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From: "Marsupialogic" <marsupilami@pipex.com>
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Subject: Re: Fountain Soda Dr. Pepper
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:31:32 -0000
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Say, you seem to know your history. If Dr P's is the oldest of the big name
drinks (Coke, Pepsi), what is the overall, oldest (non big name) of these
type of drinks sold in the States? Or is Dr Pepper it?
I guess over here in the UK it's either Vimto, Tizer or (D&B)Dandelion and
Burdock.
M
"John W. Kennedy" <jwkenne@attglobal.net> wrote in message
news:jv_nb.25992$Tx.4024957@news4.srv.hcvlny.cv.net...
> Marsupialogic wrote:
>
> > Hey is this available anywhere in England? I've never ever seen it here,
and
> > I'd like to try it coz some people were carrying on how good it was.
> >
> > Mmm, say, just how big is Dr Peppers in the States compared to Coke and
> > Pepsi.
> >
> > Is Dr P's considered a cola?
>
> There are some regions in the US where any carbonated beverage
> whatsoever is called "a coke" (other areas say "a soda", "a soda pop",
> or "a pop"), but otherwise, no. Dr Pepper has no cola nut in it, and
> doesn't pretend to.
>
> In fact, this is an important factor in the history of Dr Pepper. Most
> soft drinks are sold in the US by regional companies that have a license
> from the manufacturer. Thus, very little Dr Pepper is actually made and
> sold by the Dr Pepper company, and very little Coca-Cola is actually
> made and sold by the Coca-Cola company. Around 1970, the Coca-Cola
> Bottling Company of New York was looking around for something else to
> sell; by their contract with the Coca-Cola company, they couldn't sell
> another cola. So they chose Dr Pepper, which, until then, had only been
> sold in about 1/3 of the country. It was a big success for them, and
> soon Dr Pepper was being sold in most of the country.
>
> --
> John W. Kennedy
> "You can, if you wish, class all science-fiction
> together; but it is about as perceptive as classing the
> works of Ballantyne, Conrad and W. W. Jacobs together
> as the 'sea-story' and then criticizing _that_."
> -- C. S. Lewis. "An Experiment in Criticism"
>
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