Business News – 08-10-2021

Boston Beer and PepsiCo join together to create alcoholic Mountain Dew

  • Boston Beer and PepsiCo are going on a joint-venture to create an alcoholic Mountain Dew which is expected to reach shelves by early 2022
  • These new drinks are a part of Pepsi’s effort to use the popularity of the Mountain Dew name to move the soda into new categories

Beyond Meat’s meatless pepperoni to be offered by Pizza Hut in 5 markets

  • Pizza Hut is now offering meat-free pepperoni by Beyond Meat as a topping in 5 cities in the United States
  • Customers will be able to find the topping in 70 locations across Houston; Albany, New York; Macon, Georgia; Columbus, Ohio; and Jacksonville, Florida

NASA is offered next-generation spacesuits by SpaceX

  • NASA has been offered next-generation spacesuits by Elon Musk’s SpaceX after a response to a report by NASA’s inspector general on spacesuit development
  • Since 2007, NASA has spent more than $420 million on spacesuit development but even with another $625 million in spending planned, the suits will not be ready for flight until April 2025

Canada and Moderna reach deal to construct vaccine manufacturing plant after shortages

  • Moderna has announced that they have reached a deal with the Canadian government to construct a vaccine manufacturing plant to supply the country 
  • Earlier in 2021, Canada has had difficulties with Covid vaccine supply shortages 

By K Buenavista

Mr. Buenavista is a writer that specializes in breaking down complex topics into easy to understand formats that appeal to a wide range of news seeking readers, without missing the important details. He handles a majority of the daily news reporting at Easy-Ad, and has written on many other websites. He resides in Southern California.