Heads up: Coca-Cola is killing Coke Zero

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Coca-Cola is killing Coke Zero and replacing it with a new drink

• Kate Taylor

If you like your Coke Zero exactly the way it is now, it might be time to start stockpiling it.


On Wednesday, Coca-Cola announced plans to stop selling Coke Zero in the US in August, replacing it with a beverage with a different recipe, design, and name: Coke Zero Sugar.


"It is a reinvention of Coke Zero," CEO James Quincey said in a call with investors.


According to Coca-Cola, which spent more than a year market testing the product, Coke Zero Sugar is closer to the taste of the standard Coca-Cola. But with zero sugar and zero calories, the drink is designed for customers who are seeking lower-sugar options.


Coke Zero Sugar is already a major hit outside the US, with growth figures reaching the teens. In the US, Coke Zero sales grew 3.5% in 2016, compared with Diet Coke's drop of 1.9% in the same time period.


http://www.businessinsider.com/coke-zero-is-being-replaced-by-coke-zero-sugar-2017-7




Here is a leak from an anonymous source about the replacement:

[nookiebear]

Coke is shite.

[Freddy]

Keith.......how about a poll. Favourite non beverage.

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Steve,

Start a new thread if you want as I am really not interested in what others drink.  Just like them doing away with coke zero I rarely buy.  However when they had the floods of 2011 diet coke and coke zero availability became problematic. 

I hope the impact is that diet coke will now be available in bottles here.