betiko wrote:niet, is that true about coca cola in mexico? i heard it was a real national health issue. The firm gives free fridges and tons of coca cola goodies to local deli stores. In many region you can't drink tap water and bottled water is more expensive than coke.
Yep. I think it's an education problem. Not so much trouble for previous generations that drank coke in the afternoon and from little bottles, but then the big sizes arrived and they started to drink it like in the US and gave them to the kids.
I used to drink more coke when i was younger. Mainly because we own a grocery store and when i was there I'd just open one whenever i wanted. Now i rarely drink it, and when i do i clearly notice the effect it has on my stomach.
The problem with carbonated drinks is that, besides the sugar spike and empty carbs, they actually make your stomach bigger over time and you feel like you need to eat more.
And yes, cocacola gives fridges to everyone who wants to sell their products. We have a reach in fridge and we dont have them but if we asked for one we could have it in a couple of days.
You can make more money with cocacola products than with beer actually, given the amount of people that drinks sodas multiple times a day. And the profit margin is higher, since beer companies have their own stores everywhere and they fix the sort of fix the final price.
