Taking Sides- Coca-Cola VS Pepsi

not bad considering I got my 15 shares for only 30 7/8

They have been discontinued? Aw, I haven't had either for a really long time. – Sad. Why? Teeth.

Actually a couple of years ago KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut split off from Pepsi to be their own company (YUM! brands inc.), But they were once owned by Pepsi.

today: YUM 29.09 +0.29

http://www.yum.com/

Am I punk rock?

Christian Vasbotn Braaten for CA governor.

How did an innocuous soft drink, more than 99% sweetened water, come to wield such enormous economic and marketing power and assume such significance in so many people's lives? What does it say to us about who we are and what we are becoming?

The Cola Conquest tells the story of Coca-Cola - the "sublimated essence" of all that America stands for - and the century-long competition with its rival, Pepsi. Shot in the United States, Canada, Russia, England, France, Mexico, and China, The Cola Conquest takes us from Coca-Cola's invention by a morphine-addicted Civil War veteran to the 21st century and China, where Coke is trying to wipe out the 3000 year-old tea drinking habit. "

I've seen it and agree with this review that says it's not a left-wing filmmakers' attack on a corporation but their point of view on history + were amazed of the power of their influence.

Pinkpanther, you're joking about the Daily Mail, aren't you?

Man, pepsi is some nasty shit.

Yum! pwnd by mafia t/f?

Dr.Pepper, obviously.

In May of 2002, Yum! Brands (then known as Tricon Global Restaurants, Inc.) acquired Long John Silver's and A&W Restaurants to accelerate the Company's multibranding strategy and drive global growth by offering consumers two brands and more choice in one restaurant.

;)

we've gotten this far w/o mentioning pepsi's demographic orientation?

People with no taste buds?

fags apparently

http://www.amazon.com/Real-Pepsi-Challenge-Inspirational-Breaking/dp/0743265718

well don't that just BEAT ALL

::puts hands on hips::

Oh the "Negro market"

http://www.pepsico.com/Purpose/Diversity-and-Inclusion/Timeline-of-Diversity.aspx

Diversity isn't just the right thing to do. It's the right thing to do for our business.

"doing diversity"

http://www.slate.com/id/2198198/

establishment Coke

otm, now we get somewhere

http://www.refresheverything.com/

I would say that the average American Pepsi consumer has rolled with the punches so far and will probably not do anything but keep drinking Pepsi as normal.

Pepsi design is just about the art, then? That's kind of interesting.

i prefer the taste of coca-cola, but do not drink soda

Ok, I guess "manly" can still describe totally gay things.

― roxymuzak, Friday, January 9, 2009 10:53 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

This reminds me of 300 doing way better business than The Spirit because the guys who loved 300 think The Spirit is too gay, despite the fact that 300 is way gayer. I'm not sure what that has to do with anything though.

Pepsi design is just about the art, then? That's kind of interesting.

― Sundar, Friday, January 9, 2009 7:58 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

That's not exactly what I'm saying, but I do think it would take a pretty O_O design change to change much at this point in Pepsi's trajectory as a company. I think the design is not only inoffensive enough to not put people off, but is actually appealing to prevailing aesthetic tastes. Things can't look XTREME!!!!MONSTERMEGABEASTSODAhereisagradienteffectLOL forever.

This reminds me of 300 doing way better business than The Spirit because the guys who loved 300 think The Spirit is too gay, despite the fact that 300 is way gayer. I'm not sure what that has to do with anything though.

― caek, Friday, January 9, 2009 8:00 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

Which is funny, because iirc both have logos in the same shite font

I'm not a shill, but wow does Coca-Cola have an attractive site!! I like Coke better, although I'm not a cola drinker.

I notice Coca-Cola is still paying for a 24-year old marketing blunder, having to slap the word "classic" on all their labels.

i like the 'minimalised' styling of the new cans. i don't like the altering of the wavy line tho - apparently it's so it represents a smile better (with a thin smile for diet and a bigger open-mouthed smile for the MAX), doesn't work for me.

http://www.authorsden.com/NewsImage/8547.gif

Coke > Pepsi
but
Diet Pepsi > Diet Coke
but
Mexican Coke [cane sugar] > American Coke [High Fructose Corn Syrup]

but
Diet Pepsi > Coke
and yet
Brain without tumors > Aspartame
so
Tea or Coffee > Soda

we were at my mother in laws for an xmas lunch and i asked for a coke and my brother in law pulled out a mexican coke from the fridge. such a golden moment. suprise mexican coke. it felt like christmas or something.

but
Diet Pepsi > Coke
and yet
Brain without tumors > Aspartame

not saying that shit's good for you, but:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/265559_soda05.html

http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/pepsi_new_bottles.php

lmao the bottle look like a dick

coke.

it kind of pisses me off when ppl go "i never drink soda, ugh, the idea of filling my body with something so awful" when you know like 80% of those people can't go a day without coffee.

even worse is when smokers pull that shit

http://www.suckatlife.com/images/pepsiLogoBlowatlife.jpg

I just bought a Diet Pepsi because of the new design. Thought you should know.

The design is actually quite a coup on Pepsi's part. I've bought a few because my eye was drawn to the bottle or can even before I even knew it was Pepsi.

the only cola i drink these days is pepsi max

Do you crush the can on your forehead when you're done with it

pepsi throwback!

pepsi RAW ugh

tastes like sugared water with ground black pepper.

* Sparkling water.
* Cane sugar.
* Apple extract.
* Colour: plain caramel.
* Natural plant extracts (including natural caffeine and kola nut extract).
* citric, tartaric and lactic acids.
* Stabiliser: gum arabic.
* Thickener: xanthan gum.

So basically what cola bottles would taste like if cola actually tasted like that?

went for this taste test last week:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3594/3670699334_7e10140354.jpg

green tea coke vs. shiso pepsi

wuz gnarls dudes

coke

i guess pepsi is cheaper tho cuz everybody fuckin has it

the movie theater, the diner, other places

i drink coke all the time

pepsi is garbage

vanilla coke 4 lyfe

i miss drinking soda s0 much r.i.p.

diet pepsi tastes like sweetened windex

Do you mean Pepsi Max? CauseI quite like that. Diet Coke is awful to my stomach. Chemical warfare.

green tea coke -> the bomb. but didn't find it anymore when i was in tokyo the other month. BAH

I like Pepsi max a lot (thanks UYD!) but I really dont need that much caffiene. OTOH, plain old diet pepsi tastes good, but fucks with my stomach.

pepsi max >>>> diet coke

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/31/business/media/31adco.html

http://i.imgur.com/dVIBIEq.png

Awwww sheeeit.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/mar/28/coca-cola-police-human-waste-drinks-cans