John Sicher
John Sicher
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It's Coke and Pepsi and Cadbury who really stepped up to the plate and did something fairly controversial, and they deserve a lot of credit for this.
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I think the industry basically, in removing them from schools and keeping in their other beverages, has made a positive move, both for American children and also, the industry has served itself well.
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I think the bottom line is people will, over the holidays, heavily consume soft drinks, bottled water, teas and juices.
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It started out with young consumers ? late teens, people in their 20s ? but it's getting much broader than that.
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I think certainly there's a certain set of American consumers interested in healthy beverages. Water is certainly a healthy beverage. There has been a great deal of bottled water, a huge proliferation in the last four or five years since it was bottled in convenience packaging.
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on and off. Some if it has been good. Some has been somewhat less than good.
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Consumers are looking for more and more choice, and beverage companies are responding. The macro trend is toward lighter, lower calorie beverages, but consumers still like sweet, creamy, dessert-like beverages.
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Energy drinks are enjoying phenomenal growth and Hansen has done a terrific job with its brands.
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Gatorade would do even better under PepsiCo than it has under Quaker Oats because of better marketing and distribution.
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We estimate that the diet category could actually surpass the regular soda category in about 12 to 15 years,