Coca-Cola Returns To Burma.

[skybluestu]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-18453401

[LucidLucifer]

Soon to be followed by Coke advertising hoardings adorning every single conceivable space.

[tutsiwarrior]

so does this mean that they never had any Fanta as well? then what did they do for cold, fizzy drinks? inconceivable in a hot climate...

maybe there is a 'Mandalay Cola' produced by some corrupt local industrialist associated with the military...

[Tywais]

It's not a proper country until it opens 7-11's every few hundred meters apart.

Oh wait - 7-Eleven stores to open in Myanmar.

[NanLaew]

It's not a proper country until it opens 7-11's every few hundred meters apart.

Oh wait - 7-Eleven stores to open in Myanmar.

And I quote, "There are more than 40,000 stores across the world with some 45,000 staff, it said."

So with 39, 998 of them in Thailand, I wonder where the other couple are located?

Edited June 15, 2012 by NanLaew

[skybluestu]

It's not a proper country until it opens 7-11's every few hundred meters apart.

Oh wait - 7-Eleven stores to open in Myanmar.

And I quote, "There are more than 40,000 stores across the world with some 45,000 staff, it said."

So with 39, 998 of them in Thailand, I wonder where the other couple are located?

And with about 6 staff in every 7/11 here there must be quite a few that are without any staff!

[thaibeachlovers]

Allowing coke in- they'll be sorry.

Followed by all the other expensive fat laden fast food chains, no doubt. Still, who cares if the obesity and diabetes rates soar, as long as the stockholders get rich.

[superyacht]

Been here for a couple of years and never had a problem getting Coke, Schwepps tonic is a problem as they keep running out.....

[canuckamuck]

so does this mean that they never had any Fanta as well? then what did they do for cold, fizzy drinks? inconceivable in a hot climate...

maybe there is a 'Mandalay Cola' produced by some corrupt local industrialist associated with the military...

Of course they always had Fanta. What would all the spirit house dwellers do without red Fanta?

[bkk_mike]

Shame Coke can't sort out their distribution issues in Thailand. After all the floods were over 6 months ago.

Or am I the only one having problems finding bottles of Coke Zero larger than 500ml.

[cdnvic]

Allowing coke in- they'll be sorry.

Followed by all the other expensive fat laden fast food chains, no doubt. Still, who cares if the obesity and diabetes rates soar, as long as the stockholders get rich.

It's not like they didn't have other options that were just as unhealthy. I never had a problem finding sugary drinks in Burma.

[DagonKhan]

Two versions of Coke sold here, either from Thailand (cheaper) or from Singapore (more expensive). It's been that way for at least 15 years.

[tutsiwarrior]

how can anyone have forgotten the imperialist threat of the coca-cola company?

an unstable burmese coca-cola?...god help us all!...

(the deadpan Keenan Wynn was magnificent in this scene...)

Edited June 19, 2012 by tutsiwarrior

[coodhi]

It's not a proper country until it opens 7-11's every few hundred meters apart.

Oh wait - 7-Eleven stores to open in Myanmar.

I thought you were joking? God!

[householder]

The hoardings are everywhere and Coke were the exclusive drinks distributor at the recent 80,000 capacity concert - but since USAID were funding it, no surprise there.