{"id":8006,"date":"2005-07-02T10:06:05","date_gmt":"2005-07-02T17:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2005\/07\/02\/adventures-on-soft-drink-marketing.html"},"modified":"2005-07-02T10:06:05","modified_gmt":"2005-07-02T17:06:05","slug":"adventures_on_s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2005\/07\/02\/adventures_on_s.html","title":{"rendered":"Adventures on Soft Drink Marketing!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three observations from the supermarket:<\/p>\n

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  1. Once you add “Diet Cherry Vanilla” to something, you probably can’t call it “Dr. Pepper” any more. Or, at least, there’s no point in doing so. I think the favor molecules become super-saturated and precipitate out in an explosion or something.\n
  2. Given the current association in most folks’ minds, I wonder if the ad execs who thought up the name of “Aruba Jam Sprite” are regretting having done so.<\/p>\n
  3. What is Coke Zero? How is it different from Diet Coke? One certainly can’t find out from the box. Bought a small bottle, so I’ll let you know. I’ve love to have a decent no-cal Coke.<\/ol>\n

    And, thank you ever-so-much to the Dr Pepper and Coca-Cola companies for providing hip, yet totally uninformative, Flash-based web pages for each of the above products. Nice use of the Internet, guys!<\/p>\n

    UPDATE<\/u>: Tried out my Coke Zero 16 oz. bottle last night, over ice. I like, kindasorta. It definitely is far more palatable than regular Diet Coke. It has the “spicy” flavor of regular Coke, but is a bit less crisp (that might be because of the bottle; I find bottled drinks less fizzy\/edgy than canned, for some reason). There is faint Aspartame finish, but much less than some diet drinks.<\/p>\n

    Think I’ll give a 12-pack a try. Coke Zero might be a good replacement for the reformulated Pepsi One.<\/p>\n

    (Coming up next in the World of Soft Drinks: Doctor Pepper Minus One<\/em>!)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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