Maaza, a desi mango fruit-based drink owned by Coca-Cola, has touched the milestone of becoming a billion-dollar brand in 2024, its Chairman and CEO James Quincey has said.
The firm has set its eyes on emerging categories such as juices and plans to develop a stronger total portfolio, participating across multiple categories.
Twenty-five years on, Coca-Cola is involved in a new search. Arnab Dutta reports.
Consumer courts did not accept the company's contention that Thakkar did not have a proper receipt of the transaction.
Coca-Cola India on Wednesday launched Vanilla Coke in India. The company said that the new drink offers the 'same true taste of Coca-Cola with a hint of vanilla flavour.'
Bisleri, India's largest packaged-water player, said it would contemplate legal action against Coca-Cola India if the latter did not agree to its objection over the registration of the Mazaa trademark in other countries. Bisleri, however, insists that Coca-Cola has applied for registration of the Mazaa trademark in countries where the brand is not present and has objected to it on grounds that it is a breach of agreement under which Coca-Cola had acquired the rights of Mazaa.
In the dock over pesticides-in-cola controversy, Coca-Cola on Saturday questioned the credibility of the tests carried out by NGO Centre for Science and Environment, which claimed that soft drink products in India contained high levels of pesticides.
Krishnakumar would be taking over from Bill Schultz who has been shifted to the Philippines to head the company's operations there, Coca Cola India said. Krishnakumar would report to Steve Buffington, regional director (Bottling Investments Group) of The Coca-Cola Company.
Soft drinks major Coca-Cola on Friday denied allegations that its products were unsafe and said it met all quality and food safety norms.
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The cola war between Coke and Pepsi is extending to the IPL turf, with Coca Cola replacing rival PepsiCo as sponsors of Mumbai Indians and Kings XI Punjab in the fourth season of the T20 league.
Beverages giant Coca-Cola will cut jobs in India as part of its "redesigning operating model" globally to accelerate business growth across markets.
Maaza is the country's top mango juice drink despite competition from brands such as Frooti and Tropicana Slice growing in the past few years.
Central Ground Water Authority declared Arajiline block, where the bottling plant in located, as "over exploited" in 2011
The 36-year-old moved the cola bottles aside as he sat down to speak to the media before Tuesday's Group F opener against Hungary.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to soft drinks major Coca-Cola on a Kerala government plea
The soft drink giants have signed a three-year contract and the money would be paid as per the team's performance in each season.
Multinational soft drinks manufactureer Coca-Cola on Wednesday withdrew its petition from the Supreme Court after the latter refused to interfere in the resolution of the controversy pertaining to alleged pesticide content in its products.
Venkatesh Kini, business unit president, Coca-Cola India and South West, shares his plans with Arnab Dutta.
Residents in the vicinity alleged over-exploitation of groundwater.
Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages has moved the National Green Tribunal, challenging the order.
Coca-Cola on Friday announced a cut in prices of 300 ml and 200 ml packages to Rs eight and Rs five respectively for Coke, Thums Up, Limca, Sprite and Fanta in some North Indian markets.
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages on a petition filed by a Kerala village panchayat challenging a high court order allowing the soft drink company to draw 500,000 litres of groundwater per day.
Coca-Cola India's volume growth is in sharp contrast to its growth worldwide. Worldwide, the beverage giant registered a volume growth of just five per cent in the reported quarter.
Coca-Cola India had stepped up its innovation push to be future-ready, company president for India and South West Asia, Venkatesh Kini, said
Italy defender Leonardo Bonucci could not get enough of the sponsors' offerings on Sunday, taking big swigs of Coca-Cola and Heineken as he spoke to media after their victory over England.
Priced at Rs 75 for a 250ml can, Burn is one of the most successful energy drink from the company's global portfolio.
The seeds of a potential turnaround were sown in 2016, when the firm began to revamp its portfolio to match changing consumer needs.
Coca-Cola India on Friday asserted that there was "no detectable level of pesticides" in soft drinks manufactured by it in India when measured against strict European Union standards.
The differences pertain to her modelling contract.
This means, Coca-Cola group will no longer bottle and market any of its beverages in the country.
Coca-Cola India said on Thursday that its operations have been expanded to cover three new countries -- Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka besides India, Bhutan and the Maldives it already services.
The prototype Coca-Cola recipe was formulated at the Eagle Drug and Chemical Company, a drugstore in Columbus, Georgia by John Pemberton.
The sought-after recipe is held in a safe at the World of Coca-Cola in downtown Atlanta.
The company is in talks with young star Ranveer Singh to replace Salman