The US-based soft drinks bottler, Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG), has said it is forecasting a 10% rise in operating profit for the full fiscal year to 27 December, 2003, from US$898m last year.

In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, PBG also said operating profit growth for the third quarter would be in high single digits.

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