Coca-Cola HBC – one of the largest Coca-Cola bottlers in the world – plans to launch Costa Coffee in at least 10 of its 28 markets next year, including Bulgaria, Greece, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia and Switzerland. This will address a broad range of consumer and customer needs across multiple channels and occasions, in line with Coca-Cola HBC’s leading 24/7 beverage partner vision. “This is fantastic news that will build genuine value for our...

The tradition of drinking Coca-Cola and coffee has a long history. There are just few days today, in which at least one of the two tastes is not present in our daily life. Now we can enjoy them without having to choose. That's right, Coke with a coffee twist. The drink's initial appearances in places like Australia, Italy, and Thailand are doing well — and that it will be available in 25 countries by the end of the year. The new drink will "tastes a bit...

Nestlé has announced it has created a unique chocolate made entirely from the cocoa fruit, using the beans and pulp as the only ingredients and therefore not adding any refined sugar. Nestlé plans to introduce the first product in Japan in the autumn of this year through its KitKat Chocolatory. Further products in other countries will follow next year, through some of Nestlé’s most popular confectionery brands. More

Today, natural mineral water brand Valvert in Belgium launches its new bottle made entirely from recycled PET (rPET), a first for Nestlé in Europe. This innovation is a step further towards meeting Nestlé's commitment to increase the rPET content in its water bottles to 35% globally by 2025. Valvert only uses already used bottles to produce the new bottle, and no new virgin PET needs to be created. Valvert has...

Revenue from organic products, excluding the effect of currency fluctuations and acquisitions, rose by 4.5% PepsiCo outpaced second-quarter earnings and profit analysts' forecast due to higher demand for Soda and Lays chips, Reuters reported. Revenue in the Frito-Lay snacks division in North America grew by 4.5%, while the beverage unit rose 2.5%. More