date:Apr 01, 2014
aster than all other segments with a 6.2 percent volume increase in 2013. Nonetheless, the segment accounted for a relatively small share of total liquid refreshment beverage volume. Indeed, it was the smallest, trailing even value-added water, which registered the largest decline of any liquid refreshment beverage type (despite a strong showing by Glaceau Smartwater). Energy drinks advanced by 5.5 percent, but also remained fairly modest in size and didn't match the double-digit volume gains of