Powerade® Recruits Mexican Soccer Phenom Jesus "Tecatito" Corona For "Just a Kid" Campaign

10-Jun-2016 - he soccer star’s inspiring personal narrative to be told in a television commercial debuting during the 2016 Copa America Centenario. OWERADE® is partnering with Jesus “Tecatito” Corona as part of its “Just a Kid” campaign, which aims to inspire by taking a passionate stand for the potential in ...

McDonald's Said To Offer Management Buyouts

07-Jun-2016 - According to Crain's Chicago Business, managers who received the offers at the fast food chain said several hundred of the company's office workers have received buyout offers. The packages, which are reportedly being offered to employees at the director level and above, are planned to start in ...

Starbuck, Anheuser-Busch To Launch Teavana Ready-to-Drink Tea In U.S.

03-Jun-2016 - Anheuser-Busch and Starbucks (SBUX) announced that they are working together to produce, bottle, distribute and market the first Teavana Ready-to-Drink or RTD tea in the U.S., with an anticipated product launch in the first half of 2017. Premium RTD tea is the fastest-growing segment in the RTD ...

Coca-Cola Launches New Patriotic Cans For Memorial Day Weekend

30-May-2016 - Beverages giant Coca-Cola Co. (KO) said it is launching special, limited edition patriotic red, white and blue cans over the Memorial Day weekend to honor and celebrate the nation's service men and women as well as to commemorate its 75-year partnership with the United Service Organizations or ...

Protests for $15 wage expected at McDonald's headquarters

25-May-2016 - Protesters demanding a higher minimum wage are expected to march on the McDonald's Corp. headquarters near Chicago ahead of the fast-food giant's annual shareholders' meeting. Organizers say the protests will begin Wednesday morning with a strike at the Rock N Roll McDonald's in downtown Chicago. ...

Monsanto Says Bayer's $62 Bln Offer 'financially Inadequate', But Open To Talks

25-May-2016 - Monsanto Co. (MON) said Tuesday that its board views the Bayer AG (BAYZF.PK, BAYRY.PK, BYR.L) proposal as incomplete and financially inadequate, but is open to continued and constructive conversations to assess whether a transaction in the best interest of Monsanto shareowners can be ...

Former Dean Foods chairman, gambler charged for insider trading

20-May-2016 - Federal prosecutors Thursday charged former Chairman of Dean Foods Thomas Davis, and a sports gambler William Walters for alleged criminal insider trading. Golfer Phil Mickelson was also charged in the SEC's civil case as a relief defendant - a person who has received property or benefits linked ...

Budweiser emblazons America on cans and bottles to kick off its most patriotic summer ever

11-May-2016 - America’s No. 1 full-flavored lager is taking its longstanding tradition of patriotic packaging even further this summer by replacing “Budweiser” with “America” on the front of its 12-oz. cans and bottles. The brand is also modifying Budweiser’s iconic label to add copy that is central to ...

Printpack Honored for Technical Innovation by the FPA

29-Apr-2016 - The Flexible Packaging Association (FPA) has awarded Printpack – a leading manufacturer of flexible and specialty rigid packaging – with the Silver Achievement Award for Technical Innovation. The award honors Printpack for its work in solving a challenge that has tested the industry for years – ...

Coca-Cola Reveals New "One-Brand" Packaging

Mexico Is First Market to Adopt Graphics Which Feature Iconic Red Disc Prominently Across Coca-Cola Trademark Products

28-Apr-2016 - In a move that will extend the Company’s “One Brand” global marketing strategy to packaging, Coca-Cola has announced the launch of new graphics that use one visual identity system featuring Coca-Cola Red as a unifying color across the Trademark. The Red Disc, the signature element of the new ...