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COCA-COLA NOT GOING TO CARRY A TAB ANYMORE patients across the U.S. The deal involves 500 Sam’s Club locations in 41 states, and is implemented through Drive, the platform DoorDash offers to businesses looking to integrate delivery into their own platforms. In this case, customers who want to access the service will have to request it through the wholesale club directly, and both members and non-members of Sam’s Club can take advantage of same-day delivery. The arrangement marks DoorDash’s first major pharmaceutical partnership of its kind. C oca-Cola announced that Tab, its first DOORDASH PARTNERING WITH SAM’S CLUB D oorDash announced it is launching a partnership with Sam’s Club to provide same-day prescription delivery service to diet soda, is among the drinks headed for retirement as it trims its beverage portfo- lio. Coke first introduced Tab to consumers in 1963, aiming the zero-calorie drink at women. In the 1970s and 1980s, as Americans tried fad diets, the diet soda grew more popular but faded once Diet Coke was introduced in 1982. Now more than half a century after Tab’s launch, Coke is betting on Diet Coke and Coke Zero Sugar to fulfill consumers’ cravings for sugar-free, low calorie soda.
MCRIB GOES NATIONWIDE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2012 Y es, we know the limited-time pork sandwich is brought back every year to help the chain attract customers to its restaurants during the holiday season. Customers search out the notoriously hard to find sandwich so much that McDonald’s even released its own McRib locator app to help customers locate restaurants that sold it. Well this year you won’t need the app as the McRib is returning to menus, all 14,000 locations nationwide for the first time since 2012. THE COST FOR BINGE-WATCHING JUST WENT UP N etflix released that the prices of its standard and premium plans were increasing to $13.99 and $17.99 per month in the U.S. and a dollar more in Canada, respec- tively. It’s the first increase for the streaming company since it increased the cost of its service in January 2019 to fund more original program- ming. The entry-level basic plan will remain at $8.99 per month in the U.S. and $9.99 in Canada, the same price it has been since it was intro- duced last year. Netflix’s basic plan supports 480p quality and allows for only one device to view at a time. The standard plan offers up to 1080p quality and allows people to watch on two screens at the same time. Its premium plan includes support for sharper 4K resolutions and HDR and up to 4 screens at the same time. The basic plan supports 480p, about the quality of a DVD.
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SEPTEMBER 2020 • SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE
SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS MAGAZINE • SEPTEMBER 2020
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