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From: fred@mnetor.UUCP (Fred Williams)
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Subject: Re: Re: Storage of fine vintage soda
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Date: Tue, 7-May-85 09:21:23 EDT
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> As I hear it the oke recipe change is not marketing driven, if you
> think about it *is* kind of hard to see why they would do it. I'm
> told that Cokes 99 year old recipe contains some now exotic "things"
> thus making it expensive to produce. The recipe change is a cost
> cutter.
> 
> Mike @ AMDCAD
> 
> Then again I could be totally off base

	No, anything done by a large corporation is often done for
one reason, and one reason only.  I would think that the major
change to coke's recipe will be an increase in the amount of water
which is reasonably cheap to come by.  This being the case, I
can see pepsi following within the year, as well as many other
drink companies. Of coarse this is only conjecture! Also you must
consider that I am rather suspicious of large companies and any
governments. It comes from living in Ottawa near the updraft
around the parliament buildings.