Coca-Cola, the world's biggest beverage maker, reported first quarter earnings that beat Wall Street forecasts.
Beverage maker Diageo mixes global drinks with local drinks and liquors to create product offerings that cater to local markets.
Wahaha, based in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, says it has been China's biggest beverage maker over the past 11 years.
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Bank of America profited from a big options bet it made on an alcohol-company stock days before the beverage maker announced an acquisition in which the bank was the lead lender.
Smucker, the maker of Folgers coffees, and carbonated beverage maker Dr. Pepper Snapple passed higher food prices onto consumers in recent quarters, and both reported profit gains from the moves in their latest earnings.
Last week, the National Center for Public Research complained at Coca-Cola's annual shareholder meeting in Atlanta that the beverage maker lobbies heavily to keep soda on the list of wholesome things that food stamps can buy.
Still, De Bontin says Henry's offensive prowess and global appeal of Henry have enhanced the team's international standing as well as the brand of beverage maker Red Bull, which bought the club in 2006 and also owns teams in Austria, Brazil and Germany.
Investors have little enthusiasm for well-run old Japan firms, such as Kirin Beverage, a soft-drinks maker that has not yet found a new-Japan marketing angle.
Among them three beverage-companies, soft drink-maker Coca-Cola and brewers Anheuser-Busch InBev, SABMiller, and Heineken.
Dean Foods is one of the major U.S. food and beverage companies, with its WhiteWave division the leading maker of soymilk and organic milk.
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So Delicious Dairy Free, a maker of dairy-free foods, added pea protein to its So Delicious Almond Plus Beverage last year to increase the protein content.
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