beverage industry

Latest Beverage Industry news. The beverage industry is a part of the packaging industry and the food industry. It is covering all companies that are involved in the manufacturing, filling and packaging of beverages. This includes bottlers and breweries. And also suppliers of machines, materials and services to the beverage industry.

The global beverage business is really huge. It is a billion dollar industry that is by far the largest part of the complete food industry. With the slogan “mankind will never stop drinking” it is also one of the industries dealing with basic needs of people. Therefore this business has a never ending source of customers and consumers.

However, it is also very competitive. Therefore margins can be somewhat limited. Or at least, hard to increase. This however can often be compensated by the sheer volume of daily production output.

Besides well known key players, like the Coca-Cola company, Pepsi, Heineken, Carlsberg, Imbev and others, there are tens of thousands of smaller bottlers fighting for their market share. Some of them are operating on a global scale as well. However, most of them are local or national suppliers at best.

Nevertheless these small and medium size bottling companies altogether have the largest share of the complete beverage market by far. Below you find interesting articles and latest news about the beverage industry.