SupplySide West attracted more than 8,500 dietary supplement, food, beverage and cosmeceutical executives from 58 countries Oct. 19-23. This year’s show took place in Las Vegas and featured 1,216 booths, which broke last year’s record with an 8 percent increase in the number of booths, reports the show’s producer.

Seattle’s Best Coffee, part of Starbucks Corp., Seattle, announced a new packaged coffee line organized under its Level System.   The Level System is organized with a sequence of numbers

Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS), Plano, Texas, announced a $15 million, three-year commitment to KaBOOM!, a national non-profit organization dedicated to building communities. The commitment will be used to build

United States Beverage (USB), Stamford, Conn., an importer of premium beer, accepted a minority equity investment from S.A. Damm, one of Spain’s largest beverage companies. USB currently imports and markets

Samuel Adams announced the early December launch of Infinium, a crisp, champagne-like beer. The sparkling beer is the culmination of a two-year collaboration between Jim Koch, brewer and founder of

The Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta, has joined Activision Publishing Inc.’s DJ Hero 2 and Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock video games to bring gamers exclusive downloadable content from DJ Tiesto and

Campbell Soup Co., Camden, N.J., reported its U.S. beverage sales grew 10 percent during the quarter ended Oct. 31, according to the company’s first quarter of fiscal 2011 results. Overall,

PepsiCo, Purchase, N.Y., today announced the appointment of Timothy P. Cost to the newly created position of executive vice president, global corporate affairs.   Effective Dec. 1, Cost will be

Lifeway Foods Inc., Morton Grove, Ill., reported its third quarter sales increased more than three percent. The third quarter represented the company’s second highest quarter in terms of sales in

Starbucks Coffee Co., Seattle, launched its holiday seasonal beverages and red cups today. In addition to its holiday-themed beverage lineup, the company debuted Starbucks Via Ready Brew Christmas Blend and