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BernardRyder wrote: ↑Perhaps this is a sign to quit drinking pop? I seriously cut back months ago for personal health reasons. Stuff is literally sugar substitute flavouring and water with no nutritional value, and I'm not saying anything obvious of course. But this could be the impetus for people to cut back on it.

co*ke has said that they are cutting back on hundreds of SKU's because they made up less than 2% of profits in the last few years and are focusing on core brands.

While agree that the stuff is tad amount to poison I think most people will just start buying a different flavor or co*ke... It's like any other addiction.

BernardRyder wrote: ↑Perhaps this is a sign to quit drinking pop? I seriously cut back months ago for personal health reasons. Stuff is literally sugar substitute flavouring and water with no nutritional value, and I'm not saying anything obvious of course. But this could be the impetus for people to cut back on it.

how is sparkling water? i drink bubly.

kilburn305 wrote: ↑how is sparkling water? i drink bubly.

I drink AHA, its all good.

kilburn305 wrote: ↑how is sparkling water? i drink bubly.

Um, pretty sure it's pronounced Buble. At least that's what the commercials are saying!

kr0zet wrote: ↑I drink AHA, its all good.

yea. love that stuff. probably not great in the quantities that i drink it but still the lesser of two evils. lol

PointsHubby wrote: ↑This is typical / par for the course
They sacrifice DIET drinks vs Regular
Cuz far more Consumers drink the Regular formulations vs Diet

Hate it bc i changed from reg to diet over the past 3 months and not trying to drink my calories and it seems that anything except for the popular diets are available... smh

DeletedMemories wrote: ↑that pricing is beyond atrocious as much as shoppers is over priced pop is kinda cheap there $6.07/18 cans and last time went nuts and spent over 40$ as had 20x points offer

Are the trays sold in the sister stores like no frills, food basics, et al 18 or 24? Sometimes they have sales on them going for $8.

kr0zet wrote: ↑co*ke has said that they are cutting back on hundreds of SKU's because they made up less than 2% of profits in the last few years and are focusing on core brands.

While agree that the stuff is tad amount to poison I think most people will just start buying a different flavor or co*ke... It's like any other addiction.

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Literally hundreds? I wonder how many there actually are. I’m constantly amazed of the varieties people in the states have. On r/soda they are posting up very obscure flavours from their states but also some from Mexico which gets their own varieties. Wouldn’t surprise me if they own hundreds if not thousands of sub brands.

Just learned a rather interesting tidbit about subway and their proprietorship. The company franchises all their stores and just take in the membership fees. Either all or a scant handful are actually in their own operations.

obscure wrote: ↑For the past several weeks the grocery shops I have visited do not have any 2L bottles of Sprite . Is there a shortage

Can't find a lot of drinks - Have not seen bottles of Mountain Dew in weeks

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Supercooled wrote: ↑Literally hundreds? I wonder how many there actually are. I’m constantly amazed of the varieties people in the states have. On r/soda they are posting up very obscure flavours from their states but also some from Mexico which gets their own varieties. Wouldn’t surprise me if they own hundreds if not thousands of sub brands.

Just learned a rather interesting tidbit about subway and their proprietorship. The company franchises all their stores and just take in the membership fees. Either all or a scant handful are actually in their own operations.

co*ke is killing 200 Brands

The news came on Coca-Cola’s most recent financial call on Thursday. As CNN Business reports, on the call, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincey confirmed the culling of 200 brands. Quincey said the 200 brands that are getting the ax have already been decided, yet he did not provide a list of which brands those were. However, some online publications have cobbled together small portions of the cull list. The brands on the chopping block, HITC reports, include:

Tab
Zico coconut water
Odwalla
Coca-Cola Life
Diet co*ke Feisty Cherry
North Neck Ginger Ale
Delaware Punch
Of those brands, Tab is probably the most popular. Other brands reported to be going, per The Wall Street Journal, include:

Sprite Lymonade
Mendota Springs seltzer

kr0zet wrote: ↑co*ke is killing 200 Brands

Is there a Canadian version of that? Since that article was released, co*ke Canada has ADDED beverages, including Barq's spicy cherry, to name one...

playnicee1 wrote: ↑Is there a Canadian version of that? Since that article was released, co*ke Canada has ADDED beverages, including Barq's spicy cherry, to name one...

Nothing specifically that I can find for Canada. co*ke has continued to report that they are cutting many of these brands because they simply are not profitable reporting less than 1% of co*kes total revenue. Because of Covid they wanted to streamline production and focus on core brands. Perhaps Barq's is a core brand in Canada? I'm not an insider at co*ke so I can't say.

Diet co*ke Feisty Cherry

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow that made me so angry... that was the only way to drink cherry co*ke without the calories!!! S***

XxXSnake23XxX wrote: ↑NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO WHY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow that made me so angry... that was the only way to drink cherry co*ke without the calories!!! S***

kr0zet wrote: ↑Nothing specifically that I can find for Canada. co*ke has continued to report that they are cutting many of these brands because they simply are not profitable reporting less than 1% of co*kes total revenue. Because of Covid they wanted to streamline production and focus on core brands. Perhaps Barq's is a core brand in Canada? I'm not an insider at co*ke so I can't say.

Apart from A&W, Barq’s is the next name you think of when you think of root beer so it would make sense for them to keep it for a while longer, if not indefinitely.

From a personal stand point, I prefer the taste of Barq’s over the original. It is what I can only describe as a more pronounced kick. I believe their slogan is Barq’s has a bite or something along those lines.