PepsiCo announced a partnership with the Downtown DC Business Improvement District (BID) and the District Department of Public Works (DPW) that will make Washington, D.C. the U.S. first city to partner with the Dream Machine recycling initiative. A total of 363 recycling bins will be placed throughout the Downtown DC BID area, offering a convenient and rewarding recycling option for people while they are on-the-go and advancing the BID’s Greening Downtown DC initiative.
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Britvic Soft Drinks has expanded its portfolio by introducing PepsiCo’s SoBe Pure Rush energy drink to the UK market. SoBe Pure Rush has been redesigned by independent integrated design and branding agency Blue Marlin for its UK launch. SoBe stands for South Beach, but it would be easy to assume it meant “so beautiful” thanks to its stunning new packaging.
Coca-Cola’s Sprite is launching a new advertising campaign in India, where the brand holds the second position in the list of soft drink brands. The tagline of the marketing push, which aims at younger consumers, says, ‘First drink, then think. Sprite—University of Freshology.’ The iconic lemon-lime based soda, which was launched in 1999 across the country, will be now promoted through a series of 6 TV commercials, as well as social media platforms and the brand’s website—www.sprite.in.
Coca-Cola to present new bottles as homage to iconic electronic duo Daft Punk (and in partnership with them) as a new addition to the Club Coke portfolio, which already includes flamboyant designs by Justice & So_Me and Mika. The new bottles in gold and silver, without any pattern at all will be released in a limited-edition box in early March. The minimalistic and kind of futuristic space design is inspired by the appearance of Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, who always perform in their helmets created with a high-tech twist.
Inspired by the vending machine that dispensed Coca-Cola and other ‘doses of happiness’ on a college campus in New York and quickly became a global viral video sensation, a specially rigged Coca-Cola delivery truck took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro recently to spread refreshment and smiles to passers-by.
Yesterday representatives of the American Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a petition to the US Food & Drug Administration, demanding that the ‘caramel coloring’ commonly used in beverages like Coca-Cola and Pepsi be banned because, according to the latest research, it contains carcinogenic chemicals.