• Glass bottles account for 87% alcoholic drinks packaging, with returnable bottles at 99% of total.
  • Coors Light imported lager introduced a label that changes color from when the beer is cold.
  • Seasonality is more relevant in spirits; gift boxes or sets of glasses, shakers, or dice are popular.
  • Metal and plastic screw closures continue to be relevant for spirits and other alcoholic drinks while plastic screw closures was dominant for soft drinks sold in PET, HDPE, and glass.
  • In Colombia, multipacks in alcoholic drinks are popular in beer and RTDs.  
  • Brick liquid cartons are relevant in local spirits. PET bottles have limited presence in local spirit-based RTDs, but energy drinks growth favors PET bottles, accounting for 85% of the category.  
  • Metal beverage cans continued to display a strong performance, increasing by 13%.
  • Companies continue to introduce smaller sizes, mainly in carbonates and bottled water
  • Soft drinks kept using light bottles with less plastic to benefit environment and reduce costs
  • The health and wellness trend continued as consumers reduced intake of carbonates
  • Flexible packaging remains the most popular pack type within hot drinks
  • Plastic pouches gain in instant coffee with high 17% growth, outperforming flexible packaging.

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