UVM to end Coca-Cola contract, ban sale of bottled water

[garybeck]

UVM will end Coca-Cola contract, ban sale of bottled water

The University of Vermont will allow its 10-year contract with Coca-Cola to lapse on July 1, opening up the campus to other vendors, banning the sale of bottled water, and mandating the offering of “healthy options” in vending machines.

Under the exclusive contract, Coca-Cola had paid UVM $482,000 per year for exclusive “pouring rights.” UVM will forgo that revenue but expects to recoup some of it from new contracts to be negotiated with other vendors.

The end of UVM’s exclusive arrangement with a major bottler comes after years of lobbying by students, who have waged campaigns urging a bottled-water ban and criticizing the Coca-Cola Corp. The 10-year contract with Coca-Cola of Northern New England permitted the company to provide all beverages in vending machines and 80 percent of the bottled drinks served in residence halls and other venues, for a total of about 1.1 million bottles annually, UVM said.

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[alp227]

1. Vermont seems so enlightened. Oh "food police" whiners, go buy your OWN soft drinks.

I went to Google Maps and did you know that there are NO 7-elevens in the Burlington area? funny

[FrodosPet]

3. Quite a few "Dunkin' Donuts" though

I'm (somewhat) surprised no "Tim Horton's" there.

[JI7]

4. are there any in US ? there were a bunch when i went to Canada

[NutmegYankee]

6. A lot of their locations closed a few years back.

Our local Tim Horton's closed due to poor sales. It was said they sold a stronger coffee than the locals liked.

We have the same spread of stores here in Conn. Very few starbucks or 7-elevens, but tons of Dunkin Donuts.

[FrodosPet]

7. In Michigan, there are a lot of them

The map looks like it has measles!

[a la izquierda]

10. There are two within 2 miles of me here in central Ohio.

I love their coffee.

[piratefish08]

5. we recently moved to VT. Guess how many restaurant chains we've found in Montpelier? Zero.

so refreshing.

[FrodosPet]

9. Looks you have to go a half mile south of the city limits for a Walmart, McDonald's or Burger King

And nearly 2 miles for an Applebee's.

What's the secret of keeping them out? Ordinances and/or zoning? Real estate prices? Mandated minimum wages?

[piratefish08]

11. I'm really not sure - it must be local politics because there is no lack of chains and strip malls

in surrounding areas.....

[flamingdem]

2. Ah the Republic of Vermont

the East Coast version of Berkeley!

[Mopar151]

8. "Pouring rights" by any other name

Is a KICKBACK.

[JNelson6563]

12. If I had to choose another state to live in

beside Michigan, I'd go to Vermont. Vermont is awesome.

Julie

[garybeck]

14. I've lived in CA, CO, OR, and VT, and my favorite is

Oregon. The winters are too harsh out here in VT. And everything that's good about VT is just as good or better in OR. The moutains are bigger, the trees are bigger, and there are more PLUs (people like us) (hippies).

[LeftinOH]

13. College campuses are key battlegrounds in the never-ending cola war;

Pepsi vs. Coke, that's what it's all about. They are merciless about it, too.