06-11-2011, 09:03 PM
Oh this just keeps getting crazier and crazier by the minute. 
Given we are talking measurements, I will relate a little story from work the other day.
One of the guys was drinking a can of Cherry Cola made by Coke, and as he put the can on the lunchroom table I noticed that the measurement on the side was in FL OZ [fluid ounces, dont ask me how the z got there] with ml [millilittres] next to it in brackets.
This struck me as odd because all Aussie cans are in ml, so I was curious [I know it will get this cat killed one day] as to where the can had been made, but apart from the Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta there was no other indication. Cans of Coke made here in Australia say they are made here in Australia by Coca-Cola Amatil [Aust] under authority from the Coca-Cola Company. The other interesting detail was that the dietary panel was in grams [metric].
At the time I couldnt figure out where the cans had been made apart from the US, but just while typing this it occured to me that they could have been produced in the Phillipines, but you would think that to comply with international trade agreements it would still have to list the country of bottling. I wonder if CCA [CCAmatil] still own the bottling plant[s] in the Phiilipines like they did several years ago when I looked into CCA shares?
Its all a bit of a puzzle. Maybe someone imported the can graphics to print onto the cans and forgot to change the labelling to fully show Australian manufacture? Surely they wouldnt import cans of Cherry Cola would they?
Mark
Given we are talking measurements, I will relate a little story from work the other day.
One of the guys was drinking a can of Cherry Cola made by Coke, and as he put the can on the lunchroom table I noticed that the measurement on the side was in FL OZ [fluid ounces, dont ask me how the z got there] with ml [millilittres] next to it in brackets.
This struck me as odd because all Aussie cans are in ml, so I was curious [I know it will get this cat killed one day] as to where the can had been made, but apart from the Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta there was no other indication. Cans of Coke made here in Australia say they are made here in Australia by Coca-Cola Amatil [Aust] under authority from the Coca-Cola Company. The other interesting detail was that the dietary panel was in grams [metric].
At the time I couldnt figure out where the cans had been made apart from the US, but just while typing this it occured to me that they could have been produced in the Phillipines, but you would think that to comply with international trade agreements it would still have to list the country of bottling. I wonder if CCA [CCAmatil] still own the bottling plant[s] in the Phiilipines like they did several years ago when I looked into CCA shares?
Its all a bit of a puzzle. Maybe someone imported the can graphics to print onto the cans and forgot to change the labelling to fully show Australian manufacture? Surely they wouldnt import cans of Cherry Cola would they?
Mark
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