Quarterly Beverage Tracker: United States of America, New Study now on ASDReports

Friday 12 December 2014, Amsterdam

$ The new report now available on ASDReports, is an essential tool for keeping up-to-date with the latest industry developments in the USA beverage market. Significant activity in the soft drinks industry is covered including recent new product introductions, detailing flavor, pack type, pack size, retail price and selected pack shots, and the latest industry news. More granular data is provided for the Carbonates category, with data split by regular vs low calorie, and by key flavors.

The difference:
•    Thirst-Quenching Qualitative Analysis: Providing detailed analysis, factors influencing demand and challenges faced by the industry
•    A Refreshing Report: With the Identification of new products , detailing owners, operators and branding
•    Flavorful Forecasts: With forecasts including supporting text on quarterly performance and forecast assumptions

Report highlights:
In terms of market drivers, Economists expect third-quarter growth to come in at around a 3% annual rate. Growth was buoyed in part by increased state and federal spending. The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell to a 14-year low by the end of the quarter while industrial output rose sharply in September and housing starts have climbed 9 percent year-to-date. A report from the Federal Reserve showed production at the nation's factories, mines and utilities advanced a larger-than-expected 1.0% in September, the biggest gain since November 2012.
 
Gasoline prices have fallen sharply over the past few months with a particularly rapid decline in the 2nd half of September. Indeed the overall inflation is in decline from 2.1% in June to 2% in July and to 1.7% in August.

Coca-Cola paid $2.15 billion for a 16.7% stake in Monster Beverages which included Coca-Colas transfer of ownership of all its energy brands to Monster and Monster’s transfer of ownership of all its non-energy brands to Coca-Cola.

Lassonde Industries Inc of Canada announced its acquisition of Apple & Eve LLC, a New Jersey-based fruit juice company with a national footprint, for $150 million.

Nestlé USA sold Juicy Juice, a declining juice brand for kids, to investment firm Brynwood Partners. Russian beverage company Oasis Beverages agreed to buy Pabst Brewing for more than $700 million.