Went to a drink store (Getränke Markt) in Aachen, Germany today. To my surprise I saw that all local soda brands were almost sold out(Fritz, Afri, Sinalco) and Coca Cola was almost not touched. I was very pleasantly impressed by this. Seems like more people are joining with the small consumer choices to buy from EU rather than US. Do more people notice this elsewhere?
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People have mentioned seeing this in Canada, too, but I haven’t seen it myself.
Us Canadians don’t have an alternative though, even our Canada Dry ginger ale is American. Maybe people are just drinking less pop here which would be good as well.
Would have loved to see that. Here at my local supermarket REWE in north Germany, I noticed a slightly similar thing, which made me really happy. Went to the beverages section, and noticed that almost all of Fritz Cola and Sinalco was gone. It was beautiful hahaha :-D Unfortunately, the next row, I still could see that also quite much Coca Cola, Mezzo Mix and Fanta was gone as well. But before, people didn’t buy that much Fritz Cola or Sinalco, now the shelfes were almost empty. Let’s continue to spread the word!
This will in part also be because they just stock much more Coca Cola still. With the other brands selling out they’ll be stocking that more in the future which is a great foresight!
In Denmark has a local brand, Jolly Cola, more than doubled its sales in a few weeks. They say that they are approved by a number of both former and new customers. So at least something is happening. I sincerely hope it will last!
Here in southern Germany I have noticed that Coca Cola is discounted in some stores. I bought Paulaner Spezi anyway - tastes better and is more ethical.
There is, but that’s not my thing. I’m not much of a soda person anyway, but I made an exception with full sugar (prolly less than coke anyway).
Edit: Paulaner Spezi Zero