I drink sierra misst regularly and I would like to understand how to read the production codes on the bottom of the aluminum cans. Thanks for anyone who can help...

All Pepsi codes should be about the same. Since I scanned some from a box of Pepsi Edge the other day and have the image available, I'll use it for an example:



The top line is the expiration.
Bottom line - The time of day it was bottled(or canned, as the case may be) Followed by the 2 digit bottler ID code. Then the date it was bottled. So this one was bottled by the Wyoming bottler on June 4th 2005 at 17:10 (16:43 for the bottom example) Any extra letters at the end of the bottom line I think refer to which production line at the plant it came off of.

andy

why would you need to know the production code?

Originally posted by pepsidew:
why would you need to know the production code?

People are just curious to know what plant thier sodas come from.

Originally posted by <SM DRINKER>:
I drink sierra misst regularly and I would like to understand how to read

So you can find out which can says "sprite" and drink it, as it is the better of the two?

Save Citra ---

That's a great picture of a Surge banner - probably hanging on the fence of a Coke facility?

Too bad that product died a horrible death...as it couldn't compete with the grandpappy MTN DEW!

However, the banner said it right ---

"Not Last Time, Not This Time, Not Ever"

Coke will never beat Mtn Dew!

Originally posted by TheConnieVandelayShow:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by pepsidew:
why would you need to know the production code?

People are just curious to know what plant thier sodas come from. </font>[/QUOTE]Yup. Sometimes it is also interesting to see how far the bottlers are shipping stuff.

It also helps when I am explaining to an upset customer that we are out of stock on something, so I have to explain to them that it is only made at a certain place. People probably still assume that all the soda is made at the local warehouse. We have stuff coming in from all over the place, even as far away as Texas.

Fusion,
It would be so nice if all the soda pop "route men/ladies" were as patient and knowledgeable are you are. Bravo!!!!
Zabe

[ 12-15-2005, 05:48 PM: Message edited by: Mr Zabe ]

Most everything that we carry here in OKC comes from Tulsa, OK with the exception of AquaFina and a few Tropicana flavors that usually comes from Mesquite, TX. I do not know where the SoBe and Frappuccino are bottled off the top of my head though. I do not think that it is either of those 2 prod. facilities.

Originally posted by Mr Zabe:
Fusion,
It would be so nice if all the soda pop "route men/ladies" were as patient and knowledgeable are you are. Bravo!!!!
Zabe

Yeah most of us are just big touchholes.lol I do agree with you though fusion knows his chit man.

[ 12-16-2005, 04:37 AM: Message edited by: the saint ]