HolyCoast: No Coke. Pepsi!
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

No Coke. Pepsi!

That's not just a 70's era Saturday Night Live routine, but the the cry from the Costco megastores:
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Costco says it is no longer carrying Coca-Cola products in its stores nationwide due to a pricing dispute with the beverage maker.

The Issaquah, Wash.-based wholesale club operator would not
discuss the matter further. But a Costco executive confirmed Monday that the company is no longer carrying products from the world's largest soft drink maker.

Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. says it won't comment on on-going negotiations but said Costco is an important customer that it is committed to working with "in a spirit of fairness."

Costco Wholesale Corp. operates about 560 warehouses in the U.S. and abroad.

I'm guessing Coke's going to want to get that fixed pretty quickly because a lot of their stuff goes out the door of Costco every day (or at least it used to). I just bought three cases of Diet Coke on Sunday.

2 comments:

Sam L. said...

I like Coke with my Costco dogs and Polish sausages.

I may be unhappy, there.

Anonymous said...

The American Family Association has a nationwide boycott on Pepsi Products, so those folks will have to head to Sam's Club, I guess.

Costco is left wing ahd humanist in philosophy; just read their monthly magazine closely and it will be very evident.