Blanco 4,917 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 1886? So McDonalds started in Cuba? Not America? I didn’t know that Link to post Share on other sites
BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, Downsouth said: But lots of Iron-Bru! They have their own locally manufactured cola in Cuba, it doesn’t taste great, even when you add Havana Club to it! The post count is looking better on this thread DS thanks to St Patrick’s day! 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Blanco 4,917 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 minute ago, BillyWoofs_shinpad said: They have their own locally manufactured cola in Cuba, it doesn’t taste great, even when you add Havana Club to it! The post count is looking better on this thread DS thanks to St Patrick’s day! Yes the things that we Irish ☘️ do to keep @Downsouth happy 😃 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites
BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 3 minutes ago, Denzel Zanzibar said: Cuba now does sell Coca-Cola and there's been a single McDonald's outlet there since 1986, it's at Guantanamo Bay though, so not open to citizens of Cuba. I was in Havana 4 years ago and all the cola was locally manufactured. Maybe things have changed now, but it wasn’t on general sale and their certainly weren’t any of the Coke advertising hoardings that you normally see. Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,972 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, BillyWoofs_shinpad said: I was in Havana 4 years ago and all the cola was locally manufactured. Maybe things have changed now, but it wasn’t on general sale and their certainly weren’t any of the Coke advertising hoardings that you normally see. It's imported from Mexico mainly. Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,972 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 11 minutes ago, Blanco said: 1886? So McDonalds started in Cuba? Not America? I didn’t know that I knew I wouldn't be quick enough with the edit there! Link to post Share on other sites
BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Just now, Denzel Zanzibar said: It's imported from Mexico mainly. Yes I just looked it up, it’s available in tourist hotels at inflated prices apparently, as are most things in Cuba! It’s certainly not the top selling soft drink in Cuba though. Link to post Share on other sites
Blanco 4,917 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 Just now, Denzel Zanzibar said: I knew I wouldn't be quick enough with the edit there! I thought my eyes were deceiving me when I saw 1986 afterwards 😂😂😂 1 Link to post Share on other sites
BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Blanco said: I thought my eyes were deceiving me when I saw 1986 afterwards 😂😂😂 That’ll be the Guinness, DZ told you not to drink the stuff! Link to post Share on other sites
Blanco 4,917 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 minute ago, BillyWoofs_shinpad said: That’ll be the Guinness, DZ told you not to drink the stuff! Oh yeah I forgot 🤷♂️ I’ll stop at 12.30 Tonight 😃 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus 63 481 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 13 minutes ago, BillyWoofs_shinpad said: Yes I just looked it up, it’s available in tourist hotels at inflated prices apparently, as are most things in Cuba! It’s certainly not the top selling soft drink in Cuba though. Why would people bother to buy Coke at an all inclusive hotel. Link to post Share on other sites
BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Erimus 63 said: Why would people bother to buy Coke at an all inclusive hotel. That’s probably why it’s not very popular, You’d have to have really fussy kids that wouldn’t settle for the local cola, you know the types, the ones that turn their noses up at panda pops! Link to post Share on other sites
Denzel Zanzibar 6,972 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 13 minutes ago, Erimus 63 said: Why would people bother to buy Coke at an all inclusive hotel. It's for the Americans who go over there and who "won't drink that foreign stuff" And yes there is a massive amount of irony there with it being manufactured in Mexico. Link to post Share on other sites
Old Codger 3,063 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 So it's a sort of Irony Bru..? 5 Link to post Share on other sites
Erimus 63 481 Posted March 17, 2021 Share Posted March 17, 2021 1 minute ago, Denzel Zanzibar said: It's for the Americans who go over there and who "won't drink that foreign stuff" And yes there is a massive amount of irony there with it being manufactured in Mexico. There's only a small percentage of Americans go to Cuba. It's mainly Brits and Canadians. Regarding Mexican Coke, a lot of Americans go other the border to buy Mexican Coke in bulk, because it tastes like the original Coke as it used to be yonks ago. In Mexico they still use sugar where as just about everywhere they changed over to corn syrup. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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