Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 SMI; site sun.uucp Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!prls!amdimage!amdcad!decwrl!sun!alan From: alan@sun.uucp (Alan Marr, Sun Graphics) Newsgroups: net.misc.coke Subject: Re: Sugar Association Flame Message-ID: <2658@sun.uucp> Date: Sat, 17-Aug-85 18:53:10 EDT Article-I.D.: sun.2658 Posted: Sat Aug 17 18:53:10 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 07:16:07 EDT References: <677@ttidcc.UUCP> Reply-To: alan@sun.UUCP (Alan Marr, Sun Graphics) Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 22 > Incidentally, > the savings on this ingredient change were never passed along to the > consumer. > > The amazing thing about the quiet change in the taste of Cloke is that > to use "The Real Thing"--sugar--costs the manufacturer less than a penny > more per bottle or can, compared to the cheaper sweetener. This kind of claim is specious on two counts. First, the savings may well have been passed on to the consumer if price increases are delayed. Second, a cost of a penny to manufacturer can become a cost of five cents or so to the consumer when the markups attached by the distributors and vendors are figured in. Some other thoughts: 1) Dr. Pepper is the best. 2) Coke Classic is close enough to the original. 3) Coke Classic should be called Classic Coke. --- { std. disclaimer } --- "Extraordinary how potent cheap music is." Noel Coward