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Bottled Water is #1 in the USA

May 31, 2018 : Alexandria, VA : BWW :

Bottled water is the No. 1 beverage product in the U.S., by volume, for a second year in a row, the International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) and the Beverage Marketing Corporation (BMC) announced today.

Bottled water volume grew to 13.7 billion gallons in 2017, a 7 percent increase over the previous year.

The distance between bottled water and carbonated soft drinks continues to widen as consumers increasingly choose bottled water instead of soda. Carbonated soft drink sales decreased for the thirteenth consecutive year, according to the most recent numbers from BMC.

Bottled water sales now total $18.5 billion, an increase ...Read more...

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