Pepsi, Coke rivalry becomes physical

AP ^ | 10/13/07

[TAdams8591]

PEPSI was, is and always will be the better Cola, and the best drink in the universe.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

**I think they still make it that way in mexico.**

I just pulled out a bottle of Mexican Coke, Hecho en Mexico.

On the paper ingredients label it has...HIGH FRUITCOSE CORN SYRUP.

Besides, I think Okinawan and Thailand COKES are better.

[Mr. Jeeves]

Boylan Sugar Cane Cola tastes so much better than either of those corn-syrup laden instant diabetes drinks that it's a wonder they don't withdraw both products from the market in utter humiliation. ;)

[Elyse]

I can’t get past the name to even try it.

[Calvin Locke]

Nah, it's what delivery guys do.

In the 1980s, (probably from a Forbes Magazine article) a local NYC startup was offering their product in 20oz bottles for the same price as big guys.

The delivery guys for the big soda distributors had a fit, and besides the physical stuff, started posting fliers about a CIA plot to sterilize minorities, never mind the company was started by minorities, iirc.

[Calvin Locke]

I'm losing it....

<>for the same price as big guys. ==> for the same price as the smaller bottle of the big guys.

[Trajan88]

I'm a "simple" Texas A&M Aggie Former Student so please explain to me how "Coke is inferior to Pepsi."

Law Hall (may it R.I.P.) ramp 9 Mule; f.u.p.!

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

For some reason this article triggered a wave of nostalgia.

Anybody remember the following soft drinks: Nehi, Hires Root Beer?

[LRS]

When the Coke deliveryman left the store, his counterpart allegedly punched him in the face three times, breaking his nose and giving him a black eye, police said.

Score after the first round =

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[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Thanks for sharing PopMan. Great insight. Here in the DFW metroplex I think there is a Cadbury Schweps dist. center in Plano. So we get a lot of the RC cola on the shelves. Like you said, when we put it out at parties it sits till the Choke/Pisspi is gone and THEN discover that it tastes better. To each their own, now pass me a RC.

[Popman]

I think there is a Cadbury Schweps dist. center in Plano.

Yup, we were bought out by the former bottler (Turner) before Cadbury bought the Dallas market.

I actually was part of the team that converted that Plano Market to the RC Cola / Seven Up bottler before we were bought out by Dr. Pepper Turner group many years ago.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

I actually was part of the team...

Then you da' man!

[-YYZ-]

“Yeah but diet coke is better than diet pepsi.”

I can’t let that stand. Diet Coke tastes bland - it has no bite. Diet Pepsi packs much more of punch :)

[Popman]

[Popman]

[ozzymandus]

Pepsi was invented as a cheaper competitor to Coke during the depression, just like Budweiser was invented as a cheaper competitor for real beer. Now they’re both market leaders, proving Barnum was right. Flame on, I’m outa here.

[bluefish]

What is Moxi? And why do they feature a makeup wearing transvestite in their ad?

[reg45]

His clothing was considered the epitome of style - in 1925.

[bluefish]

Makeup too?

[reg45]

Yes