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[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago (5 children)

I'm curious about cola:

In all the countries I've lived in, I've always bought store-brand colas - mostly to avoid giving any of my money to Pepsi and Coca-Cola, but also because they're usually a lot cheaper. Most store-brand colas were denominated in the local language.

I always assumed they were made locally because... well, cola is just water with sugar really. But are they? I doubt Cola from Aldi in Germany or K-Market in Finland are made in China or the US, but in fact I don't know. Does anybody know?

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (3 children)

They all have local bottling plants, including Coca Cola.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

I guess what I meant was: when I buy a local store-brand cola, does my money go to a company in the same country and contribute to local jobs, or does it make disgusting multinational agro businesses even richer?

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

The Finnish K-Market's store brand cola is made in Finland by a Finnish company

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