Business: Mixings Mixture?

In the U. S. last year some 12,000 companies employing 120,000 persons, filled 120,000,000,000 bottles with soft drinks and sold them for $650,000,000. The greatest single company in the field of carbonated beverages is Canada Dry Ginger Ale, Inc., although it accounts for only a small percentage of the total U. S. ginger ale output. Dominant in carbonated water is White Rock Mineral Springs Co., with over 90% of the output. Last week Canada Dry officials admitted there have been conversations looking toward a merger with White...

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