Laura Cooper

New York

Beverages and Tobacco Reporter at The Wall Street Journal

Reporter at The Wall Street Journal covering beverages and tobacco. Formerly: @WSJBanking, @WSJPE. Reach me at: [email protected].

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Impending Tariffs Boosted U.S. Spirits Exports to a Record Last Year

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Laura Cooper

American bourbon whiskeys displayed last month in Berlin. (Carsten Koall/Getty Images)Consumers in Europe stocked up on American whiskeys last year ahead of planned levies, driving American spirits exports to a record year. In a trade dispute stretching back years, the European Union was set to impose a 50% tax on Kentucky bourbon and Tennessee whiskey.
PepsiCo Says Tariff Costs Will Contribute to Earnings Decline this Year

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Laura Cooper

PepsiCo makes the concentrate for nearly all of its U.S. sodas in Ireland. (David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News)PepsiCo, which imports soda concentrate to the U.S., said tariff costs would contribute to an earnings decline this year. The company also cited dampening of consumer confidence driven by the global trade war. Unlike rival Coca-Cola, PepsiCo makes the concentrate for nearly all of its U.S. sodas in Ireland. That concentrate is now subject to a 10% tariff.
Pepsi and Mountain Dew Depend on Imports. PepsiCo Says Tariffs Will Hurt Earnings.

2 weeks ago | wsj.com | Laura Cooper

Maker of Doritos and Cheetos also cites consumer-confidence drop caused by inflation, global trade warUnlike rival Coca-Cola, PepsiCo makes the concentrate for nearly all of its U.S. sodas in Ireland. That concentrate is now subject to a 10% tariff. Both companies also could be hurt by a 25% tariff on aluminum imports. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8Subscribe NowAlready a subscriber? Sign In
コーラvs.ペプシ、トランプ関税で一段と差開くか

3 weeks ago | jp.wsj.com | Laura Cooper

ペプシコは米国向け炭酸飲料の原液をアイルランドでほぼ全て製造　米国の「コーラ戦争」でペプシはすでに劣勢に立たされていた。ドナルド・トランプ米大統領の仕掛ける貿易戦争が、その形勢逆転に役立つわけでもなさそうだ。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8ウォール・ストリート・ジャーナル日本版今すぐ購読する Special Advertising Section アクセスランキング
百事VS可口：特朗普关税改写“可乐大战”格局

3 weeks ago | cn.wsj.com | Laura Cooper

与可口可乐公司不同，百事公司在美国销售的汽水所用浓缩液几乎全部在爱尔兰生产，如今面临10%的关税，因此在可乐大战中处于劣势。百事可乐(Pepsi)已经在可乐大战中败下阵来。贸易战之下的形势也好不到哪去。这完全取决于百事公司(PepsiCo)和可口可乐公司(Coca-Cola)在哪里生产作为其汽水精华的秘方浓缩液。浓缩液在专门的工厂生产，然后运往装瓶厂。浓缩液在装瓶厂与水、气泡和甜味剂混合制成汽水。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8订阅热门文章热门视频
The Trump Tariffs Are Tilting the Scales in the Coke vs. Pepsi Battle

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Laura Cooper

PepsiCo makes nearly all of the concentrate for its U.S. sodas in Ireland, unlike Coca-ColaPepsi was already losing the cola wars. The trade war isn’t going much better. Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
The Trump tariffs are tilting the scales in the Coke vs. Pepsi battle

3 weeks ago | livemint.com | Laura Cooper

Pepsi was already losing the cola wars. The trade war isn’t going much better. It all comes down to where PepsiCo and Coca-Cola make the secret-recipe concentrates that are the essence of their sodas. Concentrates are made in special facilities, then shipped to bottling plants. There, they are combined with water, bubbles and sweetener to make soda. PepsiCo more than 50 years ago began making concentrate in Ireland because of the country’s low corporate tax rate.
The Trump Tariffs Are Tilting the Scales in the Coke vs. Pepsi Battle

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Laura Cooper

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The Trump Tariffs Are Tilting the Scales in the Coke vs. Pepsi Battle

3 weeks ago | wsj.com | Laura Cooper

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Exclusive | Arkansas Could Yank Soda, Candy From Food Stamps as Early as Next Year

4 weeks ago | wsj.com | Laura Cooper |Kristina Peterson |Josh Dawsey

The Agriculture Department is fast-tracking state requests to yank soda from food-stamp programs. Arkansas is among the first in line. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is seeking clearance from the USDA to implement the changes, and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said her agency would move “very, very quickly” to approve them.