Today, we’re talking about a conversation that plays out with work friends at 3pm, or while ordering a seedy Uber Eats meal on Sunday: are you a Diet Coke or a Coke Zero person? Coke has been at the centre of culture for a long, long time, thanks to the Pepsi x Coke rivalry and huge celeb endorsements, but a new competition has been taking place in the last few years: Coke Zero vs Diet Coke. So, how exactly did Coke Zero dethrone Diet Coke?
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Your hosts today were Rhiannon Joyce (@rhiannonjoyce) and Maddison Sullivan-Thorpe (@maddisonsullivanthorpe)
And here’s a link to the reccos we made throughout: Kylie on Netflix, Go-To Skincare, and ‘Love Diet Coke? You Have My Dad to Thank for That’ from Food & Wine
Sources mentioned: ‘The Ice-Cold Civil War Between Diet Coke and Coke Zero Drinkers’ from The Wall Street Journal, ‘Coca-Cola exec says Coke Zero is “far and away our best innovation ... over the last 25 years” – and it's powering a sales turnaround’ from Yahoo Finance, fridge cigarette TikTok by @reallyrachelreno, ‘Celebrities take aim at Steven Bartlett for claiming two glasses of wine “ruined his life for three days”’ from Metro, and @tinx’s response video
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