John Sicher
John Sicher
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The biggest trend last year was the accelerated growth of the diet sodas,
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Energy drinks are enjoying phenomenal growth and Hansen has done a terrific job with its brands.
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Quaker Oats' grain-based snacks could show real growth within the Frito-Lay marketing and distribution system,
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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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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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The diet part of the industry is where the growth is, and these companies are now expanding their offerings of diet sodas.
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The carbonated soft drink category is fundamentally in trouble. I anticipate there will be some sporadic growth of a few regular brands and some diets, but the outlook doesn't look good for the category.
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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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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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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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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.