Christiano Ronaldo & Coca Cola

[Jamescrs]

hyphen said:

I don't know about anyone else, but I would have had a couple of coke zeros this week, but consciously skipped them.

I think it will affect the product Coca Cola, but the reason that the share price only dropped a little, is that Coke Company is involved in a lot more than its core product. It sells all kinda stuff, and has the cash to aquire brands at will.

Edited by hyphen on Thursday 17th June 20:59

I consciously skipped buying a bottle 9f coke yesterday which I would normally have bought for lunch.

I feel kind of dirty that I have been influenced by this but there you go.

[Crackie]

dandarez said:

Ronaldo is right.
But it won't affect the sales of Coca-Cola (or any of the cheaper alternatives or rivals) - people eat junk food and wash it down with this crap literally by the gallons and you can see what happens all around you today: obesity.

I have one a year now, just to remind me how crap it is compared to what was in the green (recyclable ie deposit returnable) glass bottles - we were ahead of the game years ago! - in the 50s, 60s and into the 70s.
Then came the Coke PET - polyethylene terephthalate, ie: plastic to you - bottle and Coca-Cola actually claimed at the time that PET bottles were the most environmentally friendly option

Today, don't quote me, but I think they may still hold the record for the world's largest plastic polluter - how times change!

Back then was a time in the UK when literally the only fat person was Billy Bunter (and he was mostly in a comic!).

Coca-Cola ( and any other manufacturer for that matter ) are not the polluters. The pollution is a direct result of the individual who does not dispose of the bottle, or some other form of packaging, responsibly, having used the product. There is zero excuse for this type of waste in a developed country. In less developed countries there isn't yet the waste collection or recycling infrastructure in place............that is a subject for a different thread.

The issue of waste plastic will not improve whilst people try to absolve themselves of personal responsibility by demonising the polymer itself and/or the manufacturer of the packaging.

Plastic is not the demon here, the people who fail to manage safe recycling or disposal of their own waste are.

Edited by Crackie on Friday 18th June 07:27

[KAgantua]

Good for him

[anonymous-user]

Yet everyone is talking about Coca cola. Its not like they don't own water brands, it is just a multimillionaire who has benefited from these companies, either being an idiot or an idiot, not like footballers are skilled in the brain department.

Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 18th June 16:22

[PaulWoof]

Everyone whinging about coke.

When looking at the other major uefa euro 2020 sponsors:

TikTok - Chinese spyware disguised as social media
Qatar airways - state owned airline of a nation that prosecutes homosexuals, use of slave labour to build our next joyous football occasion
Gazprom - Russian state owned oil and gas company

If I was in a position to public denounce major sponsors of the tournament I was starring in, A carbonated soft drink probably wouldn't be the one I would start with.

[OzzyR1]

SpeckledJim said:

The last thing that happens before a star is pushed in front of a camera to do a post-match interview is that the PR department put a bottle of whatever in their hand and then frantically mime drinking it during the interview to get the bottle into shot as often as possible. Each view = £


See also: Roger Federer running his hand through his lovely hair all the time during interviews. The hand on the end of the wrist with the Rolex on it.

Bit like the F1 drivers appearing in post-race interviews wearing watches over their race suits!

[Miocene]

PaulWoof said:

Everyone whinging about coke.

When looking at the other major uefa euro 2020 sponsors:

TikTok - Chinese spyware disguised as social media
Qatar airways - state owned airline of a nation that prosecutes homosexuals, use of slave labour to build our next joyous football occasion
Gazprom - Russian state owned oil and gas company

If I was in a position to public denounce major sponsors of the tournament I was starring in, A carbonated soft drink probably wouldn't be the one I would start with.

Coke is probably least likely to have you bumped off out of those

[Scabutz]

Miocene said:

PaulWoof said:

Everyone whinging about coke.

When looking at the other major uefa euro 2020 sponsors:

TikTok - Chinese spyware disguised as social media
Qatar airways - state owned airline of a nation that prosecutes homosexuals, use of slave labour to build our next joyous football occasion
Gazprom - Russian state owned oil and gas company

If I was in a position to public denounce major sponsors of the tournament I was starring in, A carbonated soft drink probably wouldn't be the one I would start with.

Coke is probably least likely to have you bumped off out of those

Indeed, and its a lot harder to shove an A380 out of the way than a bottle of coke

[anonymous-user]

Politicians should be made to wear the logos of all the comapanies that donated money to them while in Parliament akin to a racing drivers flameproof onesie covered in sponsorship logos.

The blatant product placement was embarrassing, fair play to Pogba and Ronaldo for removing the bottles, especially the bet even if it was 0% dishwater

[hidetheelephants]

smifffymoto said:

There was an interesting video on Youtube on how the Coke and Pepsi are building wells and water purification systems in developing countries as a way to push their products.You only have to look around in the far east to see how easy it is when you give away plastic tables ,chairs and sun umbrellas.

Abstracting huge amounts of water from the water table, harming local farming and then selling the water back to the locals? This is what rural indians were rioting about not long ago.

Crackie said:

Coca-Cola ( and any other manufacturer for that matter ) are not the polluters. The pollution is a direct result of the individual who does not dispose of the bottle, or some other form of packaging, responsibly, having used the product. There is zero excuse for this type of waste in a developed country. In less developed countries there isn't yet the waste collection or recycling infrastructure in place............that is a subject for a different thread.

The issue of waste plastic will not improve whilst people try to absolve themselves of personal responsibility by demonising the polymer itself and/or the manufacturer of the packaging.

Plastic is not the demon here, the people who fail to manage safe recycling or disposal of their own waste are.

bks, the likes of Coke were quite happy to make more profit by replacing glass with plastic bottles and lobby very hard for no surcharges on those plastic bottles to pay for their disposal or to avoid responsibility for end-use/disposal. They are a major reason why there is inadequate infrastructure for dealing with the waste they create. Profit from it? Then clean it up.

Edited by hidetheelephants on Friday 18th June 23:12

[hyphen]

pablo said:

Politicians should be made to wear the logos of all the comapanies that donated money to them while in Parliament akin to a racing drivers flameproof onesie covered in sponsorship logos.

brilliant idea.

Have you started a petition? If it gets to the threshold they will have to discuss is in parliament.

[Randy Winkman]

hidetheelephants said:

smifffymoto said:

There was an interesting video on Youtube on how the Coke and Pepsi are building wells and water purification systems in developing countries as a way to push their products.You only have to look around in the far east to see how easy it is when you give away plastic tables ,chairs and sun umbrellas.

Abstracting huge amounts of water from the water table, harming local farming and then selling the water back to the locals? This is what rural indians were rioting about not long ago.

Crackie said:

Coca-Cola ( and any other manufacturer for that matter ) are not the polluters. The pollution is a direct result of the individual who does not dispose of the bottle, or some other form of packaging, responsibly, having used the product. There is zero excuse for this type of waste in a developed country. In less developed countries there isn't yet the waste collection or recycling infrastructure in place............that is a subject for a different thread.

The issue of waste plastic will not improve whilst people try to absolve themselves of personal responsibility by demonising the polymer itself and/or the manufacturer of the packaging.

Plastic is not the demon here, the people who fail to manage safe recycling or disposal of their own waste are.

bks, the likes of Coke were quite happy to make more profit by replacing glass with plastic bottles and lobby very hard for no surcharges on those plastic bottles to pay for their disposal or to avoid responsibility for end-use/disposal. They are a major reason why there is inadequate infrastructure for dealing with the waste they create. Profit from it? Then clean it up.

Edited by hidetheelephants on Friday 18th June 23:12

I agree. They continue to produce more and more and more of stuff that they know causes a problem.

[Carl_Manchester]

Andeh1 said:

J.R.B. said:

Reading this thread has really made me want a can of Coke!

This guy gets it!

25 people on PistonHeads are now thinking & talking about coca cola. A couple suggested a mildly negative connotation, vast majority havnt though....

I used to drink diet Coca Cola all the time as a spirit mixer but my love for the drink waned until these machines came along:



Diet Cherry Coke (and other flavours) work for me as the occasional treat when we go for a burger or a movie.

I can see Ronaldo's point about full fat Cola, maybe the half way house is just to use glass diet Coke bottles instead?

[Gecko1978]

Carl_Manchester said:

I used to drink diet Coca Cola all the time as a spirit mixer but my love for the drink waned until these machines came along:



Diet Cherry Coke (and other flavours) work for me as the occasional treat when we go for a burger or a movie.

I can see Ronaldo's point about full fat Cola, maybe the half way house is just to use glass diet Coke bottles instead?

I must confess I have a huge coke (zero or diet) habbit but I think he was right to say he doesn't drink x or y. After all the brands are saying drink this be like your idols etc. Its a 2 way street of course he has mad millions if not a billion from brands but hey why not try an do something good.

[hyphen]

Carl_Manchester said:

I can see Ronaldo's point about full fat Cola, maybe the half way house is just to use glass diet Coke bottles instead?

The 'least evil' coke, I think, is the caffeine free diet coke, which is getting widely sold in supermarkets but still not common in UK convenience stores and not found at all in bars,takeaways and restaurants.

Removing the sugar still leaves the caffeine to make it addictive, and there are people who drink litres of zero sugar coke weekly/daily.

The sugar replacements in it are still not good for you. It messes up your body and ruins your teeth, but tastes nice It should be nothing more than an occasional treat, as it has no nutritional benefits. And should be followed immediately with a glass of water to restore the pH balance in the mouth.

The ingredients list states that it includes multiple acids for gods sakes

Edited by hyphen on Saturday 19th June 12:16

[biggbn]

The Spruce Goose said:

Yet everyone is talking about Coca cola. Its not like they don't own water brands, it is just a multimillionaire who has benefited from these companies, either being an idiot or an idiot, not like footballers are skilled in the brain department.

Edited by The Spruce Goose on Friday 18th June 16:22

Rather a generalisation isn't it?

[anonymous-user]

biggbn said:

The Spruce Goose said:

Yet everyone is talking about Coca cola. Its not like they don't own water brands, it is just a multimillionaire who has benefited from these companies, either being an idiot or an idiot, not like footballers are skilled in the brain department.

Edited by The Spruce Goose on Friday 18th June 16:22

Rather a generalisation isn't it?

I remember back in the 70s when a footballer with a couple of O levels used to be nicknamed “Prof” in the dressing room.

[anonymous-user]

biggbn said:

Rather a generalisation isn't it?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3509256/What-footballers-lack-brains-make-speed-Study-finds-sports-stars-intelligent-fast-rarely-both.html

''Study finds sports stars are either intelligent or fast but rarely both''

[biggbn]

The Spruce Goose said:

biggbn said:

Rather a generalisation isn't it?

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3509256/What-footballers-lack-brains-make-speed-Study-finds-sports-stars-intelligent-fast-rarely-both.html

''Study finds sports stars are either intelligent or fast but rarely both''

A study shows...all the proof you need then. Pretty sure there are some really dumb football players. And some really bright ones. So, just like society as a whole. No fan of Ronaldo but he seems to have made some pretty shrewd decisions over the years, used the right agents, joined the right teams, made the right deals. I'm sure the millions he has must assuage his feeling of mental subordination to the rest of you academic geniuses...

[anonymous-user]

biggbn said:

I'm sure the millions he has must assuage his feeling of mental subordination to the rest of you academic geniuses...

you seem to be taking it personal, footballers that are succesful in buiness aren't necessarily intelligent. David Beckham is one, might be shrewd but smarts ain't it.

And you seem to miss the irony of someone who has made hundreds of millions off the back of these brands, the same brands that have led to obesity issues, now taking a stance after he has amassed his great fortune, this seems to gone right over your head.

He has endorsed, KFC, Nike, Gambing websites, all with very dubious buiness practices.

Abbott Laboratories has been involved in law suits.

So now he grows a conscious after 500 million USD new worth?