Cocal Cola threatens to quit schools

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\link{http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/4771676.stm\Coca Cola Threatens to quit schools}

And this is a bad thing?

We didn't even have taps!

Well we did but only in toilets and they were disgusting so I never used them!

Most schools I know don't have drinking water taps//fountains for children. Many don't even have them for staff!

good, Ds' school has water fountains, and they are only allowed water or milk to drink, which I think is great.

Also my kids are not allowed coke because it makes them hyper so if they could get cans of fizzy from a vending machine, I would be very annoyed.

sure;y by coca cola threatening to remove its machines they are doing what the government want anyway? unless i read it wrong!

They don't have drinking water? What sort of bizarre places are they?

Only water access is the taps in the toilets

As a teacher I hated not being able to get a glass of water.

At DD's school where she starts in September all the children have a bottle of water on hand at all times.

Goodbye Coca Cola, good riddance, and shut the door on your way out, please.

Tosspots.

what paolosgirl said.

I believe that you can get \link{http://www.appletiser.co.uk/\Appletiser} from coke machines - so my DSs have assured me (I don't think they buy it though!)

my dh works for coca cola (runs)

The shame, Blondehelen, the shame!

The scary thing is this quote from Pruni's link to the marvellous Onion website (Pruni, have almost PMSL reading this)

"According to Coca-Cola CEO Douglas Daft, the company plans to establish a massive distribution infrastructure to bring Coke Mandatory directly to the consumer."

That's actually very like what Coca-Cola have actually said - they're a parody of themselves! This article was written in October 2001...!

Didn't Appletiser used to be called Appletise?

get the vending machines out of schools - kids should drink water, and schools should have water fountains, water coolers and a policy of only allowing ater in clear bottles to be brought in to school...the only way to drink coke is with a large bacardi in it (for adults only, of course!)

The vending machines were removed from DS1 & DS2's secondary school halfway through the last school year.

DH has just told me that this only applies to England and Wales...anyone else know? If so, I feel (another) ranting letter to the Scottish Exec. coming on...

Pmsl @ "children would suffer"

lol