Laura Cooper
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Reporter at The Wall Street Journal covering beverages and tobacco. Formerly: @WSJBanking, @WSJPE. Reach me at: [email protected].
New York, NY
Joined November 2014
We all want a little treat—even if we’re on a budget. That desire may be partly why big spirits companies are seeing growth in the sales of their smaller bottles of liquor. 🎧 WSJ’s Alex Ossola looks at what this trend reveals about consumers: https://t.co/5gfdlhjvur
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With more actors, pop stars and other celebrities spotted unapologetically smoking, the cultural taboo against it shows signs of ebbing
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Cigarettes are resurfacing in pop music and movies, raising fears that a yearslong decline in smoking rates could reverse.
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Fun scoop with @LCooperReports and @BenDummett: Beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev is in talks to buy alcoholic fruit-punch maker BeatBox for around $700 million. $ABI 🍻🍻 https://t.co/rrQqOOz103
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The owner of Michelob Ultra is in talks to buy boxed punch that has gained traction with younger drinkers.
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CULTURALLY RELEVANT DEAL SCOOP w @LCooperReports: The Kelce bros-backed beer brand Garage Beer raised some new capital valuing at about $200 million Revenue is expected to triple this year compared to 2024! https://t.co/zmLBOBWwQR
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Durational Capital is investing as part of plans to expand a brew that is popular with Gen Z and millennials.
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Here is an early look at the front page of today's Wall Street Journal https://t.co/jcIk3gePOo
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🚨🚨🚨HUGE SCOOP with @LCooperReports: Elliott has built a roughly $4 billion stake in PepsiCo and plans to push the beverage and snacks giant to make changes to boost shares. $pep https://t.co/NjTdbxbjLK
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The activist said it sees the potential for the food and beverage giant’s shares to rise more than 50%.
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Big scoop from @BenDummett & @LCooperReports: Keurig Dr Pepper Near $18 Billion Deal For JDE Peet’s
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The combined company plans to later separate its coffee and beverage units, essentially unwinding the 2018 merger that brought together Keurig and Dr Pepper. Shares in JDE Peet surged.
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The U.S. doesn’t grow enough cane sugar to sweeten all the soda we drink
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President Trump pushes for Coca-Cola sweetened with cane sugar, which makes up a fraction of domestic sugar and sweetener use.
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Immigration raids have Hispanic shoppers staying home—and big brands like Coke are taking a hit https://t.co/YBNGwZTgHs via @LCooperReports @acampoflores @ByPerezDeLaRosa
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Coca-Cola and other companies have seen a drop in sales due in part to a pullback by Hispanic consumers.
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Here is an early look at the front page of today's Wall Street Journal https://t.co/QdzGfPH2Rk
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Mocktails' high-proof price tags are frustrating drinkers who are skeptical that the cost of syrups, sodas and fake spirits can rival the real thing
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Bar owners say blame the distillers, who say making virgin versions of tequila, gin and whiskey is akin to alchemy
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Arkansas prepares to strip soda and candy out of SNAP with speedy USDA support, w/@LCooperReports & @jdawsey1
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Arkansas and Indiana are among the first states in line to add restrictions.
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President Trump’s immigration crackdown has spooked Latino shoppers. That is hurting sales of America’s No. 1 beer, according to Modelo brewer Constellation Brands.
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Constellation Brands says its quarterly beer sales fell for the first time in more than a decade.
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Here is an early look at the front page of today's Wall Street Journal https://t.co/Z5os7p5XSG
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The new Pepsi Challenge: rescuing its namesake cola, which has been losing market share for years. “Maybe we lost the focus.”
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After its cola dropped to No. 3, PepsiCo is trying to win back soda drinkers; “maybe we lost the focus.”
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Alcohol has landed on the front lines of a global trade war, throwing French wines, Irish whiskeys and Kentucky bourbon into the crossfire between the U.S. and its biggest trading partners
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President Trump has threatened a 200% tariff on European alcohol.
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The Wall Street Journal is looking at a host of indicators to try to figure out whether the U.S. might skirt a recession, or fall into one
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We already know what the jobs report tells us. But what about other indicators—like sales of mini liquor bottles?
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Here is an early look at the front page of today's Wall Street Journal https://t.co/pNNTiODaqG
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Shoppers skip convenience-store runs for cigarettes, Doritos and Twinkies
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Convenience-store sales have fallen as consumers cut back on snacks due to rising prices and health concerns.
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