Entries tagged with 'Coca-Cola'
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"Are the Coke folks trying to confuse us as they phase out Caffeine-Free Diet Coke?" [Photograph: dietcoke.com] Though I have for the most part weaned myself off diet sodas, every once in awhile I get a serious hankering for a cold, crisp, ever-so-satisfying 20-ounce bottles of either Fresca or Caffeine-Free Diet Coke. Is it just wishful thinking on my part, or is Fresca making a comeback? On two Delta flights this past weekend the flight attendants came down the aisle offering Fresca as one of the soft drink options. Thank you, Delta! But even though Delta is based in Atlanta, Coke's corporate home (Fresca is also a Coke brand), Caffeine-Free Diet Coke was not being offered. And maybe it's just...
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This is my collection of international Coke cans. (What, is that weird?) It's the kind of relic from my childhood that I forget about, now living three thousand miles from the house I grew up in, until I walk into my bedroom and realize—oh, right—one entire wall is lined with cans of Coke. The collection started when I was about nine years old. My family was flying back from the East Coast, and my older brother realized that the soda a flight attendant had brought him had a German label. That familiar Coca-Cola can—but in a different language! Awesome, I said to myself. I bought that can off him for a dollar. (My ever-entrepreneurial brother let me have nothing...
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I visited Iceland from April 18 to 24. Although this sparsely populated country may not be known for its cuisine, there was plenty of interesting food to report on. This week I'll share some food-related bits with you. Aluminum, plastic, and glass; it's all here. The 24-hour supermarket 10-11 in downtown Reykjavik is a small shop—perhaps the size of a 7-11—but seemed to devote a disproportionately large area of refrigerator space to Coca-Cola. A bit of googling tells me that Iceland and Mexico have the highest consumption rates of Coca-Cola per capita. (Iceland doesn't appear on it, but Coca-Cola has this handy website with per capita consumption data.) One of my travel partners insisted that Icelandic Coke tasted better than...
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Coca-Cola has announced that it's dropping the "Classic" label from its name in the U.S. The extra bit was added to the original formula's packaging in 1985, when the company introduced the poorly received "New Coke" line. Says Ad Age: But the word has gradually outlived its usefulness as the company has sought an increasingly global approach. The popular "Coke side of life" and new "Open happiness" campaigns have not used the word. "Classic" would have been used only in advertising specific to North America, said Scott Williamson, a Coca-Cola spokesman. Of course, we wouldn't mind if they went really old school and brought back the formula that uses cane sugar instead of HFCS as a sweetener. Related In Videos:...
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One involves a contagious yawn in a bizarro animated world inside the vending machine. The other, in a library where a pair of flirts exchange fluids in the form of Coke sketches on their arms. Both weird, but moderately captivating. The videos, after the jump....
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If you lived through the '70s and '80s, "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing" is burned into your gray matter. Here's a Christmas version, from 1984, after the jump. Happy seasonings!...
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Photograph from on Laughing Squid on Flickr If Santa's belly could transform into coke bottles, this might be the portly result. Not sure if the marketing team also wanted the shape (originally designed as a Christmas ornament) to be associated with "bombs," but they do have that explosive device look. [via Laughing Squid] Related Coke Zero Zero 7, New James Bond Packaging Coca-Cola Light Bottles Designed by Roberto Cavalli Coca-Cola Vending Machine Robot in Japan...
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State Fairs prove that you can deep fry anything your heart desires. Video blogger Sarah McColl of Pink of Perfection visited the State Fair of Texas and reports on its stomach ache-inducing culinary delights, including deep-fried Coke. The dessert consists of deep-fried Coke-flavored batter nuggets topped with Coke syrup and whipped cream. "If you like funnel cakes, you'll like this," says Sarah. Deep-fried coke was created by Abel Gonzales Jr. You can watch a video of him making it on The Today Show. [via Homesick Texan] Related Deep-Fried Jelly Bean Time at the Texas State Fair Visit the Indiana State Fair: Fried Food and Crawling Through a Colon Involved In Videos: Foods on a Stick at the Minnesota State...
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To promote the latest Bond film, The Quantum of Solace (out mid-November in the States), Coca-Cola and Sony Entertainment shook hands on this numerically-convenient special edition Coke Zero Zero 7 bottle. The bottles will roll out next month, but only in the UK. According to the Coca-Cola brand director across the pond, the edginess of the Bond persona matches that of the Coke Zero identity. The core audience is 20-something men who dream of wearing more tuxedos and carrying a license to kill card. [via The Dieline]...
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If the meager choices at a standard soda fountain aren't enough for you, there's hope in sight. Coca-Cola is testing a fountain system that can dispense more than 100 beverages from the same machine. [via Engadget]...
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