Comment – Soft Drinks & Water - You Are What You Drink
By Richard Corbett | 8 March 2011
Another week, another new commentator on just-drinks. Today, we offer up Richard Corbett, who will be looking at the soft drinks & water sectors. In this, his first piece for just-drinks, Richard looks at vegetable juice, and wonders why the category isn't bigger, and whether that is all about to change.
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Another week, another new commentator on just-drinks. Today, we offer up Richard Corbett, who will be looking at the soft drinks & water sectors. In this, his first piece for just-drinks, Richard looks at vegetable juice, and wonders why the category isn't bigger, and whether that is all about to change.

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