Original article by Sue Mitchell
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 18 : 28-Apr-16

Coca-Cola Amatil’s 2016 interim results are likely to be negatively affected by the use of discounting to drive sales of carbonated soft drinks and bottled water. Analysts expect the company to announce weaker earnings for the half-year. Consumers’ preferences are changing. Figures from Retail World show that soft drink sales declined from 57.5 per cent of non-alcoholic beverages in 2008 to 50.5 per cent in 2015. Meanwhile, consumption of bottled water has increased from 10.4 per cent to 20.4 per cent.

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COCA-COLA AMATIL LIMITED – ASX CCL, RETAIL WORLD PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS, COLES GROUP LIMITED, WOOLWORTHS LIMITED – ASX WOW, PEPSI-COLA COMPANY, ASAHI AND COMPANY, SCHWEPPES AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, DEUTSCHE BANK AG