Melchizedek = Michael
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I worked at Coca-Cola then. What people do not understand was it was a massive success if you understood the goal.
Sugar had always been a very unpredictable crop with massive cost surges as crop yields went up and down. Most recently around that time it was in a very expensive cycle.
Old Coke's 1st listed ingredient was sugar, New Coke's 1st ingredient was high fructose corn syrup. You guessed it, MUCH cheaper and very consistent pricewise.
By the time CokaCola Classic rotated back onto the shelves, Coke grew their amount of shelving in stores 4 feet. That was a hard fought and huge increase.
Production costs WAY down, shelving WAY up and constant PR for two years.
BIG win
People thought new Coke sucked!
