Coca Cola Secretly importing Cheap Cola to Ireland

codan · 07-08-2009 10:10PM #1

Hi Guy,
I work in a shop and today a slab of coca cola cans came from our "cash and carry".
On the top of the cans it has this written:

"coca-cola hbc italia S.R.L SEDE MILANO"
"STABILIMENTO:"
"NOGARA (VR)"

I compared this can to a older one we sell which we received from the same "cash and carry" 2 weeks ago.

The older one had no writing on the top of the can.

The labeling is exactly the same.

I opened the two different can's and the cola tasted differently :eek:

It seems like Coca Cola are importing cheap Italian cola from Italy to Ireland and rebranding them for the Irish market.

I have also noticed the same writing on top of cans sold in Tesco.

Anyone Else notice this?

Codan

admiralofthefleet · 07-08-2009 10:12PM

codan wrote: »

Hi Guy,
I work in a shop and today a slab of coca cola cans came from our "cash and carry".
On the top of the cans it has this written:

"coca-cola hbc italia S.R.L SEDE MILANO"
"STABILIMENTO:"
"NOGARA (VR)"

I compared this can to a older one we sell which we received from the same "cash and carry" 2 weeks ago.

The older one had no writing on the top of the can.

The labeling is exactly the same.

I opened the two different can's and the cola tasted differently :eek:

It seems like Coca Cola are importing cheap Italian cola from Italy to Ireland and rebranding them for the Irish market.

I have also noticed the same writing on top of cans sold in Tesco.

Anyone Else notice this?

Codan

yeah, welcome to 1998

Will · 07-08-2009 10:13PM

or maybe they're just buying the coke from italy cos it could be cheaper?

mud · 07-08-2009 10:13PM

yep, me too

Italian Coke is (if possible) even sweeter than the Southern Irish brewed stuff I can taste the difference between Northern Irish Coke and the usual stuff as well

Benny-c · 07-08-2009 10:13PM

codan wrote: »

Hi Guy,
I work in a shop and today a slab of coca cola cans came from our "cash and carry".
On the top of the cans it has this written:

"coca-cola hbc italia S.R.L SEDE MILANO"
"STABILIMENTO:"
"NOGARA (VR)"

I compared this can to a older one we sell which we received from the same "cash and carry" 2 weeks ago.

The older one had no writing on the top of the can.

The labeling is exactly the same.

I opened the two different can's and the cola tasted differently :eek:

It seems like Coca Cola are importing cheap Italian cola from Italy to Ireland and rebranding them for the Irish market.

I have also noticed the same writing on top of cans sold in Tesco.

Anyone Else notice this?

Codan

Looks like the Cash & Carry is importing from abroad & anyway so what??

My name is URL · 07-08-2009 10:13PM

The Coke from Chinese takeaways is always in a Chinese can

Cola is revolting anyway so I don't care

chin_grin · 07-08-2009 10:13PM

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Gran Hermano · 07-08-2009 10:13PM

Foreign coke
Foreign hookers

Bring on the Lisbon Treaty

Benny-c · 07-08-2009 10:14PM

mud wrote: »

yep, me too

Italian Coke is (if possible) even sweeter than the Southern Irish brewed stuff I can taste the difference between Northern Irish Coke and the usual stuff as well

'Irish' Coca Cola for north/south is made in Lambeg NI.

codan · 07-08-2009 10:14PM

Well our cash and carry is a major chain and the labeling is the same as older Irish cans. So the italian Cola has Irish phone number on it. So Coca cola Ireland are responible for it.

Biggins · 07-08-2009 10:15PM

Darn those imperialist capitalistic pigs and their satanist actions!
Down with that sort of thing. Viva La revolution!!!!

Aidric · 07-08-2009 10:15PM

It actually tastes nicer.

Kintarō Hattori · 07-08-2009 10:16PM

codan wrote: »

Well our cash and carry is a major chain and the labeling is the same as older Irish cans. So the italian Cola has Irish phone number on it. So Coca cola Ireland are responible for it.

Why don't you ring Coca-Cola and tell them you've found them out.

codan · 07-08-2009 10:17PM

Aidric wrote: »

It actually tastes nicer.

Its noticable sweeter!!

jumpguy · 07-08-2009 10:19PM

Can't see why they wouldn't, unless it's a different brand of cola it's perfectly legal in the EU. Suppliers (including wholesalers like Cash and Carry) are being squeezed by all business's (especially big supermarkets like Tesco and Supervalue) to get the best deals possible in the recession to compete with other stores, especially Lidl, Aldi and the likes. The wholesalers will have to compete with other wholesalers, so importing cheaper cola would be a way to stay competitive yet still pull out some kind of profit.
This is good in a way, eventually the Irish coca-cola branch will have to cop-on and reduce staff wages to reduce prices. It's part of resetting Ireland's over-inflated wages. However, the workers would probably strike, the company will pull out and it'll increase unemployment...again.

Dankoozy · 07-08-2009 10:19PM

http://www.killercoke.org

phasers · 07-08-2009 10:19PM

I hate when you go into a restaurant and you order coke and it's obviously a crappy watered down knock off. I just order tea now

admiralofthefleet · 07-08-2009 10:22PM

Benny-c wrote: »

'Irish' Coca Cola for north/south is made in Lambeg NI.

coca cola are building a new factory in waterford or somewhere, it will be made here again soon

K-Ren · 07-08-2009 10:30PM

It's probably just not economically viable to put that much drain-cleaner in each can anymore.

Biggins · 07-08-2009 10:37PM

Dankoozy wrote: »

http://www.killercoke.org

Heard about that then seen a documentary on it.
Quite shocking stuff. One part was about they stealing water from farmers water supply and their fields so that their factories can run better, leaving the poor scrambling in the dirt for the few seeds that might have grown a bit.

cotwold · 07-08-2009 10:39PM

I got a can of italian coke there recently

soups05 · 08-08-2009 01:38AM

"I opened the two different can's and the cola tasted differently"

hope you paid, or you could get sacked for shoplifting

markok84 · 08-08-2009 01:52AM

codan wrote: »

Hi Guy...

HI!!!

Overheal · 08-08-2009 02:11AM

Oh no, call the presses, like.

News flash, You'd be able to find a difference between Burger King coke and McDonalds coke if you tried.

Linku · 08-08-2009 04:21AM

It's called parallel importing, importing a genuine product from another country that was designed to only be sold in that market. Many of the convenience stores in Dublin often have Coke imported from Georgia or other places, sometimes there's a sticker with the ingredients in English stuck on if it's not on the can/bottle, as that's a requirement for sale here.

There's nothing illegal about parallel/grey importing, but Coca-Cola Ireland wouldn't be too happy about it, and if you report somewhere to them, they'll put pressure on them to stop, and buy from their bottlers here.

Tar.Aldarion · 08-08-2009 04:33AM

My name is URL wrote: »

Cola is revolting anyway so I don't care

I'll never thank you.

stovelid · 08-08-2009 10:26AM

Some of our money even has foreign symbols on it?

It's a disgrace.

pappyodaniel · 08-08-2009 06:57PM

Ya, i noticed it myself, i thought i was getting a great deal buying cheap coca cola in Tesco's but you're right it does taste different and not in a good way, i checked the use-by date and that was ok, i never thought to look at where it was manufactured tho. Good spot.
so shall we all boycott Coca Cola products?

pablomakaveli · 08-08-2009 07:31PM

Gran Hermano wrote: »

Foreign coke
Foreign hookers

Bring on the Lisbon Treaty

I wonder will the foreign hookers taste different as well.;)

Adyx · 08-08-2009 07:37PM

pappyodaniel wrote: »

so shall we all boycott Coca Cola products?

Maybe we could all make up our own minds and not rely on strangers on the Internet to make our decisions.

pappyodaniel · 08-08-2009 07:50PM

Adyx wrote: »

Maybe we could all make up our own minds and not rely on strangers on the Internet to make our decisions.

it was a joke. I'm not doing the lol thing to let people know i'm being humorous :mad:

Coca Cola Secretly importing Cheap Cola to Ireland

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