[advisedwang]

Whenever I see "President" as a corporate title, I think "over inflated sales title to make clients feel like they are being taken serious and talking to actual leadership". I've seen "presidents" reporting to "vice-presidents"!

[parl_match]

googled it... some estimates put mcdonalds coca cola sales at over $1b usd a year

so maybe this one isnt so inflated lol

[ghaff]

Whether the title is president, EVP, or SVP, I find it almost shocking that people here are surprised that McDonalds has a very senior person in charge of the Coca-Cola relationship. Yes, title inflation happens at a lot of companies, but I'm willing to cut a lot of slack when you get to $1B revenue or leading responsibility for a major product area.

[snypher]

This guy works for Coke though right, you might have this backwards?

[ghaff]

Yes, I flipped it. Duh. Obviously the two companies are important partners. I imagine there is a pretty senior person on the McDonalds side who has primary responsibility for the partnership.

[roncesvalles]

Also it says his org deals with 100 markets globally. McDonalds isn't the same company in every country, it's basically dealing with 100 different clients with vastly disparate needs, regulations, supply chains etc.

[Ekaros]

Also possibly some of their sub-clients. McDonald's uses franchise model. So ensuring things are correct for those too. There is something like 38 thousand restaurants. With varying supply chains, probably in some countries multiple.

[pixl97]

Yea, after the syrup is remixed it's estimated that McD's sells hundreds of millions of gallons of Coke products a year. It's def something you have a dedicated executive team to make sure everything is working smoothly.

[Simulacra]

I read that the syrup is stored in these special tanks, and when it's mixed with the carbonated water, it comes out as the best tasting, freshest Coca-Cola you can get. It's always tasted amazing at McDonald's. Almost like bottled Coke.

[c22]

In my experience ever since the coke started coming out of the same nozzle as every other soda it has tasted like ass.

[sollewitt]

I'd guess every soda gun at every bar in the world would work the same?

[0cf8612b2e1e]

Supposedly McDonald’s is the only business that gets the syrup distributed in metal kegs. Everyone else gets the plastic bags, which could lead to some taste difference.

I am pretty sure I could blind taste test canned vs bottled soda.

[beAbU]

You are referring to Corny kegs [1].

AFAIK they are completely phased out in the soda industry (including McDs). They are very popular in the home beer brewing community because they are easy to clean and the right size for your typical homebrew batch (20 litres). They've become difficult to obtain in recent years because they are not being used in industry any more so there's no secondary market.

Some players are making them new, but they are quite expensive. I used to have a couple of regular beer kegs on "long term loan" from Heineken because I was not able to source cornys for cheap.

1 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_keg

[denkmoon]

Definitely depends on the store in my experience (Aus), I think some may not maintain their machines as frequently/well, or maybe even deliberately watered down. Glass bottle Coke is the best coke imo.

[crazygringo]

(never mind, think I read the comment wrong!)

[blairbeckwith]

I don't think there was any sarcasm there.

[ghaff]

I assume no sarcasm either whether or not you completely approve of the business. There must be a very significant team associated with a global business at that scale.

[fragmede]

What's the opposite of Poe's law?

[conception]

…to get everyone on time to the golf course.

[fragmede]

What's your hobby, and why is it better than theirs?

[eru]

To go on a tangent: lots of people even like to think back nostalgically to the time when bankers were at the golf course by 3pm. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-6-3_Rule

(I don't agree, but it's a popular enough sentiment.)

[yed]

This is a common convention in the financial sector and several others but not necessarily all industries. Companies that produce actual goods often have way less title inflation than others.

[nunez]

Very large customers will self-justify dedicated org charts to protect the revenue they bring in.

[mathgeek]

It’s layers, like an ogre. Vice presidents with multiple layers under them.