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Search results for "soft drinks" ...
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The real thing: Truth and power at the Coca-Cola Company
This book traces the history of the Coca-Cola company, from its creation after the Civil War, to its rise as the world's best-known brand, to the New Coke marketing debacle, to its wooing of Wall Street and lavish spending upon executives until its global ambitions ran into trouble. The book also examines Coke's relationship with its independent bottlers, who helped make the soda a part of pop culture but later became a target for company executives who came to resent their power. In undoing the bottlers, however, the executives contributed to their own loss of fortune.
Tags: BOOK; Coke; Coca-Cola; business; soft-drink industry
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Coca-Cola High
The cola giants vigorously pursue exclusive-rights deals with universities and schools.
Tags: Coca-Cola; schools; education; commercialization of schools; vending contracts; corporate sponsorship; exclusivity contracts; soft drinks; exclusive-rights deals
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Schools Hooked on Junk Food
Washington Post investigates the common contracts between high schools and soft drink companies. Schools are becoming more dependent on revenue coming in while their students are becoming consistent in consuming junk food. These contracts have also brought on the controversial issue of if and when the vending machines can be shut off. Many parents and students would like to see access only at night or on weekends to promote a more healthy lifestyle.
Tags: Junk food; high schools; vending machines; soft drink companies; health risks; U.S. Agriculture Department
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"Scary record: food handling at Dome"
When Adrienne Haynes and a friend worked their first night cooking hot dogs at a Kingdome concession stand, they witnessing some sickening procedures: a plastic shovel used alternately as a dustpan and an ice scoop for soft drinks; hot dog buns picked free of mold, then served; a man with dirt-encrusted hands filling popcorn boxes next to a woman sneezing and coughing over food. Haynes and her friend quit that day, then promptly reported the company to the health department. But to the Seattle-King County Health Department officials, it was just another complaint to add to a long list of chronic city-health-code vilations at dozens of Kingdome concession stands.
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How safe is your diet soft drink?
Common Cause Magazine reveals serious problems with the government's approval of the sugar substitute NutraSweet.
Tags: Aspartame FDA Federal Drug Administration Freedom of Information Act