Coca-Cola said it is rolling out a new recipe, name and look in North America to replace one of its most successful products — Coca-Cola Zero.
The Atlanta beverage giant announced the new version during its second-quarter earnings report. It will be called Coca-Cola Zero Sugar. The new cans and bottles, to roll out in August, will also mostly mimic Coca-Cola’s traditional red packaging, replacing Coke Zero’s mostly black color scheme.
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“We got a lot of experimenting going on out there,” Quincey said Wednesday in a conference call.
Those changes include Coke’s ongoing efforts to sell or transfer most of its remaining bottling operations to new owners.
The company said it is in the process of launching more than 500 new products around the globe this year and introducing existing products in new markets.
The new Coke Zero Sugar is an example of that latter strategy. Coca-Cola said the new version has been growing by double-digit percentages in 25 countries in Europe, Africa and Latin America, including Britain and Mexico.
Coca-Cola launched its original version of the zero-calorie drink in 2005, and it now sells in 160 countries.
BUT WHAT DOES TWITTER SAY?
Here are just a few examples of reaction to the news about Coke Zero:
🤔 (Two Thousand Zero Sugar)The "00s" decade will now be known as "The Zero Sugars"?
(Oops!..Outta Time) #The20TeenAge⛎#CokeZero #ZeroSugar pic.twitter.com/2bzSilDBwj— The20TeenAge⛎ (@The20TeenAge) July 26, 2017
What do you mean "you're changing #CokeZero ?!!" pic.twitter.com/zCoNKm2Awk
— Sat Morning Cartoons (@millsbw) July 26, 2017
They replaced #cokezero with #cokezerosugar in Canada a few months ago. It's every bit as good... better even. Be not afeared.
— Tim Anderson (@timanderson87) July 26, 2017
"...Coca-Cola wasn't too concerned about potential backlash..." #CokeZero @CocaColaCo pic.twitter.com/uAN4fZ3WdR
— Angie (@petitpolatouche) July 26, 2017
6 months from now you'll all be happy again. #CokeZero pic.twitter.com/T8SJ5Iuw7x
— Mike Mika (@MikeJMika) July 26, 2017
@CocaColaCo @CocaCola @CokeZero Absolutely depressed that you are killing #CokeZero. It's the best soda ever and the only one I drink. pic.twitter.com/WFCk6vZ6tG
— Corrie Davidson (@corrietweets) July 26, 2017
So the only soda I actually like, Coke Zero, is being rebooted. I just hope they skip the origin story this time. #cokezero
— FrancescoMarciuliano (@fmarciuliano) July 26, 2017
👀 @CocaColaCo @CocaCola #cokezero— Swanson Miller (@vickky1319) July 26, 2017What happened? How come? Why?
Because that's just what 2017 needed- another New Coke. #CokeZeroSugar
— Pixie Poe (@PixiePoe123) July 26, 2017
🍟 will be the death of me#cokezero pic.twitter.com/41Iwd7ysUB— Ankita 🍭 (@Ankitaaa09) July 26, 2017Coke and fries
So, I just heard Coca Cola is getting rid of Coke Zero... #cokezero pic.twitter.com/Zl2Ui9VLSc
— Eleanor Shadie (@EleanorShadie) July 26, 2017
#CokeZero is getting a "makeover." Just don't go after my Diet Coke! pic.twitter.com/KtnbGThVeg
— SarahandSeansWorld (@SarahDeArmond) July 26, 2017
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