Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sfmag.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!mhuxm!sftig!sftri!sfmag!howard From: howard@sfmag.UUCP (H.M.Moskovitz) Newsgroups: net.cooks,net.consumers,net.rumor Subject: Re: "New Coke" Alternative Message-ID: <623@sfmag.UUCP> Date: Mon, 8-Jul-85 10:42:49 EDT Article-I.D.: sfmag.623 Posted: Mon Jul 8 10:42:49 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 9-Jul-85 07:12:33 EDT References: <682@lll-crg.ARPA> Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Information Systems, Summit, NJ Lines: 26 Xref: watmath net.cooks:4332 net.consumers:2536 net.rumor:956 > For all of you out in netland who are as offended as I am > at the New Coke and don't like the way it tastes, I have > an alternative to suggest. Surprisingly enough, Shasta > Cola tastes much more like the Real Coke than New Coke. > It is not the same, of course, but it is not as sickeningly > sweet as New Coke, and it definitely does NOT taste like > Pepsi. It's worth a try to see if you like it. I am > switching to it, and I was a VERY large consumer of Real > Coke. > I always thought that C&C Cola tasted very much like original Coke and it's a heck of alot cheaper to boot! > Maybe if the Coke Company loses enough of its previous > customers, it will come to its senses. > I give the new Coke about 6 months before the company starts to go under. I predict that the old formula (AKA "7X") will be revived and marketed in parallel to the new junk at a much higher price. Probably a few 'select' bottling plants will produce it. They will market it as 'Gourmet Coke' and probably charge $2.50 per 2 liters. Howard Moskovitz AT&T Info. Systems attunix!howard