Coke's Fine Young Cannibals

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Cannibalization appears to be eating away at Coca-Cola. The No. 1 soft drink maker, coming off a year in which Coke sales volume shrank 3%, is looking to shrink one of its most profitable items.

Coke’s bottlers are currently testing a 16-oz. bottle priced at 99 cents. Analysts have said in a country of expanding waistlines and shrinking pocket books that 20 ounces is more soda than consumers want at too high a price (up to $1.49).

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