Coca-Cola will launch a cane sugar version of its soda
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The company, which has been serving Pepsi products in its food courts since 2013, with the soda brand playing a prominent role in the store’s legendary $1.50 hot dog combo for years, announced the change in January.
The switch to Pepsi products was first made in 2013, according to CNN. Costco said at the time it was making the change from Coca-Cola, it's longtime food court beverage supplier, over pricing and preserving the $1.50 cost of the hot dog-soda combo.
According to the Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, the soda giants partnered with local shipping company Express Freight Management to unveil five fully electric trucks. Four will be used at Coca-Cola's plant in Lae, and the fifth will be used at its site in Port Moresby.
In the company’s second-quarter earnings report for 2025, Coca-Cola revealed that while its operating income in the U.S. increased by 18% year-over-year during the quarter, concrete sales in the region remained flat and unit case volume declined by 1%.
The transition is scheduled to finish by fall 2025, with customers nationwide gradually seeing Coca‑Cola branding appear at food court fountains. Costco expects the $1.50 hot dog and soda combo to remain unchanged, maintaining its decades-old price point