soft drinks

    By Dawn Kawamoto

    | 10:00AM 2/10/2011
    Coca-Cola's strong earnings drew only a tepid response from investors. One reason could be the company's go-slow approach to unloading global bottling operations that it has painstakingly rebuilt. But Muhtar Kent says he's not going to rush any sales.

    By Bruce Watson

    | 1:53PM 11/17/2010
    Daniel Birnbaum, CEO of SodaStream, is betting he can turn carbonated-drink dispensers (100 flavors -- mix your own) into a household necessity. Based on his company's initial stock offering in early November, it looks like Wall Street agrees. [Video]

    By Dan Burrows

    | 7:00AM 10/18/2010
    We started with Citi Investment Research's top global retail picks for an "hourglass" recovery (benefiting retailers on the high and low ends). After drilling down into the fundamentals and valuations, here are our five favorites.

    By Bruce Kennedy

    | 4:00PM 9/20/2010
    The Mexican version of Coke -- made with cane sugar instead of high-fructose corn syrup and served in glass bottles rather than plastic -- is making great inroads in the U.S. market. And it's not just Hispanic consumers who are buying.

    By David Bakke

    | 7:00AM 9/08/2010
    Have you ever wondered why sometimes your server looks slightly annoyed when you tell them you're having water with your meal? Or that she is more worried about the level in your wine glass than you? Or why many restaurants went to free re-fills on soda a few years back without batting an eye?...

    By Melly Alazraki

    | 4:18PM 7/21/2010
    The CEO of the Coca-Cola, the world's largest beverage company, still believes the U.S. is "a great market for growth." Says Muhtar Kent: "We believe that everything that we've done to course-correct in the U.S. in the last three years is working."

    By Ron Dicker

    | 8:00AM 3/22/2010
    The report this week that McDonald's Corp. and Coca-Cola are pushing McDonald's indie franchises to lower the price of all sodas to $1 this summer makes little difference to consumers. At any price, we get screwed. I know, I know. Railing against the mark-up of fountain soft drinks is as useful as...

    By Douglas McIntyre

    | 5:15AM 3/17/2010
    PepsiCo will stop selling its full-sugar drinks in primary and secondary schools around the world by 2012.

    By Pallavi Gogoi

    | 1:20PM 2/09/2010
    With America mired in recession, beverage giant Coca-Cola relied on its global operations to pick up the slack. And its laser focus on the two big international markets where the growth is -- India and China -- paid off smartly in the fourth quarter.

    By Bob Cesca

    | 4:00PM 1/08/2010
    If you're drinking a fountain beverage from a restaurant right now, you probably want to skip to the next blog entry. You've been warned. A team of microbiologists from Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia have conducted one of those studies that we never -- ever -- like to hear about. They...