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Coca-Cola Nixes Those White Holiday Cans That Freaked Everyone Out
By Mary Beth Quirk on December 2, 2011 11:00 AM
130 Comments
You have grumbled, railed and complained against stark white soda cans and it seems Coca-Cola is listening, as they've announced they'll return normal red Christmas cans next week. More »
Teen Freed From Coke Machine He Tried To Steal From
By Ben Popken on September 28, 2011 12:00 PM
68 Comments
The recession continues to inspire people to do stupid crap to avoid paying money. This week's case in point, the teen who got stuck in a Coke machine after he tried to get a free can of soda. More »
Blind Taste Test Shows That You Don't Really Prefer Mexican Coke
By Laura Northrup on September 15, 2011 11:00 AM
144 Comments
"What, Consumerist?! Nooo!" I hear you yelling at the screen after reading the title of this post. "I find Mexican Coca-Cola vastly superior. My sweet tooth is too sensitive! My palate is too refined!" That's probably what the participants in a blind taste test for Serious Eats said, too. But tasters didn't prefer the fine, refrescotaste of Mexican Coke. They liked one of two things: American coke poured from a glass bottle (even if they never saw the bottle), or American Coke that they were led to believe was Mexican Coke. More »
Coca-Cola Plants Living, Breathing Billboard
By Chris Morran on July 8, 2011 11:30 AM
37 Comments
Advertising, especially of the outdoor variety, is often viewed as being anti-green, a signifier of befouled outdoor spaces. But this Coca-Cola billboard is trying to turn that image on its head — and sell some Coke while it's at it. More »
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Coca-Cola Raising Prices 3-4% In July
By Ben Popken on June 27, 2011 5:00 PM
100 Comments
Just in time for 4th of July picnics, sucking down the sweet elixirs spewed out by Coca-Cola is about to get a little pricier. Citing the rising cost of commodities, the bottling giant announced it's going to raise prices 2-3% in July. More »
HFCS-Free Kosher Pepsi Now Available For Passover
By Chris Morran on April 11, 2011 2:30 PM
73 Comments
Passover starts next week, which means that fans of non-HFCS colas can stock up on 2-liters of soda that eschew any sort of corn-based ingredients in favor of sugar. But while we've written about kosher Coke in year's past this is the first year we've noticed that Pepsi is offering a Passover-ready drink. More »
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Diet Coke Unseats Pepsi As #2 Cola Brand
By Chris Morran on March 17, 2011 2:15 PM
105 Comments
Pepsi has spent decades throwing stones at Coke from its position in second place among the fizzy beverage brands. And now Pepsi will need to toss those stones even farther as the brand has given up its spot to Diet Coke and slipped to third on the list. More »
Coca-Cola Says Revealed Recipe Is Not The Real Deal
By Chris Morran on February 16, 2011 3:32 PM
52 Comments
The internet has been abuzz this week with reports that Coca-Cola's secret recipe had been inadvertently leaked in a 1979 newspaper story. But the beverage behemoth is attempting to kill that buzz by saying that the revealed recipe isn't authentic. More »
Coca Cola Launches Recycling Machine That Does The Sorting For You
By Chris Morran on November 21, 2010 8:20 AM
33 Comments
Situated outside a Kroger in Arlington, TX, is a new structure that resembles a slimmed down drive-thru restaurant or the world's longest ATM. It's actually the first of Coca-Cola's "Reimagine" recycling machines that allows customers to dump aluminum cans and #1 PET plastic containers in all at the same time. More »
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Study: Sugary Beverages Have Tenuous Relationship Between Reality And Nutrition Info
By Chris Morran on October 27, 2010 12:19 PM
89 Comments
Adding fuel to the HFCS vs. sugar fire, a new study claims that not only does the actual amount of sugar in a sweetened beverage vary wildly from what the nutritional information says, but that drinks sweetened with High-Fructose Corn Syrup contain significantly more fructose than had been expected. More »
Coca Cola: We Don't Need To Make A Cane Sugar Version Because You Already Have Mexican Coke
By Chris Morran on October 7, 2010 1:00 PM
200 Comments
A few weeks back, we asked readers if they would buy a cane sugar version of Coca Cola and an overwhelming 89% of you said "yes." So Consumerist asked Coke if the company had any plans to introduce non-HFCS version — a la Pepsi Throwback — on a national scale. The answer — no, because we already have Mexican Coke. More »
More People Buying Mexican Coca Cola
By Chris Morran on September 21, 2010 10:15 AM
178 Comments
Perhaps it's the glass bottles. Or it could be the lack of high fructose corn syrup. Maybe it just tastes better. Whatever the reason, a growing number of folks on the north side of the Rio Grande are drinking Coca Cola bottled in Mexico. More »
War Declares War On Pepsi Over Song Used In TV Spot
By Chris Morran on September 3, 2010 9:45 AM
38 Comments
War's 1975 hit song "Why Can't We Be Friends?" is all about hugging it out and making nice, but don't tell that four of the band's original members, who have filed a suit against Pepsi, alleging the beverage company didn't get proper permission to use the tune in their currently running TV spots for Pepsi Max. More »
Vitaminwater Isn't Healthy, Rules Federal Judge
By Carey Alexander on July 24, 2010 8:00 AM
120 Comments
A federal judge ruled this week that Vitaminwater will not, as its labels promise, keep you "healthy as a horse." Nor will it bring about a "healthy state of physical or mental being". Instead, Vitaminwater is really just a sugary snack food; non-carbonated fruit coke disguised as a sports drink. Because it's composed mostly of sugar and not vitamin-laden water, judge John Gleeson held that Vitaminwater's absurd marketing claims were likely to mislead consumers. More »
Dear Coke: Your Stupid New 2 Liter Design Doesn't Fit In My Fridge
By Meg Marco on March 22, 2010 7:26 PM
135 Comments
Reader Eric wants to comment about the new design for the 2 liter Coke bottle. It's a little thinner and taller and doesn't fit in his fridge. More »
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Kosher Coke Is Once Again Here For Passover
By Chris Morran on March 22, 2010 12:43 PM
118 Comments
Passover might not be starting until next week, but Coca Cola has already begun distributing 2-liter bottles of its kosher formula, which replaces high fructose corn syrup with sugar, to stores around the country. I know because I've got some chilling in the fridge. More »
How Bags Of Oranges Costs More Than Coke
By Ben Popken on March 12, 2010 8:11 AM
85 Comments
This is also why you're fat. A graph of inflation-adjusted data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows how the prices of different food and beverages has changed over the past three decades. The price of crap food over the past 30 years has dropped. At the same time, the food you used to try to hide in your glass of milk has gotten steadily more expensive. No wonder the average man in his 60's is 25 lbs heavier than he was in the late 70's. Hey, govmnt, how about shifting some of those corn and soybean subsidies over to produce growers? More »
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Brian Got His My Coke Rewards Points Back
By Phil Villarreal on January 18, 2010 9:00 AM
22 Comments
Brian complained to us last week that Coke had zapped away his My Coke Rewards points while he was on vacation, but Coke has returned the points, thanks to advice from reader Fox Mulder: More »
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Coke Threw Away My Rewards Points While I Was On Vacation
By Phil Villarreal on January 14, 2010 9:25 AM
114 Comments
UPDATE: Coke gave Brian his points back. More »
Costco Bans Coca-Cola
By Chris Walters on November 17, 2009 4:04 PM
165 Comments
—>A dispute over pricing has led Costco to stop selling a number of Coca-Cola brands, which means all Coke varieties as well as Sprite, Squirt, Dasani water, and Full Throttle energy drinks, reports the Associated Press. More »
