Pabst Brewing Co., Woodridge, Ill., was acquired by Metropoulos & Co., Greenwich, Conn. Metropoulous & Co. is an investor in and manager of branded consumer products and is owned by

PepsiCo and MillerCoors announced summer programs that will provide support to U.S. veterans. PepsiCo’s Dream Machine Summer Recycling Challenge will support the Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans with Disabilities (EBV) when

MillerCoors, Chicago, reduced waste sent to landfills by 20 percent, reduced total energy consumption by 3.6 percent and lowered greenhouse gas emissions by 1.2 percent in 2009, according to the

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, Charlotte, N.C., opened its new $4 million warehouse, located on a 6.5 acre lot in Horry County, S.C. The company expects the new facility, which will

Southern Wine and Spirits of America Inc. will begin statewide operations in Indiana starting in July. Gerald Rivero Jr., executive vice president, general manager of Southern Wine & Spirits of

Dr Pepper partnered with Ronald McDonald House Charities of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana for the Dr Pepper Challenge, which will support the development of the world’s largest Ronald McDonald House

Yakult U.S.A. Inc., Torrance, Calif., will build its first U.S. factory in Fountain Valley, Calif., with operations set to begin in 2012. The subsidiary of Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd., Tokyo,

The Coca-Cola Foundation will award $300,000 in grants to support active healthy living initiatives focused on family-oriented physical activity and nutrition education programs in California, New York and Texas. The

Jones Soda Co., Seattle, announced it has entered into a committed equity financing facility under which it may sell up to $10 million of its registered common stock to Glengrove

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. (GMCR), Waterbury, Vt., will change its wholesale distribution model in the northeast United States from a direct-store model to a distributor-based model, the company said.