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The '''American Beverage Association''' (ABA) is a Washington D.C.-based 501(c)(6) trade association for and a lobbying powerhouse bankrolled by the largest players in the soft drink manufacturers. On its website it describes itself as comprising the "producers, marketers industry including Coca-Cola and distributors of virtually every nonPepsi-alcoholic refreshment beverage you Cola. (ABA’s full membership directory can name." be viewed [http://www.ameribev.org/our-members/member-directory/?letter=#member_results here.]) The D.C.-based ABA is currently led by Susan K. Neely, President and Chief Executive Officer.

The American Beverage Association, previously known as ==Broad Anti-Grocery Tax Measures on the National Soft Drink Association, was founded Ballot in 1919 as the American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages as the trade-industry representative of the non-alcoholic beverage industry. In November 2004Washington and Oregon, the National Soft Drink Association announced that it was changing its name the American Beverage Association (ABA) "to better reflect the expanded range of nonalcoholic beverages the industry produces." [http://www.ameribev.org/pressroom/111104namechange.asp] To help spread the message of its name change the ABA also issued a [[video news release]]. [http://www.ameribev.org/pressroom/]2018==

== ABASeattle's School Vending Policy=soda tax took effect in January 2018. Since then, more kids and adults are drinking water, and it brought in more than $10 million in revenue for use on educational and health programs in its first six months.<ref>Karina Mazhukhina, [https://web.archive.org/web/20180809042753/komonews.com/news/local/seattles-soda-tax-prompts-more-kids-adults-to-drink-water-study-says Seattle’s soda tax prompts more kids, adults to drink water, study says], ''KOMO News'', August 2018, archived by the Wayback Machine, accessed November 30, 2018.</ref><ref>Daniel Beekman, [https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/seattle-soda-tax-brings-in-more-than-10m-in-first-six-months/ Seattle soda tax brings in more than $10M in first six months], ''Seattle Times'', August 8, 2018.</ref> But in February 2018, a committee with the name "Yes! To Affordable Groceries" was launched to make sure the public health measure would not be adopted by any other local governments in Washington. Initiative 1634 was a deceptively simple anti-grocery tax measure that has been run through the corporate spin machine; it opened with the line, "Whereas access to food is a basic human need of every Washingtonian." The soda industry raised over $20 million for the effort, with little organized opposition on the other side.<ref name=rm>CMDEditors, [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/10/16/reporters-memo-coke-and-pepsi-play-hardball-in-attempt-to-prevent-the-spread-of-soda-taxes/ Reporters Memo: Coke and Pepsi Play Hardball in Attempt to Prevent the Spread of Soda Taxes], ''Exposed by CMD'', Oct. 19, 2018.</ref> Initiative 1634 was passed November 6, 2018 by a margin of 56 percent to 44 percent.<ref>Julia Belluz, [https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/11/7/18069890/washington-initiative-1634-results-soda-grocery-tax Coca-Cola and Pepsi’s deceptive tactic to stop soda taxes worked in Washington state], ''Vox'', Nov. 6, 2018.</ref>

In August 2005As of November 30, 2018, the ABA announced a new school-based policy to provide lower calorie "Yes! To Affordable Groceries" had raised $22,114,513.97 and/or nutritious beverages to schools and to limit the availability of soft drinks at the annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures spent $20,204,044.02.<refname=PDC1634>American Beverage AssociationWashington Public Disclosure Commission, press release [httphttps://www.ameribevpdc.comwa.gov/newsbrowse/campaign-detailexplorer/index.aspxcommittee?nidfiler_id=YESTA%20%20015&election_year=53 "Beverage Industry Announces New School Vending Policy2018 YES! TO AFFORDABLE GROCERIES (SEE EMAIL FOR REST OF NAME),"2018] August 16, 2005Washington state government agency website, accessed Nov. 30, 2018.</ref> "The first salvo in a broader public-relations counterattack by beverage companies to help the industry reverse its tarnished image", the ''Wall Street Journal'' reports, is voluntary restrictions on drink sales in schools. The guidelines, touted "in full-page ads in several national newspapers," suggest that new school contracts remove carbonated soft drinks from elementary schools and remove sugary drinks from middle schools during school hours. All beverages will continue to be sold in high schools. [http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB112423461722614960,00.html?mod=todays_us_marketplace]

Susan Neely, "the creator of the 'Harry and Louise' ads that helped torpedo President Clinton's health-care plan in the early 1990s," heads the industry group and is leading the "multimillion-dollar advertising and PR campaign The top donors to show that the beverage industry derives a substantial portion of its sales and growth from healthier beverages." Neely told the ''Wall Street Journal'', "you have to have an industry voice.Yes! To Affordable Groceries" [httpwere:<ref name=PDC1634//online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB112423461722614960,00.html?mod=todays_us_marketplace]>

"Soda industry touts school ban to quiet obesity critics* The Coca-Cola Company: $10,562,245.13* Pepsico," reads the ''PR Week'' headline on a story outlining the soft-drink industry's latest defensive move in response to national concerns about childhood obesityInc. Even leading food-industry publication "Vending Market Watch" noted that: $7, "This new policy is clearly designed to counteract criticism from consumer activists and politicians who say the beverage industry is profiting at children's expense" <ref>Elliot Maras963, Beverage Industry 710.08* Keurig Dr. Pepper (Fka Dr Pepper Snapple Group Supporters Limiting Carbonated Soda in Schools, "Vending Market WatchInc.): $2," August 17393, 2005488.</ref> PR giant [[Porter Novelli]] is working with the American Beverage Association to promote the trade group's school vending policy00* Dr. The voluntary code recommends some limits on the sale of sugary carbonated beverages in schoolsPepper Snapple Group, but still allows for sales of juices and sports drinksInc. [http://www$911,021.prweek.com/news/news_story38* Red Bull North America: $59,535.cfm?ID=240429&site=3&setcookie=1] 41

According to Heavy-handed industry tactics were also on display in '''Oregon'PR Week''in 2018, Porter Novelli "will assist [where grocers and the ABA] raised at least $6.5 million on an overly broad constitutional amendment that would not just have impacted soda taxes but could be read as prohibiting taxes at all stages in talking about the new policy with educatorschain of commerce, parentspermanently preventing the state and its cities and counties from levying any taxes related to distribution or sale of groceries. Under the name "Yes! Keep Our Groceries Tax Free!, legislators" the ABA kicked in two enormous cash contributions of $500, regulators000 each towards the end of the campaign.<ref name=rm/> The Oregon bill failed on November 6, 2018.<ref>KVAL and other groups interested in school nutrition issuesAP, [https://kval." The group has already run fullcom/news/local/oregon-voters-reject-measure-103-104-105-106-grocery-tax-sanctuary-initiative-abortion-page ads in ''The New York Times''measures Oregon voters reject sanctuary status repeal, abortion initiative, grocery tax measure], ''The Washington PostKVAL'', and ''USA TodayAP'' publicizing its new policy. Porter Novelli also worked on developing the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Guide Pyramid, November 6, 2018.</ref>

The ABA policy, however, has no government enforcement or oversight mechanism, and only applies to vending machines, imposing no restrictions on other venues where drinks are sold in schools, such as school canteens and sporting events. The policy applies only to new school contracts, too; it can be amended to old agreements only with the consent of both parties. Beverages are also sold to schools through local distributors, which operate under the jurisdiction of their parent companies, and as such, have the ultimate say regarding which products are made available top donors to schools and under what terms <ref>Michele Simon "Appetite for Profit: How the Food Industry Underminds Yes! Keep Our Health and How to Fight Back,Groceries Tax Free!" Nation Bookswere: 2006, pg 14-15.</ref> This point is conceded by the ABA itself: "the success Oregon Secretary of the policy is dependent on voluntary implementation of it by individual beverage companies and by school officials" <ref>American Beverage AssociationState, press release [httphttps://wwwsecure.ameribevsos.comstate.or.us/news-detailorestar/indexcneSearch.aspxdo?nidcneSearchButtonName=search&cneSearchFilerCommitteeId=53 "Beverage Industry Announces New School Vending Policy,"19419 Transaction Search Results] August 16, 2005.</ref> In the months after ABA's announcementOregon state government agency website, Iowa lawmakers rejected a bill aimed at removing soda from schoolsaccessed Nov. Democratic Governor Tom Vilsack supported the move and applauded the American Beverage Association for its leadership in "taking pop out of machines located in elementary and middle schools" <ref>Tom Dorman, Vilsack: Educate Kids on Making Good Food Choices, "Quad-City Times," February 16, 2006.</ref> Massachusetts legislators introduced a bill that basically mirrored the ABA's voluntary policy a few months later.<ref> Tracy Jan, A Sweet Tooth is Tough to Pull: Even When Schools Ban Candy Machines, Pupils Indulge, "Boston Globe," February 1530, 20062018.</ref>

Taking a different tack* Wilson Grand Communications: $3, in May 2006980,604.05* ABA: $3,295,345.71* Albertsons Safeway: $985, the American Beverage Association joined with soda companies917* Kroger: $970, the [[Clinton Foundation]] and the [[American Heart Association]] to announce a new voluntary school policy to limit the portion size and number of calories available to students <ref>Clinton Foundation [http917* Morning in America://www.clintonfoundation.org/news/news-media/050306-nr-cf-hs-hk-usa-pr-healthy-school-beverage-guidelines-set-for-united-states-schools "Alliance for a Healthier Generation and Industry Leaders Set Healthy School Beverage Guidelines for U.S. Schools"] May 3$751, 2006243.</ref> 16

==Contact details==Opponents of the measures on the ballot in Washington were unable to muster the kind of big money wielded by the soda industry. But health groups like the American Beverage Heart Association <br>1101 16 th Stin Oregon have had some success in educating the media and voters. NW<brref name=rm/>Washington, DC 20036<br>Main Telephone Number: (202) 463- 6732<br>Fax Number: (202) 659-5349<br>Press Questions: (202) 463-6770<br>Email: info AT ameribev.org<br>Web: http://www.ameribev.org/

==Articles One headline in the ''Seattle Times'' summarized what was on the line for local democracy campaigns: "Vote for this initiative and resources=you may as well bow down to your corporate overlords."<ref name=rm/>

==Cities with Soda Taxes=Related SourceWatch articles===*[[International Bottled Water Association]]*[[Obesity PR]]

Cities and counties have long played a valuable role as laboratories of democracy for important public policy innovations, including public health policies. As cities and counties across the county introduce taxes on sodas and sweetened beverages to counter the rise in obesity, diabetes, heart disease and other serious public health challenges, they are facing sophisticated opposition campaigns spearheaded by the deep-pocketed American Beverage Association (ABA) and allied groups. Many U.S. localities have implemented a soda tax to reduce obesity and related public health problems. In each locality, the ABA has bankrolled a big dollar PR campaign against the tax.  *Berkeley, California.*Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.*San Francisco, California.*Oakland, California.*Albany, California.*Boulder, Colorado.*Santa Fe, New Mexico, tax defeated 2017.*Cook County, Illinois, repealed in 2017.*Seattle, Washington. Led by the ABA, the soda industry spent $48.9 million on recent soda tax opposition campaigns in Cook County, IL; Philadelphia, PA; Boulder, CO; San Francisco, CA; Oakland, CA; Seattle, WA, Santa Fe, NM; and Albany, California, according to a November 2017 report <ref>Center for Science in the Public Interest, [https://cspinet.org/sites/default/files/attachment/big-soda-2017.pdf "Big Soda vs. Public Health: 2017 Edition,"] September 5, 2017.</ref> by the watchdog group Center for Science in the Public Interest. ==Recent Campaign Websites== The ABA itself maintains a strong internet presence with a [http://www.ameribev.org/ website], [https://twitter.com/AmeriBev Twitter account], [https://www.facebook.com/AmeriBev/ Facebook account], and [https://www.youtube.com/user/AmericanBeverage YouTube account]. In addition, the organization creates and maintains a large number of “campaign websites” with linked social media accounts.  Below is a list of the some of the more recent ABA campaign websites.  <ul> <li>[http://www.donttaxourgroceries.com/ No on V, Enough is Enough: Don’t Tax Our Groceries] (San Francisco)</li> <li>[http://www.axthebevtax.com/ Ax the Bev Tax] (Philadelphia)</li> <li>[http://nooaklandgrocerytax.com/default.aspx?NoModal=True No on HH: No Grocery Tax] (Oakland)</li> <li>[http://www.stopthecookcountytax.com/ Can the Tax Coalition] (Cook County)</li> <li>[http://www.betterwayforsantafe.com/ Better Way for Santa Fe &amp; Pre-K]</li> <li>[http://www.keepseattlelivableforall.com/ Keep Seattle Livable for All]</li> <li>[http://noon2h.com/default.aspx No on 2H: Stop the Beverage and Grocery Tax (Boulder)]</li></ul> ==Tactics in the ABA Playbook== Because most of the soda taxes that have been implemented were enacted by ballot initiative, the ABA has spent most of this money on television advertising campaigns. When the fight shifts to a state measure to preempt these local ordinances, it is likely that the ABA will inflate campaign and lobby spending as well in an attempt to influence state lawmakers.  In each locality that introduces a soda tax, the ABA quickly sets up a “grassroots” public relations front group whose primary purpose is to shields brand-name soda companies, like Coke and Pepsi, from responsibility and culpability. The Center for Media and Democracy calls the practice of a big dollar PR industry campaigns acting like an organic grassroots operation “astroturfing.” In Richmond in 2012 for instance, the ABA front group fighting a soda tax referendum on the ballot was called “Community Coalition Against Beverage Taxes.” In El Monte in 2012 the ABA front group was called “El Monte Citizens Against Beverage Taxes.” The overall PR campaign is also given a name, and TV ads, campaign websites, and social media accounts are created and commonly themed. Because residents only see the front group name or campaign name such as “Can the Tax Coalition,” the public is not generally aware of that it is industry behind the ads.  If one industry tactic is to hide behind a front group with a diverse array of spokespersons, another is to use the front groups to shift the terms of the debate or refocus the debate on a different topic altogether. Thus, we see ABA front groups and ad campaigns working hard to shift the discussion from “soda tax” to “grocery tax” and from the public health impacts of sugary drinks to the “high cost of living.” Many ABA ads in soda tax campaigns across the nation pound the “grocery tax” theme, claiming that it hurts small business and all consumers, even those who don’t drink soda. Learn more about industry tactics from the Center for Media and Democracy publishers of Sourcewatch.org in this article [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/03/28/bills-ban-local-soda-taxes-moving-states-coke-pepsi-borrow-tobacco-playbook/ Bills to Ban Local Soda Taxes Are Moving In the States, Coke and Pepsi Borrow from the Tobacco Playbook]. ==State Preemption of Local Ordinances== When all else fails, powerful industries sometimes move to ban local control of policies they do not like, including nutrition-related policy. In this tactic, industry is taking a page from the big tobacco playbook. Tobacco has battled across the nation to preempt all sorts of local tobacco controls, for instance, twelve states preempt local smoke-free ordinances that are stronger than state standards.  There has been preemption of local ordinances related to nutrition in at least 12 states (see the "[[Soda tax#State Preemption of Local Ordinances, At Industry's Behest States Move to Ban Local Soda Tax Ordinances|State Preemption of Local Ordinances, At Industry's Behest States Move to Ban Local Soda Tax Ordinances]]" section of the SourceWatch article on [[Soda taxes]] for more).<ref>Grassroots Change, [https://grassrootschange.net/preemption-watch/#/category/nutrition "Preemption Watch,"] April 2, 2018.</ref> * Alabama* Arizona, 2018* California, 2018* Florida* Georgia* Kansas, 2016* Michigan, 2017* Mississippi* Ohio* Utah* Washington state, 2018* Wisconsin Recent state level bills interfering with local democracy, banning local food and nutrition ordinances including soda taxes:  <ol><li>2016 Kansas bill HB 2595/SB 366 preempted local regulation of “food nutrition information, consumer incentive items, food-based health disparities, the growing and raising of livestock or crops, and the sale of foods or beverages,” according to Grassroots Change. The author<ref>Kansas Health Institute, [http://www.khi.org/news/article/house-advances-bill-to-block-healthy-food-regulations "House approves bill to block local efforts to curb consumption of junk food,"] March 17, 2016.</ref> of the bill was Rep. Gene Suellentrop (R-27), [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Kansas_ALEC_Politicians a member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)]. Campaigners report that some of the language and concepts in this large bill appear to be borrowed from a 2012 ALEC “model bill” called “[https://www.alec.org/model-policy/food-and-nutrition-act/ The Food and Nutrition Act],” which was a response to the Mayor Bloomberg’s effort to get calorie count labelling in the city of New York. Learn more about this bill [http://www.publichealthlawcenter.org/sites/default/files/resources/phlc-fs-KS-pre-emption-resources-WEB-2016.pdf here]. </li> <li>2017 Michigan House Bill 4999<ref>Michigan Legislature, [http://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(cgbw1hvig5pwv5icif5gkzkd))/mileg.aspx?page=getobject&objectname=2017-HEBH-4999 "Legislative Bill Search Document - H.B. 4999,"] 2017.</ref> sponsored by Rep. Rob Verheulen in the House and R-Walker, Sen. Peter MacGregor, R-Rockford, was introduced Sept. 20 and signed into law on Oct. 31. The bill bans an excise tax “on the manufacture, distribution, wholesale sale, or retail sale of food for immediate consumption or nonimmediate consumption.” A host of agricultural interests registered in favor of the bill including the Michigan Farm Bureau, Michigan Sugar Company, Michigan Sheep Producers, Michigan Soybean Association, Michigan Cattlemen’s Association, Michigan Potato Growers and more making it a “farm interests” bill. In addition, the Michigan Manufacturers Association was involved as was the National Federation of Independent Business. NFIB testified in favor of the bill and was credited by the media as being a major play. NFIB is a large trade association that has worked to preempt paid sick days and city-based minimum wage hikes. </li> <li>2018 Arizona HB 2484, authored by Rep. T.J. Shope. This bill <ref>AZ Legislature, [https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/70547?SessionId=119 "Bill History for HB2484,"] January 30, 2018.</ref> broadly discusses food taxation not just a beverage tax or a soda tax. The groups registered against the bill include: Arizona Retailers Association, Arizona Restaurant Association, Arizona Beverage Association, Arizona Food Marketing Alliance, Arizona Free Enterprise Club, Arizona Tax Research Association, Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry, United Dairymen of Arizona. CMD has submitted an open records request to the bill authors for more information.</li> <li>In Washington State, industry started a state wide ballot initiative campaign that would prevent other cities in the state from implementing a similar tax. The initiative committee Yes! To Affordable Groceries was registered February 26, 2018. <ref>Public Disclosure Commission, [http://web.pdc.wa.gov/rptimg/default.aspx?docid=4702025 "Political Committee Registration,"] February 26, 2018.</ref></li> </ol> ==Other Groups Involved== The ABA is getting help from many groups who have been previously involved in preemption battles. Affiliates of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have been active in local fights along with restaurant and grocers associations. Front group propagator and master propagandist [[Richard Berman]] cut ads in Sante Fe for a State Policy Network “think tank,” prompting an ethics complaint. <ref>Albuquerque Journal, [https://www.abqjournal.com/1003877/freemarket-coalition-funded-video-opposing-soda-tax.html "Free-market coalition funded video opposing soda tax,"] May 16th, 2017.</ref> [https://www.exposedbycmd.org/spn/ State Policy Network] groups have been producing and promoting questionable research saying that the soda tax harms the economy. An ALEC legislator successfully preempted local food and nutrition policies<ref>Public Health Law Center, [http://www.publichealthlawcenter.org/sites/default/files/resources/phlc-fs-KS-pre-emption-resources-WEB-2016.pdf "Kansas' Government Control of Local Food Policies Law,"] 2016.</ref> with an ALEC “[https://www.alec.org/model-policy/food-and-nutrition-act/ model bill]” in Kansas. And the [[National Federation of Independent Business]], which has been battling paid sick leave ordinances, lobbied in favor of soda tax preemption in Michigan. ==Related Organizations== *American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America*Americans Against Food Taxes*Americans for Food and Beverage Choice*American Beverage Association Fund for Consumer Choice*American Beverage Association PAC. ==Core Financials== '''<big>2016</big>'''<ref> American Beverage Association, [Paper copy on file at CMD 2016 IRS Form 990], Internal Revenue Service, November 15, 2017. [https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/530025510/201703199349305130/IRS990 Digital copy available from ''ProPublica'' here].</ref>*Total Revenue: $125,425,727*Total Expenses: $104,837,946*Net Assets: $55,769,675 '''<big>2015</big>'''<ref> American Beverage Association, [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4429840-ABA-2015-990.html 2015 IRS Form 990], Internal Revenue Service, November 15, 2016.</ref>*Total Revenue: $78,938,044*Total Expenses: $75,309,660*Net Assets: $34,095,108 '''<big>2014</big>'''<ref> American Beverage Association, [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4429841-ABA-2014-990.html 2014 IRS Form 990], Internal Revenue Service, November 16, 2015.</ref>*Total Revenue: $84,621,486*Total Expenses: $81,079,630*Net Assets: $32,467,331 '''<big>2013</big>'''<ref> American Beverage Association, [https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4429842-ABA-2013-990.html 2013 IRS Form 990], Internal Revenue Service, November 17, 2014.</ref>*Total Revenue: $64,708,873*Total Expenses: $62,473,827*Net Assets: $30,114,761 ==Personnel=====Executive Staff=== As of April 2018:<ref>American Beverage Association, [https://www.ameribev.org/about-us/aba-team/ ABA Staff], ''American Beverage Association'', 2018.</ref>*Susan K. Neely, President and CEO*Mark Hammond, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer*Amy E. Hancock, Secretary; General Counsel / Executive Vice President, Legal and Regulatory Affairs*Kevin W. Keane, Executive VP, Government and Public Affairs*Karen Bailey-Chapman, Senior VP, Political Affairs*Sean Krispinsky, Senior VP and Deputy General Counsel<br> The full staff can be viewed [https://www.ameribev.org/about-us/aba-team/ here.] ===Board of Directors=References== As of April 2018:<ref>American Beverage Association, [https://www.ameribev.org/about-us/board-of-directors/ Board of Directors], ''American Beverage Association'', 2018.</ref>*Jeffrey Honickman, Chairman; CEO at Pepsi-Cola*Kirk Tyler, Vice Chairman; Chairman at Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company*Susan K. Neely, President and CEO at American Beverage Association*Amy E. Hancock, Secretary; General Counsel / Executive Vice President, Legal and Regulatory Affairs, American Beverage Association*Mark Hammond, Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, American Beverage Association*Ralph D. Crowley, Jr., Treasurer; President & Chief Executive Officer, Polar Beverages*Rodger L. Collins, Ex-Officio; President, Packaged Beverages, Dr Pepper Snapple Group*Albert P. Carey, Chief Executive Officer, PepsiCo North America*Brian Charneski, President, L & E Bottling Company, Inc.*Matthew Dent, President and Chief Operating Officer, Buffalo Rock Company*James Dinkins, President, Coca-Cola North America, The Coca-Cola Company*Paul Finney, President & Chief Executive Officer, Pepsi Bottling Ventures, LLC*Steve Ford, President & Chief Executive Officer, LinPepCo*Brad Goist, Chief Operating Officer, Refresco*Mark Francoeur, President, Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Northern New England*Seth Goldman, Co-Founder & TeaEO Emeritus, Honest Tea*Walter Gross, III, Sr. Vice President, On-Premise, G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers*Sally Hargis, Chairman of the Board, Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling Company*J. Frank Harrison III, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Coca-Cola Consolidated*James J. Johnston, President, Beverage Concentrates and Latin America Beverages, Dr Pepper Snapple Group*John Kalil, Vice President, Kalil Bottling Co.*Stefan Kozak, Chief Executive Officer, Red Bull North America, Inc.*Stuart Kronauge, President of USA Operations & Senior Vice President of Marketing, Coca-Cola North America, The Coca-Cola Company*Jeffrey S. Laschen, Chief Executive Officer, Great Lakes Coca-Cola Bottling*Jeffrey Miles Minges, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman, Minges Bottling Group, Inc.*J. Andrew Moore, Co-President, Bigfoot Beverages*Claude B. Nielsen, Chairman of the Board, Coca-Cola Bottling Company United, Inc.*Jack Pelo, President & Chief Executive Officer, Swire Coca-Cola, USA*Cliff Ritchie, President & Chief Executive Officer, Carolina Beverage Corp.*Gary Smith, President & Chief Executive Officer, Big Red, Inc.*Kirk Tanner, President & Chief Operating Officer, PepsiCo North America Beverages*Troy D. Taylor, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC ==Contact Information==American Beverage Association<br>1275 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, SUITE 1100<br>Washington, DC 20004<br>Phone: (202) 463-6732<br>Website: https://www.ameribev.org/<br>Email: info@ameribev.org<br>Twitter: https://twitter.com/AmeriBev<br>Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmeriBev/<br> ==Articles and Resources=====IRS Form 990 Filings===<div class="docframe"><p>2016</p><p>{{#widget:Iframe|url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4429839-ABA-2016-990.html|width=350|height=250}}</p></div><div class="docframe"><p>2015</p><p>{{#widget:Iframe|url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4429840-ABA-2015-990.html|width=350|height=250}}</p></div><div class="docframe"><p>2014</p><p>{{#widget:Iframe|url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4429841-ABA-2014-990.html|width=350|height=250}}</p></div><div class="docframe"><p>2013</p><p>{{#widget:Iframe|url=https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4429842-ABA-2013-990.html|width=350|height=250}}</p></div>{{Clear}} ===Center for Media and Democracy Articles=== *[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/10/16/reporters-memo-coke-and-pepsi-play-hardball-in-attempt-to-prevent-the-spread-of-soda-taxes/ Reporters Memo: Coke and Pepsi Play Hardball in Attempt to Prevent the Spread of Soda Taxes]<br>*[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/04/30/trampling-local-democracy-beverage-industry-pushes-soda-tax-ban-harrisburg/ Trampling Local Democracy: Beverage Industry Pushes Soda Tax Ban in Harrisburg]<br>*[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/03/28/bills-ban-local-soda-taxes-moving-states-coke-pepsi-borrow-tobacco-playbook/ Bills to Ban Local Soda Taxes Are Moving In the States, Coke and Pepsi Borrow from the Tobacco Playbook]<br>*[https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2018/03/29/soda-money-flows-cook-county-races-comes-flat/ Soda Money Flows Into Cook County Races, But Comes Up Flat]</li> ===Websites===[https://grassrootschange.net/ Website of Grassroots Change and the “Preemption Watch” newsletter]</li>[http://leap-preemption.org/index.html Website of Local Solutions Support Center]<references/li>

===External articles===*"[http:<references//www.ameribev.org/pressroom/111104namechange.asp It's a‘Bevolution': National Soft Drink Association Changes Name To American Beverage Association to Reflect Wide Range of Beverages Industry Produces]", Media Release, November 11, 2004.*Betsy McKay, "[http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,SB112423461722614960,00.html?mod=todays_us_marketplace Soda Marketers Will Cut Back Sales to Schools]", ''Wall Street Journal'', August 17, 2005. (Sub re'qd).*Laura Miller, "[http://www.prwatch.org/node/3934 ABA's School Vending Policy Fizzes On Obesity Prevention]", ''PR Watch Blogs'', August 23, 2005. *John N. Frank, "[http://www.prweek.com/news/news_story.cfm?ID=240429&site=3&setcookie=1 Soda industry touts school ban to quiet obesity critics]", PR Week, August 26, 2005. (Sub req'd).*Michele Simon, "[http://www.alternet.org/envirohealth/24647/ Big Soda's Puyblicity Stunt:] The trade group responsible for pushing sugary drinks to children of all ages has just trumpeted another set of useless new guidelines", ''AlterNet'', August 29, 2005.>

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