US: Floods hit soft drinks shares
Author: just-drinks.com editorial team | 17 June 2008
Shares in major soft drinks producers fell yesterday (16 June) on concerns that serious flooding in the corn-growing region of the central US will increase the costs of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which is used as a sweetener in soft drinks.
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Shares in major soft drinks producers fell yesterday (16 June) on concerns that serious flooding in the corn-growing region of the central US will increase the costs of high fructose corn syrup (HFCS), which is used as a sweetener in soft drinks.
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