If PepsiCo Told You They Suddenly Cared About Your Health, Would You Believe It?

‘Soda is bad. The sweetened, fixing juice marketed at everyone from teens to the elderly is oft-accused of fattening and killing America, and is seen as a common enemy by health experts and weight loss aficionados alike. And while the soft drink industry is still valued at over $994 billion, Americans—miraculously—are slowly drinking less of the sugary stuff.
As of March 2016, soda consumption had fallen to a 30-year low with major beverages companies like Coca-Cola predicting a major loss in profits thanks to American’s decreasing interest in soda. Even PepsiCo reported slow earnings in Q4 2016 and has blamed local company layoffs on Philadelphia’s recently enacted soda tax, a policy that public health advocates across the country have been trying to legislate in cities ranging from New York to California in order to decrease soda purchasing.’
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