Manchester City are on the verge of completing the greatest season in the club's history, and maybe even the greatest season in English football history.
17.05.2023 - 11:47 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Coca-Cola may very well be the most popular fizzy drink in the world, with a logo plastered on billboards in nearly every country.
Despite this, it's not a cheap drink and can easily push up your bills if you buy it every week. With the cost of living crisis continuing to place immense pressure on people's finances, many may be considering finding an alternative to their favourite cola.
However, with a wide array of cheaper alternatives at supermarkets, it can be hard to actually find out which one comes closest to the signature taste of Coca-Cola. In order to find a cheaper alternative that could rival the giant that is Coca-Cola, Dayna Farrington, a reporter at our sister site Birmingham Live, enlisted her partner and the rest of her family to do a taste test of all the popular supermarket alternatives.
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She chose Colca alternatives from Asda, Co-op, Aldi, Morrisons, and Tesco. Here's what Dayna discovered...
£2.25 (from Tesco) for 1.75 litre bottle
What first struck me was the price. £2.25 for a 1.75 litre bottle. All the supermarket bottles were 2 litre - this was smaller AND a lot more expensive. I guess you really do pay for the brand. I could have bought 5 of the cheapest supermarket bottle compared to one Coca-Cola.
But you can't go wrong can you? I didn't put Coca-Cola first in the taste-test, I actually sandwiched it in the middle of the others to try and trick my tasters.
Let's skip to the point. I failed. As soon as all three tried a sip they immediately knew it Coca-Cola. No more comments needed, it was a 5/5 from them all.
But are any of the supermarket versions better? We tasted them all...
70p for 2 litre bottle
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