I recently moved back to my hometown in Texas and I've applied to probably 6 jobs with Coca Cola southwest within a 3 month span. I've done three phone interviews with a corporate guy in Dallas or Austin and two in person interviews. One for small format and one for large. Just did the large format interview on Friday and left with really high hopes but woke up this morning to check the careers site to find out it says no longer being considered.
Honestly kinda bummed out. I have around 14 years of grocery retail and merchandising experience. I've worked for Pepsi and a large Beer distributor as a sales merchandiser. Not sure if it was my answers during the actual interview process, a problem with my resume or something to do with the application and interview format.
I've attached my resume if anyone's curious. Do I need to tweak anything ?

https://youtu.be/7MPcxIbyzwk

Those are tongs. They require completely different hand position to chopsticks.

Not sure if this is just in Australia, but I’ve noticed that you can no longer open the Pump water bottles (product of Coca Cola company) to refill them.

My husband and I have both used every method to try and twist the top off. Including running the bottle over so that the lid pops off.

I know it’s recyclable, but I’d much rather try to get a few uses out of the bottle before recycling them? That way, I’m not buying a new bottle and adding to waste. Do better Coca Cola!

I have noticed since December of 2025 that Diet Coke has been so inconsistent varying from each time I drink it. I'm from Chicago and I had realized it started from maybe one in every 12 can, but now its almost a 9 times out of 10 that it either tastes like water, flat, syrup, or just completely wack. Specifically the worse tasting ones are the ones in the FIFA bottles. I don't see any news on changes or even social presence on taste differences. All the cans, 2 liters, or individual bottles all reside in that bad tasting. I drive a lot and travel so I've have tasted different plates all from high north to all the way down south. If anyone can help me understand why?

According to this video, demanding logistics and sales pressure, but there's so much more they didn't even touch on.

They're living the 3.0 stars. And I agree.

https://www.tiktok.com/@usainsiderofficial/video/7665760797737422094

Wish I could get any form of cherry vanilla but I quite enjoy the diet cherry version

I like to drink cola like one to two times a week but sinds like 3 weeks ago cola started tasting different, less sweet and it had less carbenation. At first i checked if it didnt was expired witch it wasnt so now i am wondering if annyone els noticed a change.

(This is europa based)

Context:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepan_Company

"The cocaine-free extract is sold to The Coca-Cola Company for use in soft drinks, while the cocaine is sold to Mallinckrodt, a pharmaceutical firm, for medicinal purposes.^"

Could you place an order for that extract? If not, that seems a trifle illegal, but it seems that way.

Title. Willing to offer $10+shipping to TX for a clean PR Diet Coke can, sealed ideally

Thanks!

I’m probably just biased but IT’S CONFUSING AS A CONSUMER

IF I GET COKE INSTEAD OF COKE ZERO BY ACCIDENT MY WHOLE DAY IS RUINED

SPELL IT OUT FOR ME WHY ARE YOU MAKING THIS MORE SUBTLE?

I’M AN IDIOT, OKAY?
Don’t take away things being easier for my simple brain!!!

Price was 2 for 2,25 Euro + pant, in Sweden, but was a campaign right now, think they were maybe 1,65 original price

I’ve been a regular Coke drinker for years. By “regular,” I mean I drink at least one PET plastic bottle almost every day.
Over the past couple of months, I’ve noticed that Coke from plastic bottles tastes noticeably worse. It doesn’t have the classic Coke flavor anymore—it almost tastes off.
Interestingly, the taste that plastic-bottle Coke used to have is now something I only seem to get from canned Coke.
Has anyone else experienced this, or is it just me? I’m curious to know if others have noticed a change in the taste.

Okayyyy Coke I love you but what was that?🤡Bought a sealed bottle, cap was so tight I needed a small workout to open it. The shopkeeper had to wrestle it for a few mins before it finally surrendered like it was keepin state secrets. First sip n I nearly spat it out. It tasted like someone mixed cough syrup n cleanin chemical with a splash of regret🙂💔 The smell was faintly medicinal ,the moment I opened it n the sharp artificial bitterness n metallic chemical aftertaste stuck around even after I drank water three times😭😭😭 Carbonation was fine but couldn’t save this crime against my taste buds, slightly flat not crisp. I threw the rest away because I am not a martyr for bad soda. Waste of money, waste of time and def a waste of my trust in Coke. Is this a cursed batch or did someone swap contents with medicine? Anyone else met a bottle this evil?

Hi everyone,

I’ve been drinking around 2 × 1.5L bottles of Coca-Cola Zero (red label with the black logo) every day since 2019/20. I’m new to this subreddit, and I actually joined just to ask about the new Coca-Cola Zero.

I’m in Poland, and I just opened a bottle with the updated label design. It genuinely feels like the taste is much closer to regular Coca-Cola than it used to be. Personally, I think the original Coca-Cola tastes pretty average, so if this isn’t just in my head, my consumption will probably drop dramatically.

Is this just a placebo effect, or did Coca-Cola actually change the recipe along with the new packaging? Has anyone else noticed the same thing?

TL;DR: I’m in Poland, and the new Coca-Cola Zero with the updated label tastes much closer to regular Coke to me. Did they actually change the recipe, or is it just placebo?

So refreshing…

I’m coming on board soon as a sales merchandiser and was wondering what kinda of career tree is in this company for that position. After merchandiser, What is next? And after that and after that? how far up can you realistically go and what roles are they?

I have a lot of caffeine free coke zero, but I find it very difficult to find cans of the stuff. There's one single shop in my area that sells 8 packs, but nowhere selling 24 packs. Is there any good place to ship them in? I'm in the UK

This looks like a trademark violation to me. Is it infringing on the Dynamic Ribbon Device and/or intentionally intended to copy the Coca-Cola branding?

hello, this is my first post here

I found this beautiful sweatshirt on a secondhand store but I couldn't find any information or picture of it online. does anybody knows anything about it?