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...Although Coty is one of its oldest investments, it has been the weak spot in its roughly $34bn portfolio, which includes beverage group Keurig Dr Pepper, coffee specialist JDE Peets, and eateries Panera...
...The list includes Pret A Manger, Panera Bread, Jacobs Douwe Egberts, Krispy Kreme, Einstein Bros, Caribou Coffee, Keurig Green Mountain, Dr Pepper Snapple and Espresso House....
...Concerns over a conflict of interest were brewing and appear to have bubbled over when JAB acquired Dr Pepper Snapple last year. Shuffling boards to resolve a conflict is not unusual....
...This raises suspicions that the real driver for the Keurig-Dr Pepper combination was not the strength of Orangina and Canada Dry, but the chance to cut costs and appropriate the company’s US bottling and...
...By buying Dr Pepper, JAB is acquiring a bottling and sales network that could be used to distribute various kinds of beverages....
...Its biggest bets are now on the coffee market, where it recently combined Keurig Green Mountain with Dr Pepper Snapple, and in casual dining with Panera Bread Company and Pret A Manger....
...Mr Becht says of the move for Dr Pepper Snapple: “An increasing percentage of coffee is being drunk, especially by millennials, as cold brew or ready to drink....
...S&P Global analysts reckon the equivalent figure for JAB’s purchase of Dr Pepper Snapple is nearly six times....
...His initials “AFW” appeared among the long list of advisers working on JAB Holding’s deal to acquire Dr Pepper Snapple....
...The two biggest sellers of soft drinks also face a potential new threat, after JAB last month struck a deal to merge Dr Pepper Snapple with Keurig, resulting in a beverage giant with about $11bn in drinks...
...The largest European deal into the US came in January when privately held consumer group JAB Holding agreed to pay $18.7bn in cash to acquire soft-drink maker Dr Pepper Snapple and combine it with its Keurig...
...Already battling stagnant soda sales, Dr Pepper Snapple reported an unexpected earnings drop of 28 per cent after debt write-down and expenses related to its Bai drink acquisition....
...Dr Pepper Snapple has also benefited from sales growth of its Canada Dry ginger ale and the ability of its eponymous Dr Pepper soft drink to hang on to its market share amid fierce competition for shelf...
...Dr Pepper Snapple over the past five years....
...Take JAB Holding’s $18.7bn acquisition of Dr Pepper Snapple, whereby its Keurig Green Mountain coffee business will reverse into the soft drink and distribution business (a deal which several people that...
...I’d settle for any kind of quality with my own concoction. Jonathan advises us to write down our formulas, in case we accidentally fall into Dr Jekyll’s trap of not being able to replicate it....
...Investors may want to put down the Coke and reach for a Dr Pepper....
...Dr Pepper Snapple, the soft-drink maker, was the best performers on the S&P 500 — rising 1.8 per cent at $97.34, buoyed by the company’s limited exposure to Europe, good news in light of the UK’s vote to...
...Shares of Dr Pepper climbed 2 per cent to $66.95, after the company beat earnings expectations and raised full-year earnings guidance during a challenging time for soda makers....
...Sales of the Swiss group’s Pure Life brand have grown so rapidly in the US — where half its SFr7.4bn ($7.9bn) 2014 water sales were made — that Nestlé last year supplanted Dr Pepper Snapple, producer of...
...Dr Pepper Snapple Group fell by the greatest rate in more than a year after a broker downgraded the beverage group to “underweight” as concerns mount over the resilience of the US drinks market....
...Coke’s sales slipped 2.2 per cent last year, half the rate of Pepsi’s 4.4 per cent decline. Sales of number-three drink maker Dr Pepper Snapple fell 2.4 per cent....
...Last week, rival PepsiCo said its US drink sales declined in the mid-single digits in the quarter, while Dr Pepper Snapple reported a 2 per cent fall....
...But the disparity between Pepsi’s performance and valuation and that of the peers Mr Peltz selects – Coca Cola, Dr Pepper Snapple, Hershey, Mead Johnson and McCormick, among others – could be due to Pepsi...
...In 2002, the group was offered a commercial for Dr Pepper. It turned out to be a pivotal moment. “I realised I made more money doing a 30-second piece of music than two hours worth of music.”...
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