COLA WAR HEATS UP IN THE U.S.
By Adnews Staff
The U.S. cola wars have gone to the courtroom. U.S.-based PepsiCo Inc. received the OK from a federal judge last week to take Coca-Cola Ltd. of Atlanta to court. PepsiCo says Coca-Cola monopolizes the market for soft drinks dispensers at such places as movie theatres and restaurants, and alleges that Coca-Cola has threatened distributors with losing its business if they supply Pepsi as well. Coca-Cola argued that PepsiCo's lawsuit was defective because it did not properly allege anti-competitive practices. The case is set for a pre-trial conference in October.
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