Companies that belong to the Georgia Beverage Association make and sell some of the worlds most popular non-alcoholic beverages in the world

• Soft drinks made up 73.1% of total U.S. market
• Non-carbonated products comprise 13.7%
• Packaged bottled water accounted for 13.2%
• 3.02 million jobs
• Americans spent roughly $92.9 billion annually on refreshment beverages
• $278 Billion in economic activity
• $30 billion in taxes
• 2003 beverage companies donated $326 million to charities