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Coke widened its lead versus Pepsi in cola wars last year, report says

Two bottles of Coca Cola and a bottle of Pepsi Cola are picutred in Berlin, Germany, 06 February 2013.  

Coca-Cola Co. widened its lead against archrival PepsiCo last year in their decadeslong battle for U.S. soda drinkers, according to a closely watched report.

In a positive sign for both companies, though, U.S. volumes of carbonated soft drinks barely dipped in 2018 after more than a decade of steeper declines, industry tracker Beverage Digest reported Wednesday.

PepsiCo’s four biggest soda brands — Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Diet Mountain Dew and Diet Pepsi — all lost market share in volume terms.

We're going through the report on Channel 2 Action News This Morning