LENEXA, Kan. — The Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Plant is debuting its newest limited edition can line after the Kansas City Chiefs were crowned Super Bowl Champions Sunday night.
The cans, which say "World Champions" will be available on Tuesday at all Kansas City grocery stores. They will eventually be distributed to other parts of Missouri and Kansas.
"We started producing this at 5 a.m. this morning," Plant Operations Director Teneca Clark said. "We talked about it all last week 'cause we knew the Chiefs were going to come home with a victory."
160 employees are apart of the manufacturing process; many of whom are die-hard Chiefs fans.
"It's been an exciting season," Clark said. "Ever since the first game, we knew that the Chiefs had a very good shot and then when we get to the playoffs and all these come-from-behind wins, the atmosphere in this building; knowing that it could lead up to this moment has been very exciting not only for myself, but the team as well."
Clark said the final design can take several weeks.
"We always get a kick out of what is going be the next thing that we get to make, and so I just like the different visuals that we get from this," Clark said.
Only 100,000 cases will be distributed.
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