Good News!

[Kilroy]

Spent some time  with my nephew, who happens to be a  salesperson for the Detroit Coca Cola distributor.

Cool stuff to share:
 
- Another release of vintage bottles this year, rolling out around Thanksgiving
- 12 oz glass bottles
- a new 'green' bottle, made with more bio- degradable ( ie organic) material. This idea has his customers  a little worried, he wonders how the taste will be affected, and his customers wonder how the bottles will  last in storage, if they are designed to  breakdown.
- Coke settled the lawsuit with the  distributors who were importing  Mexican Coke into the US. As part of the settlement,  Coca Cola  is taking over distribution.
Yeah, it sounds like it will become a little easier to  get hold of Mexican Coke,  and I need to  get back with him and order me a few cases.

 

[GreginNM]

Excellent news!  I especially like the Mexican Coke news, as I'll only be down here on the Mexican border another year or so.  I do like the sugar versus HFCS.

Can't wait to see the vintage bottles as well.

Thanks for the updates!

[mznb1u]

  Excellent News!

  Any chance the Michigan Mafia can break into the distribution syndicate?

  Tim

[Marvin]

I found some mexi-cokes at Sam's this weekend. It's kind of strange.  One Sam's here has the 8oz bottles, the other does not, but has the mexican ones.
I bought a case, but at $19.45 I don't think I will be buying to many more!

Marvin

[Kilroy]

Tim,
Already working on that angle. 

[Pat Pixley]

Put me down for a case or so .
You know the routine back the semi truck up to the garage and
 unload half then spit the the rest up between you guys .

Michigan Mafia  General

[Marvin]

I had a customer who worked for Coke. I asked him one day to "get me a hook up" on some bottles. A few weeks later he shows up at the back door with 50 cases of 8oz bottles. Those lasted quite a while. After they were gone I got about 15 more.

Then he bounced a 2500.00 check at my shop and I have not heard from or seen him since. Guess those cokes were not as good a hook up as a had thought. 

[mznb1u]

  Would you like us to help him find his wallet!?!?!? 

Just kidding--that sucks when people do stuff like that!

  Tim

[collecture]

I had a customer who worked for Coke. I asked him one day to "get me a hook up" on some bottles. A few weeks later he shows up at the back door with 50 cases of 8oz bottles. Those lasted quite a while. After they were gone I got about 15 more.

Then he bounced a 2500.00 check at my shop and I have not heard from or seen him since. Guess those cokes were not as good a hook up as a had thought. 

$2500/65=$38.46

You got the Mexican Cokes at Sam's for half price then - what are you complaining about? 

[Larry]

Now that Coke has their fingers in the Mexican Coke, I'm guessing the price will double.  I just found a store near me that sells a case for twenty bucks.