As fans gather to celebrate the biggest football game of the season, Coca-Cola is asking everyone to raise a Coke and give a virtual ‘Coke Cheers’ for the team they’re supporting in the big game. For each ‘Coke Cheers’ submitted, Coca-Cola will donate $1 (up to $250,000) to Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s (BGCA) Triple Play program. Fans who participate in the activity also will be treated to another uplifting outcome—a sneak peek at one of the ads that will air during the FOX Super Bowl XLV broadcast on February 6.

Today Starbucks introduced its latest offer—Starbucks VIA® Taste Promise— encouraging consumers to discover the taste of Starbucks VIA® Ready Brew. Starbucks VIA® is a natural roasted arabica coffee in an instant form that, according to the manufacturer «is rich and full-bodied just like a fresh-brewed cup of Starbucks coffee.»

Starbucks VIA® is manufactured based on U.S. patent-pending microgrind technology that preserves the coffee’s taste and quality.

Coca-Cola Netherlands is inviting the cult soda brand fans to compare the amount of calories they consume while drinking various beverages, ranging from water and iced tea to the company’s products. The improved version of ‘Calorie Compass’ (Caloriekompas) tool, which helps visitors to the www.coca-cola.nl website find out if traditional beverages like fruit juices are lighter than the iconic dark soda (its three most varieties) or not. The results really can impress.

7UP becomes simpler—not in terms of the recipe, but visually. The citrus flavoured soda brand decided to drop some elements of its previous logo and make it look bolder and fresher. The new identity developed by TracyLocke new York was launched only in international markets, where the 7UP brand is owned by PepsiCo (not the U.S., where the 7UP brand belongs to the portfolio of Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.). The countries, which have got the famous refreshing drink in ‘a new outfit’ several months ago, are Germany and Canada.

The Coca-Cola Company and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) yesterday, January 20, announced a global partnership to expand their collaboration. Monetary and strategic support committed over 3 years to expand reach of world’s largest humanitarian network. The Coca-Cola Company will invest $2 million to support the IFRC’s work in disaster response and preparedness and public engagement in communities that both organizations serve. Separately, The Coca-Cola Foundation will donate $1 million to the IFRC’s Disaster Response Emergency Fund to provide immediate financial support to help Red Cross and Red Crescent National Societies quickly respond to disasters around the world.

Pepsi Max is offering new ways to rid of those who don’t let you enjoy a can of your favourite soda. The fizzy drink brand released a series of tongue-in-cheek spots, featuring guys who just want to escape from the imperfect reality (in which they got to do unpleasant things like having dinner with a girl-friend’s parents, shopping with her or having a tough conversation with a boss) and spend some time with buddies.

It’s a jungle out there. And to tame it, ‘Gossip Girl’ actress Jessica Szohr sheds her inhibitions—and unleashes her inner lizard — in Costa Rica, wearing nothing but a pair of SoBe® Lifewater® skinsuits to launch new SoBe Lifewater with electrolytes. The sultry photo spread, the second installment of the SoBe Lifewater skinsuit series, will appear exclusively in the iconic Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, which hits newsstands on February 15.

Fergie becomes extremely seductive in a new Dr Pepper commercial for the upcoming Super Bowl XLV, slated for February 6. The soft drink brand, which invited spooky KISS to star in the last year’s advertising, now is focusing on sexual attraction. The music diva, who now got wavy dark brown locks and is wearing a gorgeous ‘vampire’ dress, promotes the famous Cherry Dr. Pepper soda and surprises her fans with a very complicated trick—in just a few seconds she knots a cherry stem in her mouth.

Lipton Brisk Iced Tea has launched a new phase of the campaign featuring clay puppet characters, which represent A-list celebrities of the modern culture. This time, the brand has ‘invited’ Ozzy Osbourne and Danny Trejo to ‘star’ in the promotion, which encourages consumers to live their lives in a brisk way. The recruited stars didn’t actually appeare in the videos—instead, they gave their voice and ‘bodies’ to the clay puppet characters, featured in tongue-in-cheek web promotion, which includes short films and a competition on Facebook.