The attempt to sell Coca-Cola secrets to Pepsi
Atlanta, United States, 2006
This case is a work of fiction. The characters, names, places and events in the game do not portray real people. The account below is a factual summary, based on public sources, of the case that served as inspiration.
In 2006, an executive assistant at Coca-Cola in Atlanta took confidential documents and a sample of an unreleased product out of the company, and two accomplices offered the material to Pepsi for 1.5 million dollars. Pepsi alerted its rival, and the FBI set up a sting with an agent posing as a buyer.
All three were arrested; the assistant was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2007. It was not the drink's secret formula, but the case became a symbol of how a century-old recipe is guarded and coveted.
Sources
In the game
The Lost Recipe
Lindlhuber Brewery, Munich, Saturday, 7:00 am. At noon the mayor taps the first keg of Oktoberfest, and the Lindlhuber family has served the festival for 130 years.
The game borrows the idea of an insider trying to sell an old brand's recipe to a rival group. Characters, setting and outcome are fiction.
