Comments on: Have a Coke and a Smile at Costco

By: DrBob

DrBob — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 02:37:12 +0000

The Costco vs Coke a Cola is too much like the strong arm tactics Wal-Mart has been accused of.

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By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:57:14 +0000

Yeah, I agree, Coke shouldn’t have done this. If they had just given Costco a fair deal in the first place, then no customers at Costco would have been inconvenienced.

By: AC

AC — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:05:52 +0000

Honestly, I thought the whole thing was a bit ridiculous – inconveniencing their customers like that.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 02:15:01 +0000

Hopefully that means they will have Smartwater again. When I was there last week 3 people, including myself, were standing in the water section very disappointed to see that there was no Smartwater and an employee said it was because of their dispute w/ Coke.

By: Clue

Clue — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:41:52 +0000

That was entirely predictable and didn’t take very long. Corporate posturing, what a sport!

By: Bree

Bree — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:41:59 +0000

I suspect as well that Coke realized Costco wasn’t playing around and that’s why they decided to deal. I don’t buy soda really either but I was in that isle the other day when a couple came up and the husband said “Well lets get the Diet Dr. Pepper b’cuz they don’t have diet coke anymore.” I guess some people are not loyal enough to their favorites if it means going to another store…which in my eyes would mean a big loss for coke.

By: tle

tle — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 02:22:13 +0000

The coca cola brand name is known worldwide (I would say just like Tiger Wood but …) and the costco name is becoming internationally recognizable also. So it is only best that both work out a deal!

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