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To: mishedlo who wrote (50448)	5/3/2006 1:01:37 AM
From: shades	Respond to of 116555

Coca-Cola Beverage Costs Up 7%, Food 8% (now mish you were a grocery man - if our food goes up 8% - how long can the trend continue before my coke prices start going down? Bond bubble says these higher input prices can't be passed down to J6P - I see lots of other things going before people give up coke or coffee) Coca-Cola, which is about 32%-owned by Atlanta's Coca-Cola Co. (KO), said it expects higher commodity prices to result in an increase to cost of goods sold per case of beverages of around 7% and 8% for the food business. ("Australia's Coca-Cola Amatil Expects FY Net A$325M-A$335M" published at 0419 GMT misstated increased beverage and food costs) (MORE TO FOLLOW) Dow Jones Newswires May 03, 2006 00:37 ET (04:37 GMT)