Cola majors can controversy, uncork for a busy season

 Softdrink majors PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are targeting 2-3 times more volume sales next year, brushing aside the pesticides controversy which dented September quarter sales by around 15 per cent.

 Franchise bottlers of the two companies said that the cola majors have lined up major expansion plan for 2004, and that they have already asked bottlers to gear up for the crucial season ahead.

 Both companies are either adding new lines to their existing bottling units or setting up greenfields facilities.

 For instance, Ravi Jaipuria, PepsiCo