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Bottled Water: Strong and Healthy Growth
November 17, 2015 : Santa Barbara, CA : BWW
:
Despite
the
naysayers
bottled
water
keeps
growing.
U.S.
bottled
water
volume
rose
7%
in
2014,
putting
it
on
track
to
outsell
soda
by
2017,
according
to
forecasts
by
industry
tracker
Beverage
Marketing
Corp.
Nestle
water
brands,
including
Pure
Life
and
Poland
Spring,
sold
more
water
than
soda
last
year,
making
Nestlé
the
No.
3
company
in
the
U.S.
for
nonalcoholic
beverages,
according
to
Beverage
Digest.
This
is
unsettling
news
for
Coca-Cola
and
PepsiCo,
which
together
control
roughly
two
thirds
of
the
higher-margin
U.S.
soda
market.
Between
2000
and
2014,
per
capita
bottled-water
consumption
more
than
doubled
to
34
gallons
from
16
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