Diet Soda Slump To Lower Coca-Cola's Volumes; Still Beverages Could Offset This Decline

With the two biggest soda consumers, the U.S. and Mexico, strengthening their resolve against widespread obesity and cutting down sugar intake, carbonated soft drink volumes for Coca-Cola might register another year-over-year decline this quarter. CSDs in the U.S. and Mexico constitute just over one-fifths of the company's overall volumes by our estimates.