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Coca Cola has an executive dedicated to McDonald's

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Re: Coca Cola has an executive dedicated to McDonald's

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Post by c22 »

Simulacra wrote: post #14
pixl97 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yea, after the syrup is remixed it's estimated that McD's sells hundreds of millions of gallons of Coke products a year. It's def something you have a dedicated executive team to make sure everything is working smoothly.

I read that the syrup is stored in these special tanks, and when it's mixed with the carbonated water, it comes out as the best tasting, freshest Coca-Cola you can get. It's always tasted amazing at McDonald's. Almost like bottled Coke.

In my experience ever since the coke started coming out of the same nozzle as every other soda it has tasted like ass.

Re: Coca Cola has an executive dedicated to McDonald's

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Post by 0cf8612b2e1e »

sollewitt wrote: post #31
Simulacra wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I read that the syrup is stored in these special tanks, and when it's mixed with the carbonated water, it comes out as the best tasting, freshest Coca-Cola you can get. It's always tasted amazing at McDonald's. Almost like bottled Coke.

I'd guess every soda gun at every bar in the world would work the same?

Supposedly McDonald’s is the only business that gets the syrup distributed in metal kegs. Everyone else gets the plastic bags, which could lead to some taste difference.

I am pretty sure I could blind taste test canned vs bottled soda.

Re: Coca Cola has an executive dedicated to McDonald's

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Post by YesThatTom2 »

Coke has a separate division for each continent and one of those continents is McDonald’s.

https://youtu.be/GA_OYUHYYMA?si=B-EXCoGyr9JGq87n

Coke tastes different at McDonald’s because they keep the syrup cold from the factory to the restaurant.

Why? Because it prevents the syrup from fermenting.

Re: Coca Cola has an executive dedicated to McDonald's

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Post by refulgentis »

makeitdouble wrote: post #37
paxys wrote: post #29

In tech a customer with an annual contact value of tens to hundreds of millions of dollars will get a dedicated team of sales reps, account mangers, customer support, solutions architects, and definitely an executive point of contact. I'm sure the McDonald's-Coca Cola partnership is worth orders of magnitude more than that.

> tens to hundreds of millions of dollars That's usually not "a customer", it's either THE customer, or at least a strategic partner with which the company roadmap is discussed. I'm think bounds like Intel and Microsoft, or Apple and Foxconn.

Is the correction approach best, here? Of course at most companies that’s a ton of revenue! I can confirm at Google 10-100M yearly spend didn’t get you roadmap insight. Can’t parse second half of the comment, (bounds = boards, maybe?) but if we’re talking companies of that size, 10M-100M is almost assuredly _not_ getting you a front row seat to R&D.

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Post by eru »

morkalork wrote: post #38
genter wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm sure they mess around with it, they'll just never announce it.

Makes you wonder if there's a Coca-Cola gas chromatography standard out there. Would be an easy task for new students to run every year, right?

Coca-Cola already has different ingredients in different markets.

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Post by eru »

fragmede wrote: post #20
conception wrote: post #13

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…to get everyone on time to the golf course.

What's your hobby, and why is it better than theirs?

To go on a tangent: lots of people even like to think back nostalgically to the time when bankers were at the golf course by 3pm. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-6-3_Rule

(I don't agree, but it's a popular enough sentiment.)

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Post by makeitdouble »

refulgentis wrote: post #45
makeitdouble wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> tens to hundreds of millions of dollars That's usually not "a customer", it's either THE customer, or at least a strategic partner with which the company roadmap is discussed. I'm think bounds like Intel and Microsoft, or Apple and Foxconn.

Is the correction approach best, here? Of course at most companies that’s a ton of revenue! I can confirm at Google 10-100M yearly spend didn’t get you roadmap insight. Can’t parse second half of the comment, (bounds = boards, maybe?) but if we’re talking companies of that size, 10M-100M is almost assuredly _not_ getting you a front row seat to R&D.

You made me realize I am too broke to properly understand the scale of "hundreds of millions". I took it as an order of magnitude higher.

You're right that mere millions won't get you that much love from Google.

Re: Coca Cola has an executive dedicated to McDonald's

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Post by [deleted] »

blobbers wrote: post #23
michaelhoney wrote: post #11

turns out selling caffeinated sugar water is a lucrative business.

something something addictive. ... but yes, I'm shocked more businesses don't try to put addictive substances into their food. Software learned from the food industry bliss point to try to use KPIs for 'engagement' aka addictiveness. Not trying to be holier than thou etc. but its some interesting stuff to consider; at the end of the day a lot of folks are trying to scramble to the top of their respective pile, and ad…

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