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Gatorade to remove controversial ingredient
PepsiCo Inc. is removing a controversial ingredient from its Gatorade sports drink in response to customer complaints. Molly Carter, a spokeswoman for ...
Beverage industry, NYC lawyers duel over drinks
The city defended its groundbreaking size limit on sugary drinks Wednesday as an imperfect but meaningful rein on obesity, while critics said it would ...
It's cowboys v. showgirls in Coke's Super Bowl ad
Most people will be cheering for the San Francisco 49ers or Baltimore Ravens during Super Bowl XLVII on Feb. 3. But Coca-Cola is asking viewers to ...
Coca-Cola to address obesity for first time in ads
Coca-Cola became one of the world's most powerful brands by equating its soft drinks with happiness. Now it's taking to the airwaves for the first ...
Berkshire Hathaway sells 2 short-line railroads
Warren Buffett's company has sold two short-line railroads it recently discovered it owned to satisfy regulators who might have reviewed Berkshire ...
Dr Pepper maker fills out 10-calorie lineup
When it comes to the calories in diet soda, Dr Pepper thinks 10 is the new zero. Starting next month, the country's No. 3 soft drink company plans to ...
Diet Pepsi quietly changes sweetener
Diet Pepsi is quietly changing its sweetener ahead of a major rebranding of the soft drink set for next month. The change comes as PepsiCo Inc.
50 Cent in boxing even without Floyd Mayweather
While Floyd Mayweather Jr. sat in a jail cell, rapper 50 Cent set about signing fighters and putting together the promotional company he and ...
Green Mountain Coffee names Coke exec as new CEO
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. has picked a new CEO, Coca-Cola executive Brian Kelley, as the coffee company deals with slowing sales growth.
Kremlin critics: Stop ads on pro-Putin TV channel
Russian opposition and human rights groups on Monday urged Western consumer products giants to stop "financing politically motivated persecution" by ...
Buffett's firm will close suburban DC newspaper
Warren Buffett's company is planning to close a small Virginia newspaper that it bought from Media General earlier this year. The 10,000-circulation ...
Iran bans 'luxury' imports as sanctions bite
Iran's sanctions-fighting "resistance economy" suddenly got a lot leaner, less flashy and perhaps a bit more uncomfortable. The Islamic Republic ...
Kraft's profit rises as it embraces startup spirit
Kraft Foods is embracing the spirit of a startup and betting that innovation will help it grow, as the maker of household names such as Oscar Mayer, ...
3 dead after 5 family members shot in California
A gunman targeted a family-owned fire extinguisher business Wednesday, gunning down three people at the office and shooting two more at a family home ...
PepsiCo profit dips; more ads, new products on tap
PepsiCo Inc.'s net income dipped 5 percent in the third quarter as the snack food and beverage maker poured more money into bolstering its flagship ...
Coca-Cola's profit up even as sales disappoint
The Coca-Cola Co. has a formula for growth in the volatile economic climate: sell more of its drinks in emerging markets and evolve its stable of ...
US futures edge up on strong corporate earnings
U.S. stock futures rose Tuesday for a second day as the earnings season kicked into high gear, with major players in the health care, banking and ...
End of the line for returnable Coca-Cola bottle
It's the end of an era for Coca-Cola lovers, as the last 6.5-ounce returnable, glass bottle rolls off the production line. A small Coke bottler in ...
One Direction, NFL's Drew Brees join Pepsi for ad
One Direction is Pepsi's newest pop star. The soda company is partnering with the boy band and NFL star Drew Brees for an ad that will debut this week
Soda industry: Vending machines will show calories
As criticism of sugary sodas intensifies, Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper are rolling out new vending machines that will put calorie counts right at your ...
APNewsBreak: Coke, Samsung pull Vietnam site ads
Coca-Cola and Samsung have pulled their advertising from a popular Vietnamese website notorious for providing unlicensed downloads of Western and ...
Myanmar investment commission reinvents itself
Once feared for its obstructionism, the Myanmar Investment Commission has put on a fresh, investor-friendly face, and its bureaucrats are scrambling ...
Buying American in Tehran: Apples, razors and Coke
The Great Satan still sells in Iran. Even after decades of diplomatic estrangement and tightening economic sanctions, American products manage to find ...
Coca-Cola's newest drink is just a few drops
Coca-Cola's newest drink won't come in a bottle or a can. And people will only need a squirt or two to quench their thirst. The world's largest ...
US sending high-level business delegation to Cairo
The Obama administration is sending to Cairo the largest ever U.S. trade delegation to the Arab world in a bid to help revitalize Egypt's economy and ...