe
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NewsCoca-Cola grows organic second quarter sales by 5%
Soft drinks giant Coca-Cola Company (KO) has reported 5% growth of organic sales in the three months to the end of the June, though headline revenues fell 8% due to the refranchising of its bottling operations.
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Comment & OpinionWith ministers’ minds elsewhere, industry is leading the way on recycling
With the government distracted by impending Brexitageddon, an ocean of discarded drink bottles is unlikely to be front of ministers’ minds
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NewsCoke offers 50% off Merlin attractions via bottle returns
Visitors to Alton Towers Resort, Thorpe Park, Chessington World of Adventures and Legoland Windsor can recycle any 500ml plastic bottle via reverse vending machines
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Analysis & FeaturesCan Coke's vision for a successful DRS catch on in the UK?
The soft drinks giant has spent the past 12 months speaking to suppliers, customers, the plastics industry and recyclers
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NewsPepsi Max running low as CO2 shortage leads to price rises
Supermarket out-of-stock levels for Pepsi drinks have surged since mid-June
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NewsCapri-Sun kicks off £4m push for reformulated range
In March, the brand reduced the sugar content of its five-strong core lineup by 50%
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NewsCity snapshot: CCEP faces rising costs due to UK sugar levy
Coca-Cola European Partners will today tell investors that revenue is growth for the year is expected to be in the “low-single digits” but that the recent UK soft drinks levy will add 4% to its costs. Plus, Deliveroo is to rapidly expand across the UK and increase its restaurant numbers by around 50% and all the rest of the latest news from the City.
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NewsPricing drives first quarter growth at CCEP as volumes slide
UK Coke bottler Coca-Cola European Partners has reported a 1% organic growth in sales despite the cold weather and “customer challenges” causing a 2.5% slip in volumes.
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NewsCoca-Cola Co buoyed by Zero Sugar's double digit growth in first quarter
Increasing sales of healthier soft drinks buoyed Coca-Cola in the first quarter, as it recorded volume growth of 3%.
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Analysis & FeaturesCoke and Pepsi slash deals in the run-up to sugar tax
Coca-Cola reduced the number of featured space promotions in stores by 32.3% compared with the previous four-week period
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NewsSainsbury's ditches Classic Coke from meal deals
The move has prompted criticism from shoppers who have argued Sainsbury’s should have simply put the price up
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NewsSupermarkets run short of large Classic Coke bottles
Supermarkets run short of largest available Classic Coke bottles
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NewsCoke Classic kicks off OOH push as sugar tax takes effect
Running for four weeks, the campaign aims “to celebrate and reinforce the uniqueness and specialness” of red Coke
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InterviewsBig interview: Leendert den Hollander on plastic, positivity and the big bang
Until its dramatic u-turn last year, Coca-Cola was demonised by campaign groups for its role in undermining solutions to plastic pollution
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NewsGMB blasts Coca-Cola over closure of two UK sites
The union described the move as ‘slap in the face’ for workers at its Milton Keynes factory & Northampton warehouse
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NewsCapri-Sun adds stevia to cut sugar content in half
Capri-Sun’s reformulated five-strong core range contains 4.9g of sugar per 100ml
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NewsCCEP launches zero-calorie Oasis Aquashock flavoured water
Oasis Aquashock arrives on shelf as demand for flavoured water is on the rise