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Flat coke 33% of the time seems hard to believe. Where do you live? Coke has hundreds of bottling partners worldwide and they only distribute the syrup to these
by sushid 3y ago
Flat coke 33% of the time seems hard to believe. Where do you live? Coke has hundreds of bottling partners worldwide and they only distribute the syrup to these bottling plants.
- jstarfish 3y agoI'd rather not disclose, but for what it's worth the subset of bottlers would be limited to those supplying Walmart, since that's where I buy the bulk of it. It really is bad enough that I ought to complain and provide lot numbers for free coupons. Other products (Diet Dr. Pepper) are unaffected; I don't know if they share bottlers.
- AlexandrB 3y agoI can honestly say I've never had a can of coke that was flat from any store, so this might be your regional bottlers messing things up.
- moate 3y agoSame. I'm in NJ, and have never had a flat Coke from an undamaged container (and if the can looks all smashed up, I've just poured those out). OP should def complain to corporate, something in their process is FUBAR if 1/3rd of the product is damaged. Though being who I am, I'd assume that has more to do with the handling of the produce by/at Walmart.
- jstarfish 3y agoIt's not visible or concealed damage, it really looks like poor QA. All cans (and it's always cans, not bottles) are visibly intact. Sometimes the can itself is "squishy" due to lack of gas. Other times they barely foam when poured. It's usually potable but wildly inconsistent in taste. Most are fine, but it's gotten too expensive to keep overlooking duds.
- rightbyte 3y agoWhen you say it I think I need to agree that cans have got flatter. I've noticed this in a lot of fields. Like small things stop being good. Like opening bags of spaghetti is impossible on many brands without scissors or having pasta everywhere after it bursts. When pulling the string on the foil around a cookie "foil cylinder" the string is misaligned with the cutout, so it doesn't work. Etc. I think the underlying issue is attrition. Workers have no time to get competent. Or the toxic management style of "not caring" is taking its toll and the senior engineers got fed up and quit instead of fighting management to make things good.
- rsynnott 3y ago> but for what it's worth the subset of bottlers would be limited to those supplying Walmart That would be ~all of them, I would think. The whole point of having loads of bottlers is to avoid having to haul the stuff very long distances; I think they'll normally just supply from whichever is closest.
- whatshisface 3y agoMaybe they'll bust a gang that gets together to sip one milliliter out of each of one third of the bottles at your local warehouse.
- freitzkriesler2 3y agoCall the customer service number on the back. They really do appreciate that info.