Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihu1h.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihu1h!effl From: effl@ihu1h.UUCP (Leason) Newsgroups: net.misc.coke Subject: Re: Taste Test Message-ID: <657@ihu1h.UUCP> Date: Thu, 15-Aug-85 17:12:19 EDT Article-I.D.: ihu1h.657 Posted: Thu Aug 15 17:12:19 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Aug-85 04:40:06 EDT References: <55@tekchips.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 51 > In article <490@t12tst.UUCP> chris@t12tst.UUCP (Christopher Paull) writes: > > > > When Pepsi first announced their "Pepsi challange", some friends and > > I did accept. Our results were just the opposite as theirs. 3/2 > > people prefered coke to pepsi. Makes you wonder where Pepsi gets their > > numbers from??? > > How many people took your test? In order to broadcast their taste test > commercials, I'm sure that Pepsi had to use a very large sample of the > population - adding your results to the test would have only a negligible > effect on the results. You can also trust Pepsi's numbers - you can bet > that Coke made every effort to verify them. > > The question is not whether or not more people preferred Pepsi than Coke, > but whether such a test is valid. In such tests, people tend to prefer the > sweeter drink (Pepsi), while in the long run, this may not be the case. > In my opinion, Coke made a major error by claiming that Sprite tastes better > than 7-Up - effectively acknowledging that the taste test is valid. Perhaps > this was done with the introduction of the new, sweeter Coke in mind. > (This still doesn't explain Bill Cosby's adds stating that he likes Coke > because it wasn't as sweet as Pepsi.) Anyway, Coke is now eating their > words in more ways than one. (And now Bill likes the sweeter taste better!) > > > Jon Udell > > > PS Has anyone tried LIKE, from 7-Up? It's the caffeine-free cola that > started the trend. I've never had any trouble getting it before (having > lived in Madison, WI - one of its test markets), but I haven't seen it > yet here in Oregon. > > > > > -- > --- > > > Jon Udell > > jonu@tekchips until mid-September > -------------------------------------- > udell@shasta > t.tedium@lotsb Jon, I've tried LIKE form 7UP. I think it's great...much better than the New Coke and much, much better than Pepsi. Frances Leason