Calls have been made to ban the Coca-Cola truck from Liverpool this Christmas, but the city is welcoming healthier alternative Green Cola.
Green Cola will arrive in Liverpool on Monday December 4th with samples available in one the world's longest bicycle trailers, which will be festooned with Christmas lights.
Liverpool's Liberal Democrat leader Richard Kemp, who wrote a letter to the managers of Liverpool One shopping district setting out his opposition to the Cola-Cola truck visit, which he labelled a 'cynical event', is pleased to welcome Green Cola to the city.
“I am delighted that Green Cola will be visiting Liverpool,” he says. “Their visit promotes a product that is much healthier than their rivals. They are also a small UK company whose profits are recycled in this country.
“A council's role in public health is not to ban products or to wag fingers, but we need to encourage healthier lifestyles and better eating and drinking habits. We do our best to draw attention to better ways and new products like Green Cola.”
Mirna Juarez, Liberal Democrat for Allerton and Hunts Cross who will be hosting Green Cola during their visit, adds: “I am really happy that Green Cola, a healthier alternative, is coming to Liverpool. We have high obesity levels among adults and children here and I believe sugary drinks are part of the problem.”
Green Cola contains NO sugar, NO calories and unlike other diet colas, NO aspartame, NO preservatives, and NO phosphoric acid. It is sweetened with Stevia and caffeinated with caffeine from green coffee beans. And it tastes great!
The drink is available from Ocado, Amazon, Tesco cafes, artisan food stores and independent cafes.
“There is nothing else on the market like Green Cola and we hope that the people of Liverpool will choose us as their preferred cola,” says Paul Woodward, CEO of Green Room Brands, the Surrey based company that has introduced Green Cola to the UK.
