Coca-Cola Co. has announced plans to buy Glaceau in an effort to confront slowing soft drink sales. Glaceau ranks ... Coca-Cola Co. has announced plans to buy Glaceau in an effort to confront slowing soft drink sales. Glaceau ranks behind only PepsiCo's Propel in sales of...
Coca-Cola Co. entered an agreement to acquire Energy Brands Inc., also known as Glaceau, for $4.1 billion in cash. Closely held Glaceau is the maker of Vitaminwater, a brand that helped pioneer and popularize "enhanced water," one of the hottest categories in the beverage industry. Enhanced water has become increasingly...
PepsiCo Inc. reached a settlement in a lawsuit filed against it by the maker of Vitaminwater, which alleged that the soft drink heavyweight imitated the recipe and look of Glaceau's popular brand of vitamin-enhanced water. Energy Brands Inc., a privately held company which does business as Glaceau, said that the...
NEW YORK -- THE COCA-COLA COMPANY TO ACQUIRE GLACEAU, MAKER OF VITAMINWATER FOR 4.1 BILLION - Sandy Douglas, president and chief operating officer of Coca-Cola North AmericaL J. Darius Bikoff, Glaceau founder and chief executive officerC and Muhtar Kent, president and chief operating officer of The Coca-Cola CompanyR celebrate Coca-Cola's...
NEW YORK -- THE COCA-COLA COMPANY TO ACQUIRE GLACEAU, MAKER OF VITAMINWATER FOR 4.1 BILLION - Sandy Douglas, president and chief operating officer of Coca-Cola North AmericaL Mike Repole, Glaceau president CL J. Darius Bikoff, Glaceau founder and chief executive officerC and Muhtar Kent, president and chief operating officer of...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] For the second year in a row talk show host Oprah Winfrey claims the No. 1 spot as the world's most powerful celebrity, according to Forbes magazine's annual Celebrity 100 list. Out of the compiled list of 100 stars, Winfrey earned...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] One of the downsides to dieting is the inevitable loss of nutrients dieters suffer when they cut back on calories, a loss that leads to problems ranging from fatigue to an inability to concentrate. And it's a problem Kellogg Co. is targeting with...
LOS ANGELES -- Silver & Freedman ("S&F") has announced its 3rd Annual Hospitality and Restaurant Roundtable, taking place on Tuesday, July 22, 2008 at the Luxe Hotel in Los Angeles. Restaurants, hotels and other food-service businesses in Southern California are invited to come learn about recent changes...
- Highest viewed commercial spot airs in program that didn't make Top 10 - - Film trailers dominate Live and Timeshifted commercial viewing - ALVISO, Calif., June 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- TiVo Inc. , the creator of and a leader in advertising solutions...
Rudy Nutrition, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: RUNU) ispleased to announce the hiring of Ron Scharf as Executive Vice-President ofSales. Ron Scharf brings more than 30 years of successful beverage salesmanagement and brand building experience to his new role, including 14years in management for Pepsi-Cola in Southern California. He has...
PLANO, Texas, June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. reported pro forma EPS of $0.38 which included a charge of $0.02 per share related to restructuring actions announced in 2007. Net sales increased 3%, as higher pricing more than offset sales volume...
Business News IN BRIEF *PepsiCo has acquired Britain's V Water, adding a new front to the war over vitamin-enhanced bottled water. V Water is similar to Coca-Cola's Vitaminwater, which Coke plans to launch this year in select countries, including the UK, said Morgan Stanley analyst William...
She carries water for Glaceau. Carrie Underwood, who won the American Idol contest in season four, has joined season one winner Kelly Clarkson in the trickle of American Idol winners into endorsements for Vitaminwater, made by Glaceau, which is owned by major Idol sponsor Coca-Cola. Underwood's debut in...
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c88167) has announced the addition of Next Generation Soft Drinks: Innovation in Natural, Functional and Premium Beverages to their offering. The portfolio of consumer goods management reports are designed to help you make well informed and timely business decisions....
A recent Dow Jones report on CNN.net noted that the two top soft drink companies have developed remarkably distinct strategies of late. Both are aggressive dealmakers, Dow Joens said, but PepsiCo seems more focused on international deals, while Coke is staying busy in U.S. Last month PepsiCo and its biggest...
SALT LAKE CITY -- TSG Consumer Partners, the leading provider of growth capital for branded consumer companies, has made a significant investment in MonaVie, the leading creator of the premier acai blend nutritional beverage category, for a small, minority equity interest in the company. TSG pioneered focused investing...
BALA CYNWYD, Pa. -- Skinny Nutritional Corp. (OTCBB:SKNY.OB), the exclusive worldwide distributor of Skinny Water([R]), announced today the addition of Cliff Oster as the company's Director of Operations. In his new role, Oster will be in charge of the product development, purchasing and production of Skinny Water, the only zero-calorie,...
By Bill Blankenship THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL MANHATTAN - After playing a NASCAR driver in "Talledega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby," an ice skater in "Blades of Glory" and a basketball player in the soon-to-be-released "Semi-Pro," Will Ferrell says he has no plans to make...
NEW YORK -- Coca-Cola spent millions to showcase its flagship Coke Classic brand in Super Bowl ads on Sunday, but the $40 million it invested Tuesday in a trendy tea company may be a better indicator of where its sales growth plans are aimed. The deal for 40%...
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