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Coca-Cola To Meet Dieters Halfway With Mid-Calorie Sprite & Fanta
By Chris Morran on May 14, 2012 1:15 PM
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Several years after abandoning its mid-calorie "C2" version of Coke, Coca-Cola has confirmed reports it will be dipping its toes into the not-quite-sugar-free pool again by testing mid-calorie editions of both Sprite and Fanta. More »
Coca-Cola On Woman's Death: You Could Die From Drinking Too Much Water, Too
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 20, 2012 12:00 PM
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There's not a doctor out there (we hope) who would say drinking two gallons of Coca-Cola a day is good for your health, but did it contribute to a New Zealand woman's death? Coca-Cola would like to note that even too much water can be deadly. So, there's that. More »
Kraft Bows To Customer Pressure, Ditches Ties With Conservative Lobbying Group
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 6, 2012 4:00 PM
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Consumers put enough of a lean on Kraft Foods that it's giving up its relationship with the American Legislative Exchange Council, a conservative lobbying group that has backed voter ID and "stand your ground" laws. Coca-Cola also recently split with the group. More »
Family Claims Coca-Cola Owes Them 1.8 Million Shares For Old Stock Certificate
By Mary Beth Quirk on April 6, 2012 12:00 PM
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Like something straight out of Antiques Roadshow (aka the show that makes you want to rip apart your attic every time someone gets a surprise windfall), the family of a man who passed away a few years ago claims Coca-Cola owes them 1.8 million shares, worth around $130 million, of the company after coming upon a stock certificate the man bought at a garage sale. More »
It's Time To Get Your HFCS-Free Kosher-For-Passover Coke & Pepsi!
By Chris Morran on March 13, 2012 4:30 PM
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The Jewish holiday of Passover is coming up, which means that Coca-Cola and Pepsi put out special versions of their signature beverages that contain regular old sugar and not high fructose corn syrup. More »
Coke Clarifies That It Is Not Changing Its Recipe In Wake Of Study
By Mary Beth Quirk on March 8, 2012 2:00 PM
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Quit your whining, Coca-Cola aficionados — the company is not changing its recipe for Coke after a consumer group study claimed the caramel color they use causes cancer. While they're disputing the study, they are also clarifying that they're just asking caramel suppliers to modify their processes in making the color. More »
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Coke's Secret Formula Moved To Atlanta Museum
By Marc Perton on December 8, 2011 3:30 PM
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For the first time since 1925, Coca-Cola has moved its secret recipe out of a bank vault, and put it on display in the company's World of Coca-Cola museum in Atlanta. But "on display" doesn't exactly mean visible, since the exhibit includes its own vault, which is about all visitors will be able to see. More »
Coca-Cola Nixes Those White Holiday Cans That Freaked Everyone Out
By Mary Beth Quirk on December 2, 2011 11:00 AM
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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 »
Coca-Cola Helps Put Kibosh On Grand Canyon Water Bottle Ban
By Chris Morran on November 10, 2011 1:15 PM
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Discarded plastic bottles account for around 30% of trash at the Grand Canyon, so in an effort to reduce the amount of waste left behind by the oodles of visitors, the park was all set to launch a ban on the sale of bottled water. But then, after the folks at Coca-Cola voiced their concerns, a top national park official decided to pull the plug on the program. More »
Five Guys Is First Fast Food Chain To Get Coca-Cola Freestyle Machines
By Chris Morran on September 30, 2011 3:15 PM
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It's been more than two years since we first wrote about Coca-Cola's Freestyle soda machines that give customers more than 100 drink options to choose from, but the magical devices have been slow to roll out. But that may be about to change, as the rapidly growing Five Guys burger chain has announced it will be installing the machines in the coming months. More »
Coca-Cola Plants Living, Breathing Billboard
By Chris Morran on July 8, 2011 11:30 AM
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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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How Nasty Is Your Bottled Water?
By Ben Popken on July 6, 2011 4:00 PM
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Does your bottled water taste funny? It's not just that it's probably only tapwater. Environmental Working Group rated 173 brands of bottled water based on their sourcing information, purification, testing, and how transparent the information on their label and website was. Turns out, some of the biggest brands in bottled water are, well, a little murky. More »
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Coca-Cola Raising Prices 3-4% In July
By Ben Popken on June 27, 2011 5:00 PM
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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 »
Iowa & Wisconsin Cola Drinkers To Be Guinea Pigs In Test Of "Pepsi Next"
By Chris Morran on June 14, 2011 11:30 AM
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Even though the news was leaked back in early April that (Pepsi would be trying out a mid-calorie cola called Pepsi Next), the company has only just now gotten around to confirming the drink's existence, along with the fact that it will begin testing Pepsi Next in Iowa and Wisconsin starting next month. More »
HFCS-Free Kosher Pepsi Now Available For Passover
By Chris Morran on April 11, 2011 2:30 PM
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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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Should Companies Be Held Accountable For Investors' Personal Lives?
By Chris Morran on March 21, 2011 1:15 PM
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If the personal life of a Fortune 500 CEO starts making headlines, you can be sure that the investors — and maybe even the general public — won't be able to extricate the person from the brand. But what about when there is a public outcry against one of that company's major investors? More »
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Diet Coke Unseats Pepsi As #2 Cola Brand
By Chris Morran on March 17, 2011 2:15 PM
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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 »
Coke Pulls Some Products From Shelves For "Off Taste"
By Chris Morran on March 4, 2011 1:15 PM
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Some retailers in the St. Louis area are being asked to pull a variety of Coca-Cola products off the shelves because of a "slight off taste." More »
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American Beverage Association Responds To Call For Ban On Caramel Coloring In Cola
By Chris Morran on February 18, 2011 3:30 PM
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Earlier this week, the Center For Science In The Public Interest petitioned the FDA to ban two forms of caramel coloring, claiming that the ammonia and sulfites used in the creation of the products results in allegedly carcinogenic chemicals making their way into the resulting food and drink. Consumerist reached out to Coca-Cola and Pepsi to get their side of the story, but were instead passed on to the American Beverage Association, which offered its own version of things. More »
CSPI Asks FDA To Ban Caramel Coloring Used In Coke, Pepsi And Other Stuff You Like
By Chris Morran on February 17, 2011 9:15 AM
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Yesterday, the folks at the Center for Science in the Public Interest sent a petition to the Food & Drug Administration, demanding that the "caramel coloring" commonly used in sodas like Coke and Pepsi be banned because they claim it contains a pair of carcinogenic chemicals. More »
