Drinks | featured news

AB InBev buys out Corona maker Modelo for $20 billion

InBev

Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's biggest brewer, said it would swallow the half of Grupo Modelo it does not already own for $20.1 billion in the latest of a string of deals by big brewers looking for growth in emerging markets.

 

Starbucks opening Evolution Fresh juice store

Starbucks

Starbucks Corp. is pushing beyond coffee with the opening of its first Evolution Fresh Inc. juice store, the company said Monday.

 

Starbucks Pushes Into Juice

Starbucks is buying Evolution Fresh, a juice brand, as part of a broader push to do with juice what it has done with coffee. It also plans to open separate juice stores.

 

Well Blog: School Soda Bans Have Limited Impact, Study Says

Well Blog: School Soda Bans Have Limited Impact, Study Says

The study found that removing soda only prompted students to buy sports drinks and other sugar-laden beverages instead.

Senh: I agree with the people behind the study: you can't expect schools to do it all. You need to restrict it at home, and you need to educate kids for about the adverse health effects of drinking too much sugery drinks - oh yeah, and don't forget to exercise.

 

CNBC special report: The coffee addiction

CNBC special report: The coffee addiction

Today coffee is something more than a drink — fancier, tastier, pricier. It's a magic elixir that satisfies our collective craving and our addiction to caffeine.

 

City Room: City Ban on Food Stamps for Sodas Is Rejected

Federal officials rejected a proposal to bar New York City’s food stamp users from buying soda with their benefits.

 

SABMiller makes hostile $10 billion bid for Foster's

SABMiller makes hostile $10 billion bid for Foster's

Global brewer SABMiller took its $10.0 billion bid for Australia's Foster's hostile, going direct to shareholders, SABMiller said on Wednesday.

 

High Coffee Intake May Cause Auditory Hallucinations

High Coffee Intake May Cause Auditory Hallucinations

If you've just downed your fifth cup of coffee and you seem to be hearing things that aren't actually there, well, you might want to blame the caffeine in your cup of Joe.

 

Champagne Sells for 43G

Champagne Sells for 43G

What do you drink to celebrate winning an auction to pay $78,975 for two bottles of champagne?

 

Starbucks Coffee Soon to Cost You Extra Bucks

Starbucks Coffee Soon to Cost You Extra Bucks

Starbucks Corp (SBUX) will boost the cost of its packaged coffee sold in its U.S. retail stores by an average of 17 percent, its first such increase since 2009, a spokesman said on Wednesday.

 

Subscribe to this RSS topic: Syndicate content