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Politico
February 22, 2018
ENGAGED – Franklin Davis, a senior lobbyist at the American Beverage Association, proposed to Ariel Shelton, who works in community engagement at the Kennedy Center. Franklin asked Ariel in Charleston, S.C., over the Presidents' Day weekend. Ariel was completely surprised – so much so, that it tookÃÂ ...
SmartBrief
February 7, 2018
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Quartz
February 6, 2018
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week (Jan. 30) voted in favor of hearing the case, brought by a collection of distributors, small retailers, and the American Beverage Association, an industry trade group. In agreeing to hear the case, the court turns the battle in Pennsylvania into one of national interest.
Philly.com
February 6, 2018
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is the next stop for the American Beverage Association's attempt to overturn Philadelphia's 1.5-cents-per-ounce ... The American Beverage Association has lobbied hard against the tax, using a variety of arguments to argue for its repeal, including month-by month shortfallsÃÂ ...
Brewbound.com
February 5, 2018
“Imposing an artificial price hike on American companies that employ millions of people will weaken the economy and hurt working families by raising prices, costing jobs and reducing incomes unfairly,” said Susan K. Neely, American Beverage Association President and CEO. “Tariffs on our companies'ÃÂ ...
Ventura County Star
February 3, 2018
The American Beverage Association led the effort against AB 319. “The best way to improve on cap recycling is with public service reminders that get people to 'Keep the Caps On!' when discarding containers in recycling bins,” said Fredericka McGee, the group's vice president of California governmentÃÂ ...
Law.com
January 30, 2018
That court rejected the arguments of several retailers and beverage distributors, as well as the American Beverage Association, that the tax wasn't simply a levy on sweetened drinks, but instead a “power grab” by the city that could undermine businesses and overlapped with the already existing state salesÃÂ ...
WPRI 12 Eyewitness News
January 29, 2018
The city's Eat, Play, Learn PVD program won second place for mid-sized cities in the 2018 Childhood Obesity Prevention Awards hosted by the U.S. Conference of Mayors and the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America (ABFHA), the philanthropic arm of the American Beverage Association.
CBS San Francisco Bay Area
January 29, 2018
It has never gone into effect because it was put on hold after the American Beverage Association, California Retailers Association and California State Outdoor Advertising Association sued to challenge it. Both sides declared Monday that they expect to win the court's eventual ruling. “San Francisco's law isÃÂ ...
CNN
January 27, 2018
Flake spoke during the conference's Childhood Obesity Prevention Awards luncheon, which was sponsored by the American Beverage Association, whose members include producers and bottlers of soft drinks, bottled water, and other non-alcoholic beverages. The non-partisan conference of mayors fromÃÂ ...
Santa Fe New Mexican
January 14, 2018
The American Beverage Association, the lobbying organization that supports soda manufacturers, rejects the scientific community's oft-stated conclusion that soda consumption can have negative health effects. In fact, it contends that its products are safe for pregnant women. “The European Food SafetyÃÂ ...
VendingMarketWatch
January 12, 2018
The new year comes with new arrivals, and for Seattle, WA that means a new tax on beverages with sugar, according to the American Beverage Association. Seattle's city council passed a 1.75 per ounce tax that went into effect on January 1. This tax impacts all beverages with sugar, including sports drinks,ÃÂ ...
Philly.com
January 1, 2018
Meanwhile, the Ax the Bev Tax Coalition, which is funded by the American Beverage Association, issued a news release Friday decrying the tax and calling for its repeal. The release, marking the one-year anniversary of the tax, repeated claims from business owners that jobs have been lost due to the tax.
The Seattle Times
January 1, 2018
A coalition of Seattle businesses backed by the American Beverage Association has handed out more than 100,000 fliers warning consumers of the higher prices, spokesman Jim Desler said. In Philadelphia, where a sweetened-beverage tax took effect this year, non-chain retailers have passed on 100ÃÂ ...
Healio
December 30, 2017
Despite some progress, more work is needed to reduce calories consumed from beverages, according to a statement from American Heart Association CEO Nancy Brown. The statement, issued in response to an interim Beverage Calories Initiative report from the American Beverage Association and theÃÂ ...
Governing
December 27, 2017
But two months later, the board voted 15-2 to repeal it, thanks in part of a multimillion-dollar “Can the Tax” campaign waged by the American Beverage Association. Not to be left behind by the changing times, West Virginia is revisiting its sweetened beverage law in the hopes of raising more revenue. If legislators do enact aÃÂ ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
December 31, 1999
“Imposing an artificial price hike on American companies that employ millions of people will weaken the economy and hurt working families,” Susan Neely, president and CEO of the American Beverage Association, said in a statement. Tariffs “will greatly increase our manufacturing costs and harm manyÃÂ ...
Chicago Sun-Times
December 31, 1999
14, $22,000 from the D.C. based American Beverage Association and $22,200 from the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group PAC in Texas. As of Dec. 31, the last filing with contribution and expenditure information, the beverage PAC had $144,481 available at the end of last year. The PAC was born as former NewÃÂ ...
ScienceAlert
December 31, 1999
The American Beverage Association, the lobbying organization that supports soda manufacturers, rejects the scientific community's oft-stated conclusion that soda consumption can have negative health effects. In fact, it contends that its products are safe for pregnant women. "The European Food SafetyÃÂ ...
CBS News
November 24, 2017
... the president and CEO of the American Beverage Association, told CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett and Political ...
Watchdog.org
November 13, 2017
That study received funding from the American Beverage Association. Some of the top-selling products in food stores are beverages, so it's ...
New York Times
November 13, 2017
... about obesity in this country or globally,” said William Dermody, spokesman for the American Beverage Association, an industry trade group.
Philadelphia Business Journal
November 3, 2017
An earlier published study, which was supported by the American Beverage Association, assessed total sales at eight area grocery stores and ...
Lexology
November 2, 2017
In July 2015, the American Beverage Association filed suit against the City and County of San Francisco. It argued that the warning label ...
Philly.com
November 1, 2017
A coalition led by the American Beverage Association has been fighting the tax. Both parties are waiting to hear whether the Pennsylvania ...
Bloomberg BNA
October 26, 2017
William Dermody, vice president of media for the American Beverage Association, told Bloomberg Law. “It's because of the nature of this tax.
SF Weekly
October 25, 2017
Those ads were paid for by the American Beverage Association of California, a super PAC that spent tens of millions of dollars campaigning ...
Digital Journal
October 20, 2017
... working-class people," said William Dermody, a spokesman for the American Beverage Association, whose members include Coca-Cola and ...
Lexology
October 19, 2017
Prior to the January 1, 2017 effective date, the American Beverage Association (ABA) together with retailers, distributors and consumers filed a ...
Food Institute Blog (blog)
October 18, 2017
Many believed the American Beverage Association, and its Can the Tax Coalition, made Cook County its "ground zero" against the expansion ...
Philly.com
October 17, 2017
He has met with the American Beverage Association, which is fighting against it. The tax remains hotly contested almost 10 months after it went ...
Philly.com
October 16, 2017
The Ax the Philly Bev Tax, funded by the American Beverage Association, spent $14 million in the city lobbying against the tax since 2016.
whyy
October 13, 2017
Both are organized by the American Beverage Association in collaboration with local soda distributors. Kenney would not say if his planned ...
The Economist (blog)
October 13, 2017
William Dermody of the American Beverage Association, a lobby group, was jubilant claiming the repeal of the tax showed that “beverage taxes ...
Chicago Tribune
October 11, 2017
Those who say the repeal of the Cook County pop tax was a victory for the American Beverage Association miss the point of what really ...
Chicago Tribune
October 9, 2017
Groups such as the Can the Tax Coalition, which includes the American Beverage Association and merchants, understood what Preckwinkle ...
Chicago Tribune
October 5, 2017
Between the Can the Tax Coalition, funded by the American Beverage Association, and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, ...
Lexology
October 5, 2017
In American Beverage Association v. the City and County of San Francisco, a three-judge panel held that the California Retailers Association, ...
St. Helens Chronicle
October 5, 2017
Leah Tillotson, owner of The Columbia Theatre, and David Thorp of the American Beverage Association gave a presentation against the tax.
The Root
July 18, 2017
Two black pastors filed a lawsuit against Coca-Cola and the American Beverage Association last week, claiming that soda manufacturers ...
CSPI Newsroom
July 13, 2017
Lawsuit Alleges Coca-Cola, American Beverage Association Deceiving Public About Soda-Related Health Problems ...
Atlanta Journal Constitution
December 31, 1999
The American Beverage Association, which claims that its members represent 95 percent of energy drinks sold in the United States, disputed ...
The Manchester Journal
December 31, 1999
Coca-Cola and the American Beverage Association have hired lobbyists in an effort to repeal the Vermont Bottle Bill. Please don't let corporate ...
Chicago Tribune
September 13, 2017
Its treasurer is well-known Democratic attorney Michael Kasper, who counts the American Beverage Association among his clients.
OzarksFirst.com
September 11, 2017
The American Beverage Association said in a statement that it has launched various initiatives to encourage healthy calorie intake amongÃÂ ...
The Philadelphia Tribune
September 11, 2017
The American Beverage Association funded study indicates that Philadelphia families were fleeing city supermarkets subjected to the 1.5 centsÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
September 11, 2017
The group's treasurer is well-known Democratic attorney Michael Kasper, who counts among his clients the American Beverage Association.
Philly.com
September 6, 2017
He also met with the American Beverage Association before the primary race, and has been critical of the tax on sweetened beverages.
Chicago Tribune
September 5, 2017
Can the Tax Coalition is funded by the American Beverage Association, the industry trade group representing giant corporations such asÃÂ ...
Philly.com
September 1, 2017
The American Beverage Association countered that message last week, launching a radio spot that attacks the city and the tax as hurtingÃÂ ...
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