1.   Fast food items and fountain beverage sales are big earners.

2.   At its annual meeting with bottlers this week, Pepsi officials called improving fountain sales a priority, he said.

3.   Fountain sales were never interrupted.

4.   Gallon volume, which reflect fountain sales, also will be strong, Coca-Cola said.

5.   The lawsuit deals only with fountain sales, excluding soft drinks sold in bottles or cans.