Talk:Coca-Cola

Year of origin 'Holidays are coming' advertizement

Nowhere in the Holiday campaigns section the year of origin of the famous 'Holidays are coming' ad is mentioned. Since it does mention Coca Cola retired the ad in 2001 it is only logical to mention the year of origin. The year of origine is 1995. Source: http://www.coca-cola.co.uk/about-us/heritage/christmas/coca-cola-christmas-trucks-by-numbers.html The section that needs editing: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola#Holiday_campaigns

Amelioratie (talk) 00:34, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

Seems this campaign was temporarily replaced by the "Polar Bears" for a while.Friday Flashback: Coca-Cola – Holidays Are Coming. This ad campaign seems to be a bigger deal in the UK than the US, where I think the "Polar Bears" are more popular. Prefer to use independent sources, see {{third-party}}. Wbm1058 (talk) 15:26, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Coke is sold in Cuba

Coke is sold in Cuba - Varadero (Mexican Coca Cola) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.234.159.18 (talk) 19:05, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Varadero is a town. There is a product called tuKola. Wbm1058 (talk) 00:03, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Nothing in the Mexican Coke article to indicate that it's made its way into Cuba. Wbm1058 (talk) 00:12, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

Coke is definitely available in Cuba. I have a photo if you don't believe me. Please change the introduction. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.53.198.82 (talk) 12:24, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Is it legally available or did someone smuggle it in? Can you link to a Cuban newspaper or magazine advertisement for Coke, or upload a photo of a billboard advertisement in Cuba? You need to provide a good source which proves that this Atlanta Journal-Constitution article is in error or outdated. I note that it does say that "Coca-Cola first expanded outside the United States into Canada, Cuba and Panama in 1906." I'll assume that Coke complies with the United States embargo against Cuba. – Wbm1058 (talk) 23:19, 22 March 2013 (UTC)

Historical origins section messy?

Is it just me that finds the 19th century historical origins section under History looks like it's haphazardly cobbled together, with many seemingly arbitrary chronological jumps? I would clean it up but I still can't get the basic series of events down even after carefully reading it. Silvermael (talk) 14:51, 19 March 2013 (UTC)

I agree the history needs to be made more clear. Also why does the corporate history seem to stop around the turn of the 20th century? There is virtually no discussion of the company's history after that. When did it become a publicly traded corporation? A lot of people got rich off Coca Cola stock. How did its business expand over the course of the last 100 years? -Ad Orientem (talk) 22:56, 5 May 2013 (UTC)

Much of that material is found where it belongs: the article on The Coca-Cola Company. Remember, this is the article on the product, not the company, which produces many products. oknazevad (talk) 01:53, 6 May 2013 (UTC)

Specification needed

Shouldn't this say Georgia, U.S., to specify and avoid confusion with the country?

The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus, Georgia.[4] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.162.243.207 (talk) 23:15, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

Georgia was linked in the following paragraph. I've moved the link to the first paragraph of the history section, with the text you mentioned. Between the link and the infobox mentioning the US as country of origin, that should be sufficient. —C.Fred (talk) 23:25, 9 May 2013 (UTC)

"to be drank"

This should read "to be drunk", of course. 75.210.104.168 (talk) 21:43, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

Done - Thanks! --ElHef (Meep?) 23:14, 14 May 2013 (UTC)

"none-the-less"

Please change to "nonetheless". 75.247.185.157 (talk) 23:55, 15 May 2013 (UTC)

Done - with this edit. Thanks. Begoon ^talk 00:33, 16 May 2013 (UTC)

Edit request on 18 May 2013

In the second paragraph, please change "Such bottlers include Coca-Cola Enterprises, which is the largest single Coca-Cola bottler in North America and western Europe." to be "Such bottlers include Coca-Cola Enterprises." Coca-Cola Enterprises no longer operates in North America. It was purchased by The Coca-Cola Company in October of 2011. Mx5 94 (talk) 12:29, 18 May 2013 (UTC)

Partly done: I removed that sentence entirely - without the context I don't think it's important enough to be included in the lead. --ElHef (Meep?) 13:33, 18 May 2013 (UTC)