Soft drinks

Kraft Foods and Israel’s SodaStream enter into co-branding deal

06 Jan 2012

Coke moves secret formula to its own vault

09 Dec 2011

On the 125th anniversary of its inception, iconic aerated drinks maker Coca-Cola Co has shifted its secret formula to the World of Coca-Cola Museum at its headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, and put it on ‘public display’

Coca-Cola to invest $2 bn in India over the next five years

14 Nov 2011

India ranks among the company’s top 10 markets by volume globally and is the largest market in Eurasia and Africa.

Starbucks expands into juices with Evolution Fresh acquisition

11 Nov 2011

PepsiCo acquires Brazil's cookie and cracker producer Grupo Mabel

11 Nov 2011

PepsiCo outbid global rivals Bunge Inc and Mexico's Grupo Bimbo to acquire one of Brazil's biggest cookie and cracker producers's.

Pepsi launches limited-edition Diwali cans , PET bottles

27 Oct 2011

Dabur enters Sri Lanka with fruit-based beverages venture

27 Sep 2011

Japan’s Asahi to buy Charlie’s in New Zealand, P&N's water, juice business in Australia

05 Jul 2011

Del Monte launches new fruit-based drink in India

21 Apr 2011

Coke in no rush to hike prices despite inflation

11 Jan 2011

PepsiCo is Russia's biggest foods firm with Wimm-Bill-Dann deal

29 Dec 2010

WBD is Russia's largest maker of dairy products, and a leading producer of juices and beverages in Russia and the CIS nations

Russian watchdog to approve $3.8-bn PepsiCo-WBD deal

28 Dec 2010

The deal is PepsiCo’s largest acquisition outside the US, and is in line with the company’s strategy of creating a $30-billion nutrition business by 2020

JMJ Group’s energy drink subsidiary eyes 30% market share in 2011-12

07 Dec 2010

PepsiCo to acquire majority stake in Russia’s Wimm-Bill-Dann for $5.4-billion

02 Dec 2010

SC quashes ‘pesticide’ plaint against PepsiCo; flays government

19 Nov 2010

Kerala official in the dock over pro-Coke comment

26 May 2010

PepsiCo to invest $2.5-billion in China

22 May 2010

The investment , is in addition to the $1 billion investment PepsiCo announced in November 2008, and is aimed at helping it compete with rival Coke, which has double of Pepsi's market in China

Coke to add apple, mixed fruit juice to 'Minute Maid' range

28 Apr 2010

PepsiCo Q1 net profit up 26 per cent at $1.43 billion

22 Apr 2010

Limca unveils summer campaign ‘Splash of freshness’

13 Apr 2010

Coca-Cola raises stake in UK’s Innocent Drinks to 58 per cent

10 Apr 2010

Tata Tea, PepsiCo in beverages alliance

09 Apr 2010

Tata Tea and PepsiCo plan to team up to produce non-carbonated ready-to-drink beverages, focused on health and enhanced wellness

Coca-Cola unveils new Fanta summer campaign, ‘Dikhao apne asli rang’

23 Mar 2010

Kerala government panel damns Coca-Cola's Plachimada operations

22 Mar 2010

Motor-bikes up for grabs in the new Thums Up campaign

05 Mar 2010