And while vintage Coca-Cola bottles conjure nostalgia and a chilled glass of root beer may remind us of childhood, soda (pop, or soda-pop) isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. With a high sugar ...

Soda was a rare treat when Richmond Aryeetey was growing up in Ghana in the 1980s. "You were likely to see soda in the house maybe on festive occasions" – like Christmas, he says. Now, he says ...

Both Coca-Cola and Dr Pepper said last week on quarterly earnings calls that they sold more soda cases last quarter. During the third quarter of this year, total soft drink volumes grew 1.3% from ...

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In 2013, during a speech at CPAC, the annual Republican confab, the former Alaska governor reached down into her lectern and pulled out a cup of soda the size of her head. She took a long swig ...