Beverages Industry Overview

Companies that produce, market, and bottle alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages, carbonated drinks, juices, energy/sports drinks, water, coffee, and tea.

Summary

Vying to slack the thirsts of the dry mouths of the world, beverage manufacturers are in still competition. In the realm of nonalcoholic drinks, carbonated soft drinks thahave long reigned. The sector is dominated by three major players: Coca-Cola is king of the soft drink-empire, followed by Pepsi, and Cadbury.For years the story in the nonalcoholic sector centered on the power struggle between Cola-War rivals Coke and Pepsi.

Consolidation is also on the collective minds of wine and spirits manufacturers. Constellation Brands' purchase of the revered wines of The Robert Mondavi Corporation is a prime example.

Full Beverages Industry Description

• Anadolu Efes Biracilik ve Malt Sanayii A.S.
• Beauchamp Distributing Co.
• Beijing Shunxin Agriculture Co., Ltd.

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Hoover's has developed its own industry classifications to better serve its customers. These classifications are mapped to the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) and the older U.S. Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) system. The Beverages maps to a number of NAICS codes including:

Full Beverages Industry Codes

• Amercian Wine Society
  
• American Beverage Association
  
• American Sommelier Association
  

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