drinks

Mexican drinks seller Arca profits rise on ‘surprise’ sales volumes

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican bottler Arca Continental said on Thursday its third-quarter net profit rose 7% as it sold more water and soft drinks than expected in its home market and widened its U.S. profit margin. The net profit of 4.54 billion Mexican pesos ($260 million) was slightly below the 4.62 billion pesos analysts polled by LSEG had estimated, but Arca’s higher core margins exceeded J.P. Morgan’s expectations. “The highlight of this quarter is once again the strong performance of the U.S. operations,” J.P. Morgan analysts said in a note. Mexican volumes were “the main surprise” and traders should

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Berlin clears sale of drinks company to Red Bull despite HK connection – Handelsblatt

BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s Economy Ministry has cleared the sale of drinks company Brandenburger Urstromquelle to Austria-based Red Bull despite the buyer’s Hong Kong connection, German business daily Handelsblatt reported on Tuesday. The ministry did not respond to a request for comment by Reuters. The Economy Ministry had been conducting a review of the deal because 49% of Red Bull is owned by Hong Kong-based holding company T.C. Agrotrading, the Handelsblatt report said. (Writing by Friederike Heine, Editing by Paul Carrel)

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Pepsico recalls some Starbucks vanilla frappuccino drinks in U.S

(Reuters) – Pepsico Inc recalled more than 25,000 cases of Starbucks chilled coffee drink after glass was found in some of the bottles, the U.S. Food and Drug administration said in a notice. The voluntary recall, which was initiated on Jan. 28, covers more than 300,000 bottles of the Starbucks frappuccino vanilla chilled coffee drink, the FDA said. The FDA classified this as a Class 2 recall, which means the “product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote”, according the agency’s website. Distributed nationwide by PepsiCo, the

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Krystal Shakes up Spring With Peachy Drinks and $1 Chili Cheese Pups, Starting April 19

Atlanta, GA  (–)  Krystal Restaurants LLC, the original quick-service restaurant chain in the South, is saying “Hello, Spring!” with some great deals and refreshing new items. Starting on Monday, April 19, participating Krystal restaurants will be serving up Chili Cheese Pups® for just $1 or a meal deal with two Chili Cheese Pups® and small Tots for $3.99. To sweeten the deal, they have added a new Peach Shake and Peach Lemonade to their menu for a limited time only. “Throughout the year, we love bringing back $1 deals on our crowd-pleasers, and the Chili Cheese Pup® ranks high in

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Novolex Offers New Solutions for Restaurants, Serving Up ‘Drinks to Go’

Restaurants can choose from a variety of ingenious cups and containers so customers can enjoy cocktails at home with their takeout Hartsville, SC  (RestaurantNews.com)  Novolex is offering creative solutions to help restaurants with increased customer demand for convenient takeout and curbside service with a variety of plastic cups and containers for “drinks to go.” As restaurants evolve and offer more carryout, Novolex brands are creating ingenious ways to help them thrive in the changing world. In addition to “drinks to go,” which can be branded to customer specifications, restaurants can choose from a variety of family-style carryout boxes, peace-of-mind packaging

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Outpour of Celebratory Drinks in Los Angeles Headline BeerBoard’s 2022 Big Game Pour Report

Leader in technology for on-premise hospitality reveals significant uptick in beer volume, top brands and more insights from football’s season finale Syracuse, NY  (-)  Sunday’s Big Game was played in Los Angeles and the Entertainment Capital of the World did not disappoint — especially when it came to raising a glass to celebrate a historic victory in SoFi Stadium! In BeerBoard‘s 2022 Big Game Pour Report, the leader in technology for on-premise hospitality tracked draft beer sales for its clients on Feb. 13 and compared the stats to Feb. 7, 2021, and Feb. 2, 2020 — the dates of the

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Thirst Drinks Uses NFT Project to Give Customers EXTREME Utility Value

(-)  WHAT: Thirst Drinks launches an NFT project where customers can own a digital Thirst card that they can redeem for their product FREE from all Thirst stores every day for life. See thirstdrinks.com/nfts for detailed project overview. WHO: Thirst Drinks at 5 location (downtown Salt Lake City, Millcreek, West Jordan, Bountiful, Tooele) soda and pretzel shop started 6 years ago by 19 year old Ethan Cisneros. Please contact Ethan at 909-979-7302 or ethan@thirstdrinks.com with any inquiries or questions. What are Thirst NFTs? Don’t overcomplicate it…these are digital Thirst cards that the Thirsty Nation can OWN! They are collections of

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Russian soft drinks maker to cut back investments, hiring over new sugar tax

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Chernogolovka, a Russian soft drinks producer hoping to seize market share as Western competitors leave, said a proposed new sugary drinks tax had forced it to scale back investments next year and freeze hiring for 1,000 new jobs. A parliamentary committee last week gave preliminary approval to budget proposals that would see excise duty levied on drinks with a certain sugar content at 7 roubles ($0.1135) per litre from Jan. 1, 2023. “The company’s investment programme for 2023 will be reduced by 5 billion roubles, which will lead to the ‘freezing’ of 1,000 new jobs,” Chernogolovka said

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Police Searching for Suspects Who Stole Large Quantities of Energy Drinks

GLOUCESTER TOWNSHIP, NJ – Gloucester Police are continuing to investigate a robbery at a Sicklerville CVS store where multiple suspects brazenly walked out with cart and baskets full of energy drinks. “The three pictured suspects entered the CVS on Cross Keys Road in the Sicklerville Section of Gloucester Township at approximately 9 PM on June 14, 2022. The suspects loaded a CVS shopping cart, hand basket, and their pockets with a large quantity of energy drinks and quickly fled the store in an unknown direction or vehicle,” police said. Is it not sure at this time whether or not any

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Annual Drizly Consumer Trend Report Finds Americans Thirstier for Tequila, Cocktails in Cans and Non-Alcoholic Drinks

Fourth annual Drizly Consumer Trend Report paints picture of emerging Gen Z imbibers – interested in red wine, willing to pay for premium; “just because” alcohol gifting on a potential upswing; home mixology may have crested since 2020 BOSTON, May 19, 2022 — Drizly, an Uber company and a leading alcohol e-commerce and on-demand delivery platform, today released its fourth annual Consumer Trend Report. The report’s findings uncover what Americans are poised to drink this summer and throughout 2022, generational preferences and differences when it comes to alcohol, and how long we can expect recent phenomena, like the rise in home

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Coca-Cola, Molson Coors to launch Simply-branded alcoholic drinks

Coca-Cola Co will launch Simply-branded alcoholic drinks in the United States this summer in partnership with beer giant Molson Coors Beverage Co <TAP.N, as the soda maker doubles down on its adult drinks portfolio. Soft-drink makers, including Monster Beverage Corp and PepsiCo Inc, have been branching out to the alcohol space as traditional boundaries between the categories rapidly blur. Coca-Cola launched an alcoholic version of its Topo Chico sparkling water along with Molson Coors about a year ago before tying up with Constellation Brands Inc to introduce Fresca-branded ready-to-drink cocktails. Molson Coors will launch the Simply Spiked Lemonade in multiple

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AOC spotted having drinks in Miami while New York City suffers through record-breaking COVID-19 surge

MIAMI, FL – On Thursday, Sandy Cortez (D-NYC) was spotted having drinks at the swank Doraku Sushi and Izakaya sushi bar in Miami, the National Review reported Thursday. Who can blame her? Things are miserable in New York City as COVID-19 is running rampant, mask mandates are in effect and it’s pretty damn cold out. The champagne socialist appears to be spending her New Year in the free state of Florida, not with her poor Abuela and not with her constituents in New York City. But let’s rewind a bit. Earlier this year, Cortez railed U.S. Senator Ted Cruz for

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To save the environment, New Jersey demands paper straws with drinks served in plastic cups with plastic lids

If you live in New Jersey and order a drink at a fast food or coffee drive-through, or at Wawa, you’re going to get that drink with a paper straw. The drink could possibly be served in a large plastic cup with a plastic lid. There’s a chance that your paper straw will be individually wrapped in plastic for health safety, but know that you’re saving the environment one drink at a time. While New Jersey has now banned the use of plastic straws, allowing an option for customers to request a plastic straw, the state still allows drinks to

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