Re: OT: Anyone have any explanation for this bizarre occurrence?

[Guest guest]

Did the cans get really hot? Thats the only thing I can think

of...Strange for sure.

Dana... Im surprised you even have soda in your house! I dont have

soda in my house! Not even for company! LOL

Donna

>

> We were clearing out our pantry to make room for holiday foods. At

> the bottom of the pantry were several 12-packs of sodas, not very

old,

> maybe a month old.

[Guest guest]

Gremlins trying to remind you that you should not be drinking soda.

>

> We were clearing out our pantry to make room for holiday foods. At

> the bottom of the pantry were several 12-packs of sodas, not very

old,

> maybe a month old. Four different types of soda -- A & W Root Beer,

A & W

> Creme, Pepsi, and Caffein-free Pepsi. The A & W says bottled by 7-Up

> Bottling Company, the Pepsi says bottled by Pepsico Bottling

Company.

>

> There was a lot of sticky liquid on the bottom of the pantry, so

> apparently something leaked. [Major mess LOL]

>

> We removed all the sodas, and determined that 3-4 cans from EACH of

> the 12-packs were empty, and 3-4 cans from EACH of the 12-packs were

> only partially full. All of the " compromised " cans were at the

bottom

> of their respective 12-pack boxes, nearest the floor of the pantry.

>

> There were NO signs of holes or split seams in any of these cans.

We

> placed these cans into a bathtub full of water, but we saw no air

> bubbles indicating a hole we could not see.

>

> We opened the cans. Some of them contained no pressure, but some of

> them, including some of the cans which were empty of liquid,

contained

> at least a little air pressure, sometimes a regular amount of

pressure

> you would expect from a can of carbonated beverage.

>

> Some of the cans which were still full, were " flat " when we opened

them.

>

> Anyone have any clue what might have happened? We are totally

confused!

>

> Thanks

>

> Dana

[Guest guest]

[ ] OT: Anyone have any explanation for this bizarre

occurrence?

We were clearing out our pantry to make room for holiday foods. At

the bottom of the pantry were several 12-packs of sodas, not very old,

maybe a month old. Four different types of soda -- A & W Root Beer, A & W

Creme, Pepsi, and Caffein-free Pepsi. The A & W says bottled by 7-Up

Bottling Company, the Pepsi says bottled by Pepsico Bottling Company.

There was a lot of sticky liquid on the bottom of the pantry, so

apparently something leaked. [Major mess LOL]

We removed all the sodas, and determined that 3-4 cans from EACH of

the 12-packs were empty, and 3-4 cans from EACH of the 12-packs were

only partially full. All of the " compromised " cans were at the bottom

of their respective 12-pack boxes, nearest the floor of the pantry.

There were NO signs of holes or split seams in any of these cans. We

placed these cans into a bathtub full of water, but we saw no air

bubbles indicating a hole we could not see.

We opened the cans. Some of them contained no pressure, but some of

them, including some of the cans which were empty of liquid, contained

at least a little air pressure, sometimes a regular amount of pressure

you would expect from a can of carbonated beverage.

Some of the cans which were still full, were " flat " when we opened them.

Anyone have any clue what might have happened? We are totally confused!

Thanks

Dana

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[Guest guest]

Take them all back to the store where you got them from.

The sticky tells me that the cans did leak, but not necessarily all in your

pantry. Sometimes when cases are handled roughly the seams at the top of the

cans can work loose allowing product to " sweat out " in a slow almost

undetectable manner. Sometimes there are what's called " pin leaks " where

something bumps into a display on the floor or in the back room.

The number of cans per 12 pack that were damaged almost suggests that the Pepsi

man may have passed along his damages instead of collecting them up and sending

them back to the plant.

When they load the Pepsi trucks at the plant they are loaded by the pallet.

Sometimes they tip and disaster. I've also seen Magliner (the cart Pepsi men

push around) accidents happen and cans go everywhere. The drivers sometimes

carry new boxes to make a " good " 12 pack out of two or three bad ones.

The cans of " air " may have been from a dry run at the bottling plant, air in the

lines after a switch-over, run out of liquid.

Also, during inventory stores sometimes round up everything in the back they can

and put it out on the floor to get counted. Stores that don't allow vendors to

" swap out " bad products require the vendor to " stockpile " damages in the back

room until he has enough to write up. Damaged products can get mixed in with

good stuff during inventory or can also get put out when the back stock in the

back room gets low.

[ ] OT: Anyone have any explanation for this bizarre

occurrence?

We were clearing out our pantry to make room for holiday foods. At

the bottom of the pantry were several 12-packs of sodas, not very old,

maybe a month old. Four different types of soda -- A & W Root Beer, A & W

Creme, Pepsi, and Caffein-free Pepsi. The A & W says bottled by 7-Up

Bottling Company, the Pepsi says bottled by Pepsico Bottling Company.

There was a lot of sticky liquid on the bottom of the pantry, so

apparently something leaked. [Major mess LOL]

We removed all the sodas, and determined that 3-4 cans from EACH of

the 12-packs were empty, and 3-4 cans from EACH of the 12-packs were

only partially full. All of the " compromised " cans were at the bottom

of their respective 12-pack boxes, nearest the floor of the pantry.

There were NO signs of holes or split seams in any of these cans. We

placed these cans into a bathtub full of water, but we saw no air

bubbles indicating a hole we could not see.

We opened the cans. Some of them contained no pressure, but some of

them, including some of the cans which were empty of liquid, contained

at least a little air pressure, sometimes a regular amount of pressure

you would expect from a can of carbonated beverage.

Some of the cans which were still full, were " flat " when we opened them.

Anyone have any clue what might have happened? We are totally confused!

Thanks

Dana

=======================================================

[Guest guest]

> Take them all back to the store where you got them from.

Yep, sure will.

> The sticky tells me that the cans did leak, but not necessarily all

in your pantry. Sometimes when cases are handled roughly the seams at

the top of the cans can work loose allowing product to " sweat out " in

a slow almost undetectable manner. Sometimes there are what's called

" pin leaks " where something bumps into a display on the floor or in

the back room.

But would it not show up when we put them underwater in the bathtub?

> The number of cans per 12 pack that were damaged almost suggests

that the Pepsi man may have passed along his damages instead of

collecting them up and sending them back to the plant.

The A & W is from 7-Up bottling company.

But what you write here makes sense, and is consistent with what

someone sent me by private email.

>>The drivers sometimes carry new boxes to make a " good " 12 pack out

of two or three bad ones.

The boxes did not appear to have been opened. Not sure you can open

and reseal a 12-pack box like you can with a mailing envelope.

Thanks for the info. At least I know I am not entirely losing my

mind, maybe just a little here and there....

Dana