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Article

19 May 2002

Author:
Greg Winter, New York Times

Poor areas got old Coke, workers say [USA]

...dozens of Coke drivers, plant workers and salespeople are accusing their bosses of inching up profits for almost a decade by pawning off expired soda cans and bottles on minority communities across North Texas...A spokesman for Coca-Cola Bottling of North Texas, which oversees the plants and workers in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, called the accusations "irresponsible and offensive."