Soda Sales Declining At A Quickening Pace: Report

End Of An Addiction? Soda Sales Declining At A Quickening Pace
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 11: Large soda bottles are seen in a bodega in Chinatown March 11, 2013 New York City. Today a New York state judge halted a controversial ban on large sugary drinks in places that serve prepared food that was to take effect tomorrow. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MARCH 11: Large soda bottles are seen in a bodega in Chinatown March 11, 2013 New York City. Today a New York state judge halted a controversial ban on large sugary drinks in places that serve prepared food that was to take effect tomorrow. (Photo by Allison Joyce/Getty Images)

The decline in U.S. sales of carbonated soft drinks accelerated last year as more consumers reached for alternatives, according to a leading beverage industry newsletter.

Total sales volume fell 1.2 percent in 2012 to 9.17 billion cases, according to Beverage Digest. That compares with declines of 1 percent in 2011 and 0.5 percent in 2010.

Excluding fast-growing energy drinks such as Red Bull and Monster Beverage Corp

By company, Coca-Cola Co

(Reporting By Martinne Geller in New York. Editing by Andre Grenon)

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