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Diet Coke Wins Battle in Cola Wars
Wall Street Journal ^
| March 17, 2011
| Mike Esterl
Posted on 03/17/2011 8:45:24 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
U.S. sales of Diet Coke overtook those of Pepsi-Cola for the first time in 2010, making the diet soda the No. 2 carbonated soft drink in the country behind Coca-Cola, industry data are expected to confirm Thursday.
Occupying the top two rankings would mark a historic win for Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO - News) in its decades-old rivalry with PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP - News), which has seen its market share slip in recent years and is trying to retool its marketing.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: 2010review; cocacola; colawars; dietcoke; pepsi; softdrinks
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To: ConservativeStatement
I always get a kick out of some porker ordering a double-double, chili fries.....and a diet Coke.
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posted on
03/17/2011 8:46:38 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(It's not the Obama Administration....it's the "Obama Regime".)
To: ErnBatavia
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posted on
03/17/2011 8:48:01 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(It's not the Obama Administration....it's the "Obama Regime".)
To: ConservativeStatement
Just my personal tastes but I consider Diet Coke the nastiest tasting of most all diet sodas. To me it has a tinny taste. Coke Zero I like, but Diet Coke I have to put a shot of Regular Coke or vanilla flavoring in it to kill the taste.
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posted on
03/17/2011 8:49:14 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(It's good to know by removing the effects of food and fuel inflation, my paycheck won't suffer.../s)
To: ConservativeStatement
Diet coke with aspartame = poison....
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posted on
03/17/2011 8:49:18 AM PDT
by
databoss
To: ConservativeStatement
That stuff is brutally disgusting. Diet Dr Pepper or Coke Zero are at least reasonably alright. Yuck!
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posted on
03/17/2011 8:50:25 AM PDT
by
Tolsti2
To: ErnBatavia
Diet Coke is like carbon credits, it helps to offset the bad stuff, donchaknow? ;-)
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posted on
03/17/2011 8:51:17 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(It's good to know by removing the effects of food and fuel inflation, my paycheck won't suffer.../s)
To: ErnBatavia
I always get a kick out of some porker ordering a double-double, chili fries.....and a diet Coke.
I do...it just tastes better to me. Some don't necessarily drink it for the "diet". I prefer Diet Pepsi, but I go with whatever is on sale.
To: ConservativeStatement
Ugh. Diet soda. I’d walk around drinking watered-down, unsweetened tea before I drank diet soda. I’ve never found a non-sugar sweetener that didn’t have a horrid aftertaste. Granted, I haven’t tried truvia yet.
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posted on
03/17/2011 8:57:24 AM PDT
by
arderkrag
(Georgia is God's Country.----------In the same way Rush is balance, I am consensus.)
To: mmichaels1970
I agree, Diet Coke tastes better.
Been drinking it for 25+ years and loving it.
Being from Georgia I have to ask. What is this “Pepsi?!” and why should I care?
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posted on
03/17/2011 8:57:47 AM PDT
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: Conan the Librarian
To: OB1kNOb
I couldn’t stand both of them: Pepsi and Coke. Coke was a sponsor of the Daily Show mock protest in DC and pepsi logo looks exactly like the idiotic obama hopeychangey logo.
I just head to the 99C store and get either a 3 liter pop or 6 cans for 99C.
To: ConservativeStatement
It could have something to do with Pepsi's logo
Just a thought.
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posted on
03/17/2011 9:07:58 AM PDT
by
kcvl
To: max americana
I’ll probably get flamed by WalMart haters for saying this, but I much prefer Sam’s Diet Cola over Diet Coke. To me it has just a hint of cinnamon-like flavor, and it’s $2.50 a 12 pack vs. $3.98 for DC.
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posted on
03/17/2011 9:11:20 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(It's good to know by removing the effects of food and fuel inflation, my paycheck won't suffer.../s)
To: ConservativeStatement
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posted on
03/17/2011 9:12:55 AM PDT
by
Salo
To: OB1kNOb
Aldi’s has a great diet cola, cheap too.
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posted on
03/17/2011 9:23:11 AM PDT
by
dangerdoc
(see post #6)
To: Salo
Pepsi Max lover here, too. Pepsi One is pretty good as well.
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posted on
03/17/2011 9:27:09 AM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(A communist is just a liberal in a hurry)
To: Salo
Definitely Pepsi Max. I rarely go near Diet Coke anymore. Max is the best thing since Jolt Cola but without the sugar.
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posted on
03/17/2011 9:29:46 AM PDT
by
RJS1950
(The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
To: ConservativeStatement
Diet Coke a winner?
Even better than this?
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posted on
03/17/2011 9:34:14 AM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(A gun in the hand, beats a cop on the phone.)
To: ConservativeStatement
COKE ZERO is way better than Diet Coke!
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