Soft Drinks - Flying the Flag for Britain!
- The UK consumes 14bn+ liters of soft drinks annually with a retail value of almost £15bn per year (Zenith International).
- Soft drinks contribute £7.7bn in added value, £1.4bn direct contribution from soft drinks companies spending in the UK (Canadean).
- The industry supports 135,000 jobs in the UK economy, 20,000 of which are on a manufacturing level, with the balance spread through the wider supply chain (Canadean).
- UK soft drinks exports were worth £233m to the UK in H1 2013, up 6.7% year-on-year (UK Food and Drink Federation).
