John Sicher
John Sicher
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I think certainly there's a certain set of American consumers interested in healthy beverages. Water is certainly a healthy beverage. There has been a great deal of bottled water, a huge proliferation in the last four or five years since it was bottled in convenience packaging.
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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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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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Though not specifically part of management succession, this move, like Mary Minnick's promotion last year, elevates another strong executive and makes them both people to watch.
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With innovation and new product plans, it will be pretty intense next year.
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Between Coke and Pepsi, Coke's innovation pipeline was stronger in carbonated soft drinks. That made the difference. But fundamentally, both these companies need to be moving in the noncarbonated direction.
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Turner is simply one of the best in the U.S. beverage business. Growing carbonated soft drinks today is a challenge, and Turner is very well equipped to do that with Big Red.
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Few things this important are easy and the company and the bottlers are going to need to find a way to resolve the challenges of the new retail landscape.
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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.
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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.
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on and off. Some if it has been good. Some has been somewhat less than good.
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I think people have a growing interest in beverages which are lighter and have actual or perceived functional benefit. I think we've seen a decline in regular soft drinks for some time.
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Results are starting to improve, but the company is still a work in progress.