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From: root@trwatf.UUCP (Lord Frith)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: The "New" Coke
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Date: Sat, 25-May-85 15:15:59 EDT
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Posted: Sat May 25 15:15:59 1985
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> I found I liked the new Coke the best.  It was certainly sweeter than
> the old stuff, but not as sweet as Pepsi (Pepsi has always been a
> little TOO sweet, although much prefered over the *relatively* bitter
> Coke).  It was certainly NOT bong water.

Yes... I recently had my first taste of the NEW Coke and was actually
not as appalled as I thought I would be.  It is smoother... mellower...
and just a little sweeter, but not as sweet as Pepsi.  I still prefer
the old Coke over NEW Coke and Pepsi, but I can live with this stuff
even though it tastes like old Coke that's been watered down.

I just won't drinnk as much (take THAT Coca-Cola).

> Did it ever occur to any of you WHY the people at Coke did this?
> Provided that the change doesn't draw massive numbers of people away
> from cola altogether, it can't help but increase the market share!
> For those Coke drinkers who find Pepsi too sweet, the new Coke is
> still not as sweet as Pepsi.  For those who found Coke not sweet
> enough, this is probably gonna cause some (like myself) to switch 
> from Pepsi.  After all, they don't give one damn about you--they 
> are (and always have been) out to make money.  It's just fortunate 
> sometimes that the public's interests intersect with Coca-Cola's.

I wonder if perhaps Coke is TRYING to make Coke taste more like Pepsi
with the hope of outdoing Pepsi in MARKETING and not in real product
performance.
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