Murray Carpenter

4 days ago | statnews.com | Murray Carpenter

Critics of the soda industry have long highlighted an unsavory pattern: Americans have spent billions of funds from Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, aka SNAP, better known as food stamps, on sugar-sweetened beverages. Sugar-sweetened beverages are actually the No. 1 item Americans buy with SNAP funds. Amplifying the pattern, some stores place window stickers on the soda coolers to remind consumers that they accept SNAP funds.

6 days ago | kuow.org | Murray Carpenter

The U.S. is the world's largest coffee consumer, but grows only about 1% of it. Some coffee-growing countries could be hit with steep tariffs, and U.S. coffee roasters are trying to figure things out.

6 days ago | ctpublic.org | Murray Carpenter

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1 month ago | businessinsider.com | Murray Carpenter

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Decades of health campaigns and scientific research about the risks of sugary soft drinks are a big reason that Americans have been drinking less soda since consumption peaked around 2000.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Murray Carpenter

11 hours agoThe company's founder says the company "can’t wait to begin this next chapter" with its new owners. Things are really popping off in the healthy soda space. On March 17, PepsiCo, Inc. announced that it had reached a deal to acquire prebiotic soda brand Poppi for a net purchase price of $1.65 billion. …