Word: colas
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...wrecks of cars now block the railroad tracks made famous in The Constant Gardener, the Ralph Fiennes movie that was filmed there in 2004. The damage to the area has been so bad that it is impossible to find water to drink or even a bottle of Coca Cola to purchase. Despite their support of Odinga, some residents wonder whether their rage was worthwhile...
Although the Yazegi operation is insignificant within PepsiCo's $5.5 billion sales of beverages outside the U.S., politics loom large for American companies in the Middle East. Pepsi and Coke have been in Arab markets for decades. Under pressure from Jewish lobby groups, Coca-Cola opened in Israel after 1966 and was slapped on an Arab boycott list from 1967 to 1991. Pepsi opened in Israel only in 1992, after the boycott was lifted, giving rise to the often-repeated slogan in the Arab world that "Coke is for Jews, Pepsi is for Arabs." Pepsi didn't escape unscathed...
...Government Accountability Office in 2005, 99 percent of public high schools, 97 percent of middle schools, and 83 percent of elementary schools have either vending machines or snack bars that offer primarily unhealthy snacks. This is because many schools and large food and beverage producers, like Coca-Cola and Pepsi, have reached agreements by which both parties profit when schools sell a particular company’s brands. The health of our schoolchildren, however, is far too high a price to pay for increased school revenue. Just as it would be ludicrous for high schools to sell cigarettes during lunch...
...been more than a business. Tea drinking is as much a part of the national culture as playing cricket or watching Bollywood movies. And like those other Indian institutions, it is changing rapidly. Nearly half the population is under 25, and young people have been drinking more coffee and cola, leaving the tea in their parents' drawing rooms. Teamakers are trying to woo them back with home brew--whether instant, iced or canned, black, green or white...
...sponsors--Coca-Cola, Samsung, McDonald's--sign directly with the I.O.C. We market at a national level, and we have almost 300 million euros, which is huge for Italy...