grodog wrote:I can always trade you non-shrinked copies of them for the shrink ones, Mark
Badmike wrote:New Coke was one of the huge marketing blunders of the century. Malcom Gladwell has an entire chapter about it in his excellent book "The Tipping Point". Mike B.
Badmike wrote:New Coke was one of the huge marketing blunders of the century. Malcom Gladwell has an entire chapter about it in his excellent book "The Tipping Point". Essentially, Coke started doing taste tests of a new formula they had dreamed up, which was sweeter and not quite as tart as regular Coke. The taste tests got rave reviews, and the company went ahead with moving to the new formula.Mike B.
FormCritic wrote:I have a friend who works for Coke. He has a conspiracy theory about New Coke.He thinks that Coca Cola used New Coke as a foil...a distraction so that their customers would not notice the switch from Coke made with sugar to Coke made with high fructose corn syrup. They would be so glad to have Classic Coke back...and feeling so victorious...that they would not notice the switch.Since I only drink Diet Coke, the point is moot to me...but I have read that Mexican consumers in the US will spend good money to get bottles of Coke made with sugar shipped up from Mexico.My own personal theory is that the Y2K scare was invented by a government think tank.......the goal was to give conspiracy theorists and nutcases something to worry about in order to distract them from much worse apocalyptic theories and resulting nutty behavior. I actually thought that before the clock ticked down to 2000.
FormCritic wrote:.but I have read that Mexican consumers in the US will spend good money to get bottles of Coke made with sugar shipped up from Mexico.
FormCritic wrote:I have a friend who works for Coke. He has a conspiracy theory about New Coke.He thinks that Coca Cola used New Coke as a foil...a distraction so that their customers would not notice the switch from Coke made with sugar to Coke made with high fructose corn syrup. They would be so glad to have Classic Coke back...and feeling so victorious...that they would not notice the switch.
Kingofpain89 wrote:It's not a conspiracy theory. It is truth. Coke Classic doesnt taste anything like the original Coke. I know two ex-Coca Cola employees who swear that the whole New Coke/Classic Coke mess was done on purpose to change the formula that traditionally used cane sugar to one that now uses the cheaper corn syrup.
g026r wrote:It's a good conspiracy theory, except it falls apart since Coca Cola had already switched to corn syrup before New Coke was ever released.
serleran wrote:Coca-Cola: Bite the Wax Tadpole.
Kingofpain89 wrote:Coke Classic doesnt taste anything like the original Coke.
Deadlord39 wrote:Coke melts nails. Keep that in mind
Kingofpain89 wrote:Sure they did. And Kentucky Fried Chicken has zero trans fat.