Big Soda
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Big Soda is a term used by the media[1] and various activist groups[2] to describe the soft drink industry as a collective entity. The term connotes the business and lobbying power of soft drink companies who, like Big Oil and Big Tobacco, would use that power to influence politicians and voters.[3] One example is their lobbying against a tax on sugary drinks in the United States.[4][5] Big Soda forms a part of the broader sugar lobbying movement, Big Sugar.
Big Soda usually refers to the giants of the soft drink industry, such as The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo, and Keurig Dr Pepper.[6]
See also
[edit]- Other "Big" industries
References
[edit]- ^ Gogoi, Pallavi (4 May 2006). "Big Soda's Sticky End". BusinessWeek. Archived from the original on 6 May 2006. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ E. Getman, Ross (12 March 2006). "Big Soda vs. Our Kids: Better Beware of Benzene in Soda Pop". Common Dreams. Archived from the original on 20 March 2006. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ "Big Soda Echoing Big Tobacco's Tactics, Says Report on Lobbying". Ad Age. 10 October 2016. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ Krupnick, Matt (12 November 2022). "'This industry will stop at nothing': big soda's fight to ban taxes on sugary drinks". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ White, Jeremy B. (13 August 2019). "Is Big Soda winning the soft drink wars?". The Agenda. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ Leonhardt, David (6 October 2016). "Opinion | Fight 'Big Soda'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 6 October 2016. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
External links
[edit]- Margot Sanger-Katz (2 October 2015). "The Decline of 'Big Soda'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2 October 2015.