beverages

Tea has been named as the most widely consumed beverage in the world after water, despite the fact that coffee remains the drink of choice among most Americans. However, it appears that the American attitude toward tea is changing, as data showed that tea sales in the United States increased from...

The recent Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) shareholders meeting showed that 83 percent of shareholders voted in favor of the company's compensation and equity plans. Billionaire investor and major stakeholder Warren Buffett later appeared on CNBC, to discuss why he chose to step back from the vote, as...

Men's Journal always has an interesting interview at the end of every issue. Readers can often times find sound advice for investing in it. The interview with James Lee Burke, the Southern noir master, was no different. He was asked what kept him going after repeated rejections for a novel. Mr...

The U.S. packaged coffee industry is reportedy worth around $5.6 billion, with over 55 percent of Americans saying they bought coffee in a supermarket in 2011. So it's probably not a huge surprise when McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) says it's entering the crowded but lucrative bagged coffee market....

A recent issue of the Financial Times had a special section, "Buying & Investing in Wine." While wine is certainly "liquid" (pun intended), it is not an investment. The act of investing is buying the future income stream of an asset. That does not exist for a case of wine. Since it does not...

Coffee giant Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) has never been shy about keeping a spare finger on the public's pulse. The company's been quick to capitalize on the current government shutdown. President CEO Howard Schultz announced that, for part of this week, when a Starbucks customer buys...