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Non-Tech : PEP -- Time to buy?
PEP 141.60-0.9%Nov 6 3:59 PM EST
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To: Gary L Schultz who wrote (132)5/21/1997 10:06:00 AM
From: Kelly Sheppard   of 392
 
The mega mouth Can or LOE (Large Opening End) as it is formally known is in Canada already in the beer industry. It won't be long before the low carbs in the soft drink industry use it as well. You see, with the LOE, only low carb beverages can be used. Pepsi would cause the end to fail.

As for the suppliers for Pepsi-Cola, their are several regional suppliers in the U.S. It is my understanding that Coke was setup the same way. If you can remember a few years back, CSDs in the U.S. had a 206mm diameter end for Cans. Now, they use 202mm (the beer industry uses 204). You'll notice the Can 'curve' in at the top to meet the end. This represented huge savings for the industry as a whole, but would only be effective for suppliers if everyone changed over. In Canada, we're still using 206 ends. Because our volume here isn't as significant as in the U.S., the cost of changing over is just too great.
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