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  Where to watch the 2025 Dodgers parade, stadium rally
The Los Angeles Dodgers just wrote a new chapter in the Major League Baseball history books with the team's back-to-back World Series championship victory. Fans can join the team Monday, Nov. 3 in a celebratory parade downtown or rally at Dodgers...
    
  Scientists issue warning after finding concerning hazard in popular beverage products: 'Significant concern'
How do you take your tea? With milk, sugar, and microplastics. What's happening? Troubling new research published in the Food and Chemical Toxicology journal has found an abundance of microplastics in teabags. The study, which tested green, sage,...
    
  Nestle Layoffs: Swiss Food and Beverage Giant To Cut 16,000 Jobs Over Next 2 Years Globally
New Delhi, October 16: Nestle, the Swiss food and beverage giant known for brands like Nespresso, Kit Kat, Perrier, and Purina, announced on Thursday that it will cut 16,000 jobs worldwide over the next two years. The move comes as the company...
    
  The British beverage brands making it big in the US (and the mistakes they made on the way)
Entrepreneurial British beverage brands are making it big in America including Scottish brewer Brewdog; functional drinks brand Trip; meal-shake brand Huel; non-alcoholic spirit Seedlip; tonic and mixer brand Fever-Tree and many more. Yet none of...
    
  Move over, pumpkin spice coffee! When to expect holiday coffee, menus
Several major coffee chains, including Starbucks and Dunkin', are launching their holiday menus in early November. Dutch Bros and Scooter's Coffee have already made their 2025 holiday-themed beverages available to customers. Goodbye pumpkin spice,...
    
  SupplySide Global to showcase new creatine-enhanced RTD beverage
For the second year, SupplySide Global will feature a complimentary show-exclusive beverage for all attendees. And this time, the focus is sharper, the volume is smaller and the formulation takes aim at a major functional wish list item: a...
    
  Tribe toasts Fijian creativity as official beverage partner of Makete Ethnik 2025
Tribe toasts Fijian creativity as official beverage partner of Makete Ethnik 2025 Tribe, Fiji’s leading ready-to-drink vodka since 1998, has been named the official beverage partner of Makete Ethnik 2025, a vibrant celebration of Fijian...
    
  
    
  Volusia Business News: We need a beverage everyone wants to drink
It sure would be nice if we had NASCAR races every month. But at least moving them to August from July continues to pay dividends as they helped drive up bed tax collections by 3.5% in Volusia County from August 2024. The Halifax Area and...
    
  Stockmeier acquires cream liqueur co-manufacturer Creamy Creation
Germany’s Stockmeier Group has acquired Dutch cream liqueur co-manufacturer Creamy Creation for an undisclosed sum. The transaction was completed at the end of October. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and...
Why Pepsi could be seeking a 'high' in India
To beat seasonal challenges, grow premiumisation and stay one step ahead of emerging competition, soft drink makers are eyeing premium ready-to-drink (RTD) alcoholic beverages market. Varun Beverages (VBL), PepsiCo's largest bottling partner...
    
  PepsiCo taps into protein boom with 3 beverage innovations
Dive Brief: PepsiCo is enhancing its protein offerings with refreshed options across three beverage brands as nutritional drinks continue to power sales across the industry. The new lines, which will come to market early next year, include updates...
    
  Beverage Maker Barfresh Acquires Arps Dairy Inc.
Barfresh Food Group Inc., a Los Angeles-based maker of frozen, ready-to-blend and ready-to-drink beverages, has completed its acquisition of all the outstanding capital stock of Ohio-based dairy processor Arps Dairy Inc. The deal was completed...
World’s most expensive coffee goes on sale in Dubai at $1,300 a cup
DUBAI – A cafe in Dubai is offering the world’s most expensive coffee, selling for more than $1,200 a cup, brewed from Panamanian beans sold at a premium price. The wealthy emirate is known for its extravagant ventures, including an enormous mall...
Windsor's 'second most iconic building' is 'perfect' for new Test Kitchen restaurant
The couple behind a popular new restaurant and bar in St Leonards Road are urging residents to go independent this festive season. LEE LEE is a ‘hybrid creation’, made by Milly Foley and John O'Connor, both aged 40, which is ‘equal parts...
    
  U.S. Retailers Are Marching on Europe
LONDON — U.S. retailers can’t get enough of the U.K. and continental Europe and are rapidly planting their flags in key cities, according to new research by Savills set to be published Monday. U.S. retailers, including food and beverage concepts...
    
  Amber Beverage UK buys Ten Locks from Kingsland Drinks
Amber Beverage UK (ABUK) has acquired the assets of Ten Locks, the Manchester-based distributor owned by Kingsland Drinks. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Discover B2B Marketing That Performs Combine business intelligence and...
    
  7 Brew, Flynn Group strike 160-store development deal
Dive Brief: Flynn Group has signed a 160-store development agreement with 7 Brew as part of the launch of a new division dedicated to scaling breakout brands, called Flynn Growth, according to a Thursday press release. The deal follows the opening...
    
  Your Surfside variety pack may have been crafted by robots at this Bucks County factory
At first glance, Sojo’s Bristol plant looks as busy as any old-time soda canning plant, with clusters of bright-shirted workers sending long lines of drinks along clanging conveyors into colorful boxes for delivery. But the plant in Bucks County...
    
  Ten Locks under new ownership with Amber Beverage UK
Amber Beverage UK has acquired distributor Ten Locks, bringing brands such as El Tequileño Tequila and Savoia into its distribution portfolio. Amber Beverage UK will now distribute Savoia Additional Ten Locks brands that will now be distributed by...