coca cola amatil: a tale of two stories, page-3

I'll tell you another story... when I wanted to a sign so a business I was involved in wanted to help sell more Coca Cola In a town called St Arnaud in Western Victoria about 4 years ago, the two henchmen who came to visit me said they there was a shortage of signs & none were available & that I would have to sign up to a contract to sell some of their other unpopular products you had to buy to get stock of coke at a price higher than could be purchased from Coles & Woolies.

I was not impressed to have to be dealing with what I considered to be white Aussie Mafia types and if this is the way they still do business then is it any wonder smaller operators might be shying away from voluntarily selling Coke and their other products when there is Pepsi and other alternatives at cheaper prices. Sure the big boys can deal with these Mafia wanabees but I was not imressedby their attitude one bit. So if share price is dropping...its well deserved imo. DYOR