Beverages

Nestle's premium sports nutrition business operates mostly in the United States, Canada, western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Japan.

Starbucks announces a new leadership structure that positions the company to leverage its assets and operations, and gain maximum benefit from the retail, consumer, mobile and digital shifts currently underway in the global marketplace.

The company aggressively enhances focus on quality product innovation to deliver unwavering consumer demand for taste, health and convenience at a good value for the second-half of the company's fiscal 2014.

The acquisition is part of Diageos strategy of creating a collection of distinctive tequilas to appeal to a wide range of consumers.

The five-year investment plan is focused on innovation and brand building, infrastructure, agriculture, and community.

Consumer confidence was a bit manic in 2012, hitting a five-year high in November and then dropping again in December as consumers doubted an end to the fiscal cliff. The impact of this uncertainty plays out in the results of this annual listing of the top-performing public consumer goods companies.

Mintel analyzes online consumer marketplace behavior this quarter based on high-level research into the brand strategies employed by Fortune 500 companies across the United States.

Consumers can score a first taste before the product hits shelves through a digital scavenger hunt.