"U.S. Thirst for Mexican Cola Poses Sticky Problem for Coke

"The middle shelf in the soft-drink aisle at Las Tarascas, a Latino
supermarket in Lawrenceville, Ga., was bare last week. But store
manager Erik Carvallo couldn't call the local Coca-Cola bottler to
replenish his stock of Coke.

"The Coke Mr. Carvallo's customers had snapped up comes in scuffed
glass bottles stamped "Hecho en Mexico" -- made in Mexico. It found
its way to this Atlanta suburb through an underground supply chain
that flouts Coca-Cola Co.'s long-established distribution system

[...]

"Coke from south of the border is a big business, fueled by the
Hispanic population, the fastest growing minority group in the U.S.,
and soda connoisseurs drawn to its taste and the old-time look of the
iconic bottle. Fans insist the Mexican cola, made with cane sugar, has
a better 'mouth feel' than the U.S. formula. U.S. bottlers switched
from cane sugar to high-fructose corn syrup in the 1980s to cut
costs."

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113694582481843377.htm

(requires a paid subscription, though)

J. Eric Durbin wrote:

> "U.S. Thirst for Mexican Cola Poses Sticky Problem for Coke
>
> "The middle shelf in the soft-drink aisle at Las Tarascas, a Latino
> supermarket in Lawrenceville, Ga., was bare last week. But store
> manager Erik Carvallo couldn't call the local Coca-Cola bottler to
> replenish his stock of Coke.
>
> "The Coke Mr. Carvallo's customers had snapped up comes in scuffed
> glass bottles stamped "Hecho en Mexico" -- made in Mexico. It found
> its way to this Atlanta suburb through an underground supply chain
> that flouts Coca-Cola Co.'s long-established distribution system

I'm in Houston, Texas. You can easily get Mexican Coca-Cola here.

--Charlene


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Charlene Charette wrote:
> J. Eric Durbin wrote:
>
> > "U.S. Thirst for Mexican Cola Poses Sticky Problem for Coke
> >
> > "The middle shelf in the soft-drink aisle at Las Tarascas, a Latino
> > supermarket in Lawrenceville, Ga., was bare last week. But store
> > manager Erik Carvallo couldn't call the local Coca-Cola bottler to
> > replenish his stock of Coke.
> >
> > "The Coke Mr. Carvallo's customers had snapped up comes in scuffed
> > glass bottles stamped "Hecho en Mexico" -- made in Mexico. It found
> > its way to this Atlanta suburb through an underground supply chain
> > that flouts Coca-Cola Co.'s long-established distribution system
>
> I'm in Houston, Texas. You can easily get Mexican Coca-Cola here.
>
> --Charlene

Hell...you could easily get Mexican Coca Cola in western Washington
state. All you needed to know was where to look.

SD

On Wed, 11 Jan 2006 19:45:53 -0800, J. Eric Durbin
> wrote:

>"U.S. Thirst for Mexican Cola Poses Sticky Problem for Coke
>
>"The middle shelf in the soft-drink aisle at Las Tarascas, a Latino
>supermarket in Lawrenceville, Ga., was bare last week. But store
>manager Erik Carvallo couldn't call the local Coca-Cola bottler to
>replenish his stock of Coke.
>
>"The Coke Mr. Carvallo's customers had snapped up comes in scuffed
>glass bottles stamped "Hecho en Mexico" -- made in Mexico. It found
>its way to this Atlanta suburb through an underground supply chain
>that flouts Coca-Cola Co.'s long-established distribution system
>
>[...]
>
>"Coke from south of the border is a big business, fueled by the
>Hispanic population, the fastest growing minority group in the U.S.,
>and soda connoisseurs drawn to its taste and the old-time look of the
>iconic bottle. Fans insist the Mexican cola, made with cane sugar, has
>a better 'mouth feel' than the U.S. formula. U.S. bottlers switched
>from cane sugar to high-fructose corn syrup in the 1980s to cut
>costs."
>
>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113694582481843377.htm
>
>(requires a paid subscription, though)

I can get the Mexican Coca-Cola in the boondocks of NC. It does taste
different (good), but the bottles I have had all use high-fructose
corn syrup according to the list of ingredients.
--
Susan N.

"Moral indignation is in most cases two percent moral,
48 percent indignation, and 50 percent envy."
Vittorio De Sica, Italian movie director (1901-1974

In article >,
J. Eric Durbin > wrote:

> Fans insist the Mexican cola, made with cane sugar, has
> a better 'mouth feel' than the U.S. formula. U.S. bottlers switched
> from cane sugar to high-fructose corn syrup in the 1980s to cut
> costs."

We can get it at the Hispanic markets up here, too.

IIRC, isn't Coke marked "Kosher for Passover" still made with sugar
(not corn syrup)?

sd

me wrote:
> In article >,
> J. Eric Durbin > wrote:
>
>
>>Fans insist the Mexican cola, made with cane sugar, has
>>a better 'mouth feel' than the U.S. formula. U.S. bottlers switched
>>from cane sugar to high-fructose corn syrup in the 1980s to cut
>>costs."
>
>
> We can get it at the Hispanic markets up here, too.
>
> IIRC, isn't Coke marked "Kosher for Passover" still made with sugar
> (not corn syrup)?
>
> sd

yup. (I think it tastes better, too.)

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In article >,
says...
> In article >,
> J. Eric Durbin > wrote:
>
> > Fans insist the Mexican cola, made with cane sugar, has
> > a better 'mouth feel' than the U.S. formula. U.S. bottlers switched
> > from cane sugar to high-fructose corn syrup in the 1980s to cut
> > costs."
>
> We can get it at the Hispanic markets up here, too.
>
> IIRC, isn't Coke marked "Kosher for Passover" still made with sugar
> (not corn syrup)?
>
> sd
>

I think it is. I'll have to check.

Regardless, I used to drink a ton of the stuff. Now it's every once in a
great while.

But try, just try to avoid HFCS. Very likely you'd be hard pressed to
find many processed foods that don't contain it, even supposedly healthy
multi-grain breads have HFCS in it.

And as soon as you find one brand that uses other ingredients, wham. It
disappears forever only to be replaced by one with HFCS in it.

It's sickening.

Tony P. wrote:

> But try, just try to avoid HFCS. Very likely you'd be hard pressed to
> find many processed foods that don't contain it, even supposedly
> healthy multi-grain breads have HFCS in it.
>
> And as soon as you find one brand that uses other ingredients, wham.
> It disappears forever only to be replaced by one with HFCS in it.
>
> It's sickening.

Our government artificially raised the price of sugar, that is why other
countries use sugar when they make soft drinks and we use HFCS.

Becca

On Sun, 15 Jan 2006 15:38:02 -0600, Becca > wrote:

>Tony P. wrote:
>
>> But try, just try to avoid HFCS. Very likely you'd be hard pressed
to
>> find many processed foods that don't contain it, even supposedly
>> healthy multi-grain breads have HFCS in it.
>>
>> And as soon as you find one brand that uses other ingredients,
wham.
>> It disappears forever only to be replaced by one with HFCS in it.
>>
>> It's sickening.
>
>Our government artificially raised the price of sugar, that is why
other
>countries use sugar when they make soft drinks and we use HFCS.
>
>Becca

Our government supports the price of sugar made in the US. It
certainly supported the Hawaiian sugar industry until the land became
too valuable as real estate, so farming ceased. We still have a
couple of sugar plantations in Hawaii. The problem was it cost too
much to make sugar from cane here in Hawaii/US. Simply....Our
agricultural workers were the highest paid agricultural workers in the
US They had strong unions.

aloha from a 3rd generation sugar family person


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smithfarms pure kona wrote:

> Our government supports the price of sugar made in the US. It
> certainly supported the Hawaiian sugar industry until the land became
> too valuable as real estate, so farming ceased.

It is wonderful for the US sugar producers, that the government has
jacked up the price of sugar, but it has hurt the confectioners in the
United States. They moved to Mexico, Canada and to other countries
where they can afford to buy sugar, taking all of the jobs with them.
Now, everything we buy is sweetened with HFCS, because it is affordable
and sugar is not.

Becca