Bids for the 1996 Summer Olympics for the Games (a promise that was not carried out eventually, as Athens went on to host the 2004 Summer Olympics). Coca-Cola executives, however, had feared that a successful Atlanta bid would hurt their business. While they produced commemorative pins of the six candidate cities, with the intent of handing out the winning city's pins to IOC delegates, this backfired as others alleged that Coca-Cola had predicted which city had won; indeed sales of the beverage in Greece dropped for the next few years. A year later, an article appeared in the German periodical "Der Spiegel" accusing the Atlanta Committee
Coca-Cola Life and increase of Coca-Cola Zero Sugar sales, Coca-Cola Life was discontinued in the UK in June 2017. Coca-Cola Life is currently sold in: Coca-Cola Life was introduced into Australia in March 2015. In early 2017, the brand was dropped due to poor sales and replaced with 'Coca-Cola with Stevia', which contains less sugar than Coca-Cola Life. The roll-out of Coca-Cola Life in Canada began in the fall of 2016, with the product being sold at a number of locations including Walmart, Shoppers Drug Mart and London Drugs. In Canada the product is available in 355mL cans, 222mL mini cans and