Soft drink sector market share in the United Kingdom 2019

In 2019, carbonated soft drinks held the largest share of the United Kingdom’s soft drink market, with 38.6 percent of the market. Dilutables held the second largest share of the market, closely followed by bottled water with 20.8 and 20.6 percent respectively.

The UK soft drink market in focus

In 2019, the soft drink market was worth roughly than 17.4 billion British pounds and was forecast to reach over 18 billion pounds in 2020. How the coronavirus outbreak will affect this prediction remains to be seen. Beverage sales in grocery stores have been up in March and April of 2020 due to the virus. However, on-trade sales have suffered greatly and the final picture for 2020 is, as of the writing of this text, still taking form.

Soft drink brands

Licensed premises, foodservice, convenience stores and grocery stores in the UK all have the same leading soft drink brand: Coca Cola. The company only must bow down to the legion of soft drinks sold under private label brands in grocery stores.