Coca-Cola Expansion: Coca-Cola UNITED has started up at its new $350M Birmingham, Alabama campus, consolidating production and distribution on a 100-acre site and supporting up to 50 new jobs while keeping 750+ roles. Beverage Leadership Moves: Keurig Dr Pepper Canada names new leaders for its coffee and refreshment businesses as it prepares a separation into two companies. Convenience Retail Trends: Goldman Sachs says energy drinks and nicotine pouches are still gaining shelf momentum, with retailers planning more space for nonalcoholic beverages. Food Safety Backlash: Peggy Chang’s issued a statement after social media claims about reheating and unsafe meals, stressing its hygiene controls and pushing back on blame tied to third-party delivery apps. Seafood Prices: Retail data shows August seafood inflation tracking broader food trends, with frozen and shelf-stable categories rising and cyclospora weighing on key items. Labor Watch: A union says The Beverage Market’s strike costs are climbing, citing heavy spending on outside legal counsel and security. Gen Z Marketing: Sweetgreen reports it’s winning Gen Z at twice the rate of other generations, crediting a social-first influencer campaign.