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Mecca-Cola - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The flagship product of the Mecca Cola World Company, it is marketed as an alternative to U.S. brands such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola to politically minded consumers. Mecca-Cola is now sold extensively in the Middle East as well as in certain regions of Europe, Asia, and Africa, and, to a lesser extent, in the Americas and Oceania. In addition to several different presentations of its cola, the company also sells a range of fruit-flavoured soft drinks under the Mecca-Cola name. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mecca_Cola   (318 words)

meccacola.html Mecca Cola is a ‘multi-post-ism’; it arrived as a reaction to the monopoly of cultural objects and political domination. Mecca Cola has become a design object of communication, which is also for members only, and only for those who know the ciphers of the game. Mecca Cola, on the other hand, is much more than a commercial product, as it has been made to explicitly serve a political agenda. www.nifca.org /forum/archive/reaktion/meccacola.html   (527 words)

RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY Mecca Cola is distributed in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, and Germany. He had the idea for Mecca Cola this summer, started the paperwork in August, and had his first crate of cola wrapped and ready in the factory by October. Mathlouthi admits he was inspired to create Mecca Cola after seeing the economic success of another politicized cola drink, "Zam Zam Cola," in Iran and the Middle East. www.rferl.org /nca/features/2002/12/05122002171916.asp   (897 words)

Islam Online- News Section Mecca Cola, which now distributes in 54 countries is cashing in on resentment against US foreign policy in the region by providing a substitute to the global giant Coca-Cola. Mecca Cole was established in 2002 by Tawfiq Mathlouthi, a French citizen of Tunisian descent, as an Arab answer to America's coca cola. Mecca Cola was launched as an alternative soft drink company. www.islam-online.net /English/News/2004-07/31/article08.shtml   (393 words)

Mecca Cola launched; Gujarat may be hub Mecca Cola was launched worldwide about 11 months ago and has been introduced in Europe, Africa, Asia, UAE and Saudi Arabia. For the first year or so, Mecca Cola will import products from its plant in the United Arab Emirates, after which it plans to set up four manufacturing facilities in four zones of the country. Nazir said once the three basic brands are introduced and become popular, Mecca Cola will also introduce apple, strawberry and vanilla brands in the market. inhome.rediff.com /money/2004/may/04cola.htm   (504 words)

[deep-l] Mecca Cola Mecca Cola was launched in France last year and in February had a presence at the anti-war demonstration in London, erecting a branded tent promoting its products and advertising along the route. The Qibla Cola Company claims its products are an alternative for people who "reject injustice and exploitation" and as a means of protesting against what it calls the "colonial" administration of President Bush. Barg 'Protest cola' targets Muslims Julia Day Wednesday April 23, 2003 Coca-Cola: Qibla offering alternative to American super-brands A Derbyshire company is launching a range of "Muslim-friendly" drinks as part of a backlash against American brands including Coca-Cola. www.deeplistening.org /pipermail/deep-l/2003-April/006455.html   (581 words)

Mecca Cola debuts in Israel Mecca Cola, a softdrink that promises to fight "American capitalism and Zionism" has gone on sale in parts of Israel for the first time with the company pledging a share of profits to "the children of Palestine." good to hear the motive behind selling of mecca cola as there competitors are reaaly making hard to sell there products with the help of... The cola distributor in Israel, Makdad Idris, an Israeli from northern town of Taibeh, said he would donate all 20 per cent to the Palestinians, but a certain amount would go to needy Israeli-Arab children as well, the report said. inhome.rediff.com /money/2004/aug/03mecca.htm   (295 words)

MECCA-COLA GAINING GROUND - Zawya.com Middle East Business News Just four months after Mecca’s launch, Mathlouthi may be on his way to usurping Coca-Cola& place in the world’s Muslim countries and communities -- a coup that arch-rival Pepsi and other soft drink makers could only dream of. Mathlouthi recently told journalists that one fifth of Mecca’s profit was given to charity, and half of that to unspecified Palestinian cultural, educational and children’s organizations. Mecca’s Tunisian-born creator Mathlouthi is only too happy to agree, crediting an “overwhelming rejection of American hegemony and Israel’s Zionist spirit” for his product’s success. www.zawya.com /story.cfm?id=ZAWYA20030325085525   (673 words)

Comedian - Department of Homeland Absurdity Mecca Cola is nothing compared to the joy of killing you, infidel. Not only is the taste of Mecca Cola an unabashed imitation of Coca Cola, its packaging shares Coke's red and white color scheme. I did a bit more searching and I discovered that virtually all of Mecca Cola's advertising slogans are directly traceable to past Coca-Cola slogans. comedian.blogspot.com /2002_12_08_comedian_archive.html   (1953 words)

GN Online: Mecca Cola's Dubai plant commissioned Incidentally, this is Mecca Cola's second bottling plant after the one in France where the holding company is headquartered. Mecca Cola's first overseas production/bottling plant has been commissioned in Dubai. The latest cola to hit the markets should be on UAE retail shelves over the coming fortnight. www.gulf-news.com /Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=95141   (550 words)

Muslim American Society Mecca Cola, a soft drink product promoted by founder Tawfik Mathlouthi, is to be more widely distributed in North America. Mathlouthi hopes Mecca Cola will be able to soon push out Coca Cola and Pepsi Cola, and become the soft drink of choice among the Muslims around the world. Twenty percent of the profits from Mecca Cola sales go to charities, with 10 percent each going to European and Palestinian children’s charities. www.masnet.org /news.asp?id=664   (329 words)

WorldNetDaily: The cola jihad One manufacturer of Islamic Cola in France told journalists he is working on the idea to compete with Kentucky Fried Chicken, KFC, by opening a Halal fast-food outlet such as Halal Fried Chicken or H.F.C. Halal is a dietary Muslim concept similar to the Jewish kosher food dietary rules. Another assessment is that campaigning violently for political-religious beliefs through canned cola drinks might seem silly to western eyes, but it is definitely a motivator and a reason for pride among Islamic youth, especially in economically weak societies where anything that can hurt America is deemed good and acceptable. It is important to note that Qibla is a name for one of the African terror groups that emerged during the '80s in South Africa with a hard-core of jihadists and a long list of terror attacks. www.worldnetdaily.com /news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39738   (1339 words)

EPS: One-Stop Story - Presenting Mecca Cola - the unReal Thing Mecca Cola, a deliberate takeoff of Coke, is generating inquiries from Australia according to its creator, who claims he launched it as “a way of standing up to American hypocrisy”. In the French capital’s Moslem districts, Mecca Cola is sold for about $A3 a l.5-litre bottle, about the same price as Coke and is steadily infiltrating the major supermarkets there. After only two months on the shelves, more than two million bottles of Mecca Cola have been sold mainly in France, and its creator, French radio journalist-cum-lawyer Tawfik Mathlouthi, claims he has orders for a further 11 million bottles. www.eps.net.au /onestop/story.asp?id=148   (400 words)

bluesky: Mecca Cola to hit Bangladesh market Mecca Cola, a controversial drink which had drawn media attention challenging the established western soft drinks, will hit Bangladesh market by the end of this year, officials of the Dubai-based beverage company announced at a news conference in Dhaka on Tuesday (May 10). Mecca Cola's Bangladeshi counterpart HRC group’s chairman Sayeed H Chowdhury vowed to take up the second position right after Coca Cola in the country. Mecca Cola, with a slogan-‘No more drinking stupid, drink with commitment’, gives twenty percent of its net profit to charity. www.20six.co.uk /bluesky/archive/2005/05/11/5z7udtiv9sp0.htm   (442 words)

LEGAL - BUSINESS: Mecca Cola, anyone? Mecca Cola is both an instrument of boycott against the US giant and a bearer of peace and support for the Palestinian cause. The phenomenon has not been as widespread in Europe but industry watchers are still riveted to its ongoing progress in no fewer than 28 countries where production is expected to shoot from 4 million to 14 million bottles. www.imakenews.com /secureshop/e_article000136853.cfm   (127 words)

Mecca Cola comes to Israel Mecca Cola was founded in 2002 to give Muslim consumers an alternative to traditional American products such as Coca Cola and Pepsi. Mecca Cola's French founder Taufik Mathlouthi said that he wanted to "struggle against Zionism inside its home," but insisted he had no problem with Jews. JERUSALEM : Mecca Cola, the drink which prides itself on giving a share of its profits to "the children of Palestine", has gone on sale in parts of Israel for the first time, the Haaretz daily reported. www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1183994/posts   (1123 words)

Jewish and Israel News from New York - The Jewish Week Mecca Cola comes as Arabs — claiming that American companies provide tax revenues that are translated into U.S. aid for Israel — are boycotting a wide range of well-known American brands, often replacing them with ones that advocate the Palestinian cause. Based in France, Mecca Cola pledges to donate 10 percent of its profits to Palestinian humanitarian causes. According to Newsweek, Saudi Arabia ordered five million bottles of Mecca Cola, and the product is doing so well that its creator, Tawfiq Mathlouthi, is considering alternatives to other American products, like laundry detergent, soup, fried chicken and cigarettes. www.thejewishweek.com /news/newscontent.php3?artid=7158   (583 words)

Jewlicious » Mecca Cola now available in Israel Mecca Cola, which gives 10% of its net profits to charities that benefit Palestinian children and another 10% to local charities, began in France (figures) in 2002 riding a wave of anti US and anti Zionist sentiment. Mecca Cola, the official drink of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) is now available in Israel. Mecca Cola, which urges consumers “Don’t drink stupid, drink committed,” produces about 4 million 8 oz servings a month. www.jewlicious.com /index.php?p=68   (464 words)

Mecca-Cola Samizdata.net Mecca Cola is just a cheap knock off Zam-Zam cola which is a cheap knock off of Coca Cola. mecca cola trying to run the american multinationals out of the middle east, Coca cola employs people in their bottling factories there and mecca cola wants to force them out. Enjoy: mecca cola with rum and a ham sandwich. www.samizdata.net /blog/archives/002782.html   (1771 words)

CNN.com - Boycott battle meets cola wars - Nov. 6, 2002 The creator of Mecca Cola, prominent French political activist Tawfiq Mathlouthi, claims the drink is not competion for Coke and that his campaign is not anti-American. There is no indication Mecca Cola or any other boycott product will do long-term harm to American multi-nationals. Now a French Tunisian has opened up a second front in what has turned into a cola war -- by producing a drink named Mecca Cola mainly for European markets. edition.cnn.com /2002/WORLD/europe/11/05/mecca.cola   (387 words)

Crosswalk.com - Soft Drink Politics: 'Mecca Cola' Takes Off In France Mathlouti has even sold a container of Mecca Cola to a distributor in Detroit and said that discussions are currently underway for expanded distribution in various U.S. states. A new Mecca Cola factory in the Moroccan city of Casablanca is due to go into full production in June. Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, professor of communications and marketing at the University of Keele in Britain and an expert on propaganda, said Mecca Cola's marketing techniques are a completely new kind of protest that could be more than just a passing trend. www.crosswalk.com /news/1197857.html   (623 words)

Mecca-Cola from LiveJournal Mecca Cola) Women's Rights in Afganhanistan How Arabs Are Portrayed in American Media (Not sure how to phrase this: can Middle East play "catch up" like India and China?).... Drink Mecca Cola", reads the slogan on the bottles which Taoufik Mathlouthi begun producing in time for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. В отличие от иранской Zamzam Cola рекламная кампания Mecca Cola апеллировала исключительно к антиамериканским... www.ljseek.com /search/Mecca-Cola   (1329 words)

Pakistan News PakTribune.Com Mecca Cola, he said, was icon of solidarity among Muslims, saying purchase of the product would ensure circulation and spending of their (Muslim) investment on Muslims' charity and welfare institutions. ISLAMABAD, November 05 (Online): Chairman of International drinks company Mecca Cola Taufiq Matluqi on Tuesday said that 20 per cent income of the company would be spent on the welfare of Kashmiris, Palestinians, Afghans as well as on the other welfare projects in the Muslim world. Pakistan, he pointed out, was the only country where concocted brand of Mecca Cola was being sold for a long time. www.paktribune.com /news/index.php?id=43944   (549 words)

Merde in France The creator of Mecca Cola, Tawfik Mathlouthi, claims that 10% of profits are donated to Palestinian charities (an additional 10% are donated to 'local' charities). Dissident Frogman a vraiment tout compris au sujet de Mecca Cola. Mecca Cola is making its way into French supermarkets. merdeinfrance.blogspot.com /2003_01_05_merdeinfrance_archive.html   (1390 words)

Mecca Cola: A potshot at Coke? - Mar. 20, 2003 Mathlouthi said Mecca Cola is available in 22 countries in Europe and the Middle East and will enter Asia and Africa next month. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Mecca Cola is not "the real thing" as defined by Coca-Cola, but in just six months it's already made the big American multinational sit up and take notice. Although Mecca Cola bears a striking resemblance to the Coca-Cola brand, its label in French reads: "No more drinking stupid. money.cnn.com /2003/03/20/news/companies/mecca_cola   (396 words)

The Muslim News The cola is named after the waters that flow from the Zamzam holy spring in Mecca. Mr Mathlouthi said his Mecca Cola would “answer the needs of world citizens by contributing to the fight against American imperialism and the fascism of the Zionist entity”. Ten million bottles of Zam Zam have been exported to Saudi Arabia and Gulf countries in the past four months and the Iranians are working overtime to churn out enough of their cola to slake the thirsts of the two million Muslims expected in Saudi Arabia for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. www.muslimnews.co.uk /news/news.php?article=3648   (896 words)

Mecca Cola to Build Its First Bottling Factory in Dubai The Mecca Cola World Company, creators of the ideology-based soft drink Mecca Cola, will open its first bottling at the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai this year, Mecca Cola management announced today at the Gulfood exhibition. Until now, the 'cola with a conscience' company had been leasing production capacity from existing factories to cater to the worldwide demand for the fizzy drink, Mecca Cola World Chairman Taoufik Mathlouthi explained. Mathlouthi said that interest in Mecca Cola was blossoming throughout the world, even in non-Muslim and non-Arab countries. www.gulfood.com /news/050222.html   (616 words)

drunk on ink: Soniah: Mecca Cola I think the Cola Wars and Peace should make for a very interesting short story, or thread in a novel. Does anyone remember this song used with altered lyrics in a coca cola advertisement? I'd like to see the world for once all standing hand in hand and hear them echo through the hills for peace throughout the land. drunkonink.com /2005/02/soniah-mecca-cola.html   (89 words)

CommentWire by Datamonitor - Mecca Cola: singing a different tune January 9, 2003 6:30 PM GMT (Datamonitor) - Mecca Cola is in direct competition with Coca-cola, deliberately appealing to anti-US sentiments. In Europe, Mecca Cola has rapidly gone from distribution through French supermarkets in Muslim populated neighborhoods to selling millions of liters across Europe. In Saudi Arabia, Zamzam Cola (named after a holy spring in Mecca) has proven very popular. www.commentwire.com /commwire_story.asp?commentwire_ID=3878   (361 words)

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