World's smallest Coca-Cola bottling plant (maybe)

Among a bouquet of interesting links offered by [personal profile] conuly was one on the economics behind why soda cans in Hawaii are slightly differently shaped from soda cans in other parts of the United States. The video is here , but it comes down to the fact that Hawaii is an island, so most of the inputs for manufacturing have to be shipped there; that, and the fact that because soda is mainly water, it's most economical, in terms of shipping cost, to make it very close to its market--rather than, say, ship i...
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Published on March 30, 2023 16:29
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