John Sicher
John Sicher
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But soft drinks sales overall are holding up well. If you're looking at the first-quarter U.S. volume growth this year for both Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, it's important to consider that other factors were at play including bad weather and anti-U.S. sentiment around the world.
bad both consider drinks factors growth holding including looking overall sales sentiment soft volume weather year
But soft drinks sales overall are holding up well, ... If you're looking at the first-quarter U.S. volume growth this year for both Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, it's important to consider that other factors were at play including bad weather and anti-U.S. sentiment around the world.
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It started out with young consumers ? late teens, people in their 20s ? but it's getting much broader than that.
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Consumers are looking for more and more choice, and beverage companies are responding. The macro trend is toward lighter, lower calorie beverages, but consumers still like sweet, creamy, dessert-like beverages.
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The biggest trend last year was the accelerated growth of the diet sodas,
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They are very aggressive in marketing and have pervasive distribution. It's No. 1 in water in the U.S. and a lot of it has to do with marketing, imagery and distribution availability.
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The airline business in terms of volume is tiny. It's more important in terms of presence, visibility and a little bit of prestige.
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Summer is the highest-volume period of the year for the beverage industry. But it's not just the new products that will get the attention. The promotions and advertising are also very important for both companies.
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It's Coke and Pepsi and Cadbury who really stepped up to the plate and did something fairly controversial, and they deserve a lot of credit for this.
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I think the industry basically, in removing them from schools and keeping in their other beverages, has made a positive move, both for American children and also, the industry has served itself well.
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Wal-Mart's growth and power is changing how consumers buy products and how beverage companies sell products. The lawsuit is about Coke and its bottlers trying to come to terms with that.
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Traditional carbonated soft drinks have got a tough road ahead. The migration to water and sports drinks and other noncarbonated drinks seems to be permanent.
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They've created a very good brand. It's got good distribution, and they're continually coming up with new and interesting flavors.
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This package was an interesting novelty, but was never going to be a big idea. It's not exactly hard to find a hot cup of coffee in America.