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From: licsak@hsi.UUCP (Don Licsak)
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Old Coke and New Coke
Message-ID: <405@hsi.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 12-Aug-86 17:27:32 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug 12 17:27:32 1986
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Organization: Health Systems Int., New Haven, CT.
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> 
> 	Have you noticed that New Coke seems to be vanishing ? 
> I haven't seen a machine with the stuff for over 2 months, now,
> and some people I have spoken with are under the impression 
> that it has gone out of production. Anyone know anything about
> this ? 

You could be right. A few people I know have said they heard 
"somewhere" that new coke isn't being made anymore. I always had
this gut feeling that Coke pulled off one of the greatest 
marketing gimmicks of all time and never really intended to stop
making the beverage by the original formula IF the new formula
didn't catch on. 

What did they lose? Nothing. I read in either Time or USA Today
that sales have never been better, and the sales gap between
Coke and Pepsi is wider than before the introduction of the new
formula. Coke is still number one!



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         Don Licsak                      ihnp4!hsi!licsak
         Health Systems International
         New Haven, CT  06511


  "For Peace Of Mind, Resign As General Manager Of The Universe"