New Coke
5 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 24, 2025 by Ben Gilbert · said 19 times in 1 episodes since 2025 · across every show →
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2025 19 mentions in 1 episode
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Nov 24, 2025
Nov 24, 2025 positive
Gilbert: Coca-Cola would be worse off today without New Coke
“I think Coca-Cola would be worse off today if they didn't go through the new Coke moment, which is crazy to say, but I guess we don't have the counterfactual, but if you just look at the data on the resurgence in Coke afterwards, you couldn't have come up with…”
Nov 24, 2025 neutral
Coca-Cola labeled the original formula 'Classic' to renegotiate its bottler contracts
“And Coke and their lawyers ultimately decide That if they keep new Coke on the market as the official Coke, and they call the old Coke, Coca-Cola classic. They can make an argument to all the bottlers. The Coca-Cola classic is a new drink.”
Nov 24, 2025 positive
Nov 24, 2025
Coca-Cola's New Coke taste tests never asked consumers about replacing the original
“So it turns out that in all the research that they conducted for New Coke, all 200,000 people that they did the taste test with They never asked them how they would feel if this new beverage replaced the old Coca-Cola.”