Coca-Cola new bottles with caps attached

[chrislognshot]

would thought they would done this along time ago. since we had this style of caps for our ten round tubes. so Coca-Cola finally going to make bottles with same style of caps we use for paintballing.

[chrislognshot]

here what it looks like

[XEMON]

This is gonna cause mayhem on the filler ...

The reason everyone uses the same caps is because all the filler/capper are standardized.

[XEMON]

That might work ...
Gonna be in a bottling plant tomorrow, might take a quick video of the capper if people are interested ...

[flyweightnate]

Those places always fascinated me. We sold a lot of systems to bottling integrators at my last job... still can't believe the size of them.

[XEMON]

One of the biggest (the biggest from by knowledge) bottling plant in north America bottle about 1,500 gpm at full production ...

[k_obeastly]

mayhem...

I would guess this will be smoother than their transition to plastic from glass.

[THE SHOOTIST]

I'm still going to break it off.

[The Jayster]

Smart move. But I think that Coke tastes better when bottled in the old-style glass bottles or in the aluminium cans. I love the stuff, but I reckon it's pretty much one of the worst things you can drink. I try to limit myself to a single can per two weeks.

Incidentally, my Coke stock is the only thing that's going fairly well, considering how everything else is tanking at the moment.

[Siress]

I gave up coke around '08, but started having the occasional Stevia Cola a few years back. Now at work they've been pushing the latest 'Coke Zero Sugar' blend and it has pulled me back in.... hard to believe it's an artificial sweetener.

[Drcemento]

Don't understand why they can't go back to glass - they do in mexico and most of latin america - and they use real sugar cane instead of corn syrup. so much better in every way. thankfully readily available in cali anyway.

[Brokeass_baller]

Because 1.) the fed heavily subsidizes and incentivizes farmers to grow corn, making it artificially cheaper than cane, beat, and other sugars; and 2.) the fed heavily subsidizes the petroleum and plastics/rubber industries. I agree with your opinion completely, though.

[uv_halo]

I just came back from Europe and, I still saw glass bottles used very frequently. A big difference vs the U.S. is that there are policies that allow for the bottles to be re-utilized (cleaned and re-filled). This is managed by a 0.25 Euro deposit you make at the time of the sale. When you return the glass (definitely to the point of sale, possibly to another vendor), you get your 0.25 back, and the bottle is routed back for re-use. You still can find plastic bottles but, generally at places where it is unfeasible to return glass (i.e. airport).

[punkncat]

Sort of funny that you mention this. I read it the other day and didn't think much about it. Went to the store yesterday and there wasn't a 2 liter in sight. Only cans. I can only imagine it's a process of getting the new product out, or some other unknown anomaly.

[chrislognshot]

Don't understand why they can't go back to glass - they do in mexico and most of latin america - and they use real sugar cane instead of corn syrup. so much better in every way. thankfully readily available in cali anyway.

its because of how people throw thing out window of car or any vehicle or on sidewalks or roads or grassy area they are safety thing and any sporting place or event places want plastic if fight breaks out. as ex grocery store clerk and worker do not want glass. if earthquake natural thing happens all going to break all over floor. if fight breaks out hit shelfs going to break all over place. glass to much of risk to have these days for soft drinks

[Drcemento]

its because of how people throw thing out window of car or any vehicle or on sidewalks or roads or grassy area they are safety thing and any sporting place or event places want plastic if fight breaks out. as ex grocery store clerk and worker do not want glass. if earthquake natural thing happens all going to break all over floor. if fight breaks out hit shelfs going to break all over place. glass to much of risk to have these days for soft drinks

except for maybe the sporting event argument (put it in a paper cup instead), I don't buy that for a minute - those plastic bottles are right next to the wine section with 100% glass and often a big selection of glass bottled sodas. brokeass baller had it right - it's political and the bottom line - cheap corn and petroleum are hard to go up against.

[chrislognshot]

okay you had not seen what i seen in grocery store, i do not see fight at liquor dept like in cali saw them on soda isle and other place. i seen to many vendor drop and know over stuff in warehouse so all that glass is all over place.

[k_obeastly]

they have the fights in the chip isle here in the midwest. A deflated bag of funions to the back is no joke.

[maninblack2k]

Kinda feels like a solution looking for a problem. Is this really a big innovation?

[Falcon16]

a bottle of coke on a hot day doesn't last long enough to me for the cap to matter lol

[the_matrix_guy]

Personally, out of the stupid **** to get excited over — I’m personally excited that Taco Bell brought back the Mexican Pizza.