Diet Coke bumps Pepsi as No. 2 soft drink: report

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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Coca-Cola Co.'s Diet Coke has usurped PepsiCo Inc.'s regular Pepsi-Cola as the No. 2 most-popular U.S. soft drink, according to industry publication Beverage Digest on Thursday. Beverage Digest said regular Coke remained the No. 1 soft drink with a 17% market share, selling 1.59 billion cases in 2010. Diet Coke's market share remained 9.9% with 926.9 million cases sold in 2010, but Pepsi-Cola's market share fell to 9.5% with 891.5 million cases sold, from last year's market share of 9.9%, the trade publication said.

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