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For some, Mexican Coke is the real thing.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Byline: Barry Shlachter
FORT WORTH, Texas _ Few products are as closely associated with the American lifestyle as Coca-Cola.
Yet there appears to be growing demand among U.S. cola connoisseurs for foreign-made Coke, which has real sugar and costs more than the everyday variety made with high-fructose corn syrup.
Unauthorized distribution networks for Mexican-made Coke have sprung up to truck the brown, fizzy soda across the Rio Grande and around the country.
The Coca-Cola Co. in Atlanta says it wants the trafficking in Mexican Coke stopped.
But it has not been able to close numerous leaks _ known in the industry as "transshipments" _ stemming from the franchised bottlers in Mexico, which are unable or unwilling to police distributors.
And lovers of Mexican Coke, ranging from immigrants to U.S.-born residents, are willing to pay a premium of 25 percent or more for the imported variety. A ...
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Source: HighBeam Research, For some, Mexican Coke is the real thing.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)