Coke or Pepsi? That’s the age-old question Delta faces now that it has acquired Northwest. Delta, of course, currently serves Coke while Northwest is a Pepsi airline. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that –- for now –- each airline will stick with its current soft drink “until a final determination has been made on a single beverage provider,” according to a company memo issued last week. “We’re having conversations with both,” Delta vice president of marketing Tim Mapes tells the paper. “There are contracts in place with each of the two entities that have got to be addressed… . There definitely will be financial considerations that we will be taking into account.”
However, it was just last year that Delta president Ed Bastian was quoted as saying: “It’ll be Coke. That’s not a hard one.” Coke, like Delta, is headquartered in Atlanta and both companies’ corporate identities are strongly liked with their hometown city. Still, despite what would seem to be an advantage for Coke, the Journal-Constitution writes “the practical matter of breaking Northwest’s contract with Pepsi may make the decision more difficult than simply a matter of taste — or hometown connections.” Adding to the mix, by the way, is that Bastian is a former Pepsi executive, according to the Journal-Constitution. No word when a final decision might be made.
Source:USA Today
By: steve rowell - 7th April 2009 at 10:40
I prefer coke but very slightly .. 7up is the real $hit if you ask me 🙂 , Nothing beats a good root beer however .
The closest thing you can get to Root Beer in this country is Sasparilla…same thing really
By: Flygirl - 5th April 2009 at 10:35
Mountain Dew is to die for ! Roll on RIAT.:D
By: Quid 41 - 4th April 2009 at 16:06
I have no prefference over coke or pepsi they both taste the same to me. But i havent had it in years because of availability in the UK real American Mountain Dew is the best:):):)
By: Dog House Ldr. - 4th April 2009 at 06:21
idk but every once and awhile i like a ginger ale
By: bring_it_on - 3rd April 2009 at 18:53
I prefer coke but very slightly .. 7up is the real $hit if you ask me 🙂 , Nothing beats a good root beer however .
By: Dog House Ldr. - 3rd April 2009 at 18:39
Wasn’t Mr Clinton’s staple diet McDonald’s cheese burgers and gallons of Pepsi
very true!
😀
By: steve rowell - 3rd April 2009 at 09:48
everybody knows that pepsi is for pinko communists! having said that I hear that they will be serving it in the White House! lol
Wasn’t Mr Clinton’s staple diet McDonald’s cheese burgers and gallons of Pepsi
By: Dog House Ldr. - 3rd April 2009 at 06:04
everybody knows that pepsi is for pinko communists! having said that I hear that they will be serving it in the White House! lol
By: steve rowell - 27th March 2009 at 23:40
They better pick coke, who drinks that other crap? 😀
Millions and millions of people obviously!!!
By: Flygirl - 26th March 2009 at 14:33
Bundaberg Burgundee is refreshing.
By: PMN - 26th March 2009 at 07:55
Bundaberg Lemon & Lime Bitters are great available at Waitrose.:D
Even better with a drop of Bundaberg rum! 🙂
Paul
By: Flygirl - 26th March 2009 at 07:54
Bundaberg Lemon & Lime Bitters are great available at Waitrose.:D
By: steve rowell - 26th March 2009 at 05:32
Pepsi is a preference for me, but if I’m in the mood for a fizzy soft drink it’s Irn Bru or Root Beer for me. Or cloudy lemonade.
Coke is better for cooking than Pepsi though. Chicken Roasted in Coke is a Joy. As is Beer-Can duck.
If you ever get to the Antipodes you’ve just got to try a Bundy GB…it has to be the most thirst quenching refreshing drink i’ve ever tried…sensational on a hot Summers day!!!
By: symon - 25th March 2009 at 23:58
although having said that i used to drink Coke everday when i was younger …but that was when Coke was the real thing in glass bottles!!!
Things do taste better in bottles! Would much rather prefer a cold beer from a glass bottle than from a can.
Pepsi is a preference for me, but if I’m in the mood for a fizzy soft drink it’s Irn Bru or Root Beer for me. Or cloudy lemonade
Spot on 😉
By: old shape - 25th March 2009 at 23:43
Pepsi is a preference for me, but if I’m in the mood for a fizzy soft drink it’s Irn Bru or Root Beer for me. Or cloudy lemonade.
Coke is better for cooking than Pepsi though. Chicken Roasted in Coke is a Joy. As is Beer-Can duck.
By: steve rowell - 25th March 2009 at 22:59
They’re both caffeine and sugar laden rubbish…always opt for a nice sparkling wine or a wine spritzer…Coke will eat your insides away if it doesn’t give you Diabetes first…although having said that i used to drink Coke everday when i was younger …but that was when Coke was the real thing in glass bottles!!!
By: PMN - 25th March 2009 at 16:11
Given the choice, I’d have to say Heineken.
Then again, I would say that! 😀
paul
By: Future Pilot - 25th March 2009 at 16:06
I’ve worked in a bar where Pepsi was served. 95% of the time the customer would simply ask for a ‘coke’ and for licencing/branding reasons etc we would have to ask if “Pepsi was ok?” Again, around 90-95% of customers would simply say “Yeah, that’s fine,”
Yeah that’s me…..:D.
By: symon - 25th March 2009 at 14:58
I don’t mind to be honest and would be quite happy with either, I think you’ll find going into a restaurant or bar etc sometimes that you’ll ask for Coke and you’ll see them pour a glass of Pepsi…
Happens all the time, I don’t think anyone is that fussed are they?
I’ve worked in a bar where Pepsi was served. 95% of the time the customer would simply ask for a ‘coke’ and for licencing/branding reasons etc we would have to ask if “Pepsi was ok?” Again, around 90-95% of customers would simply say “Yeah, that’s fine,” though some would say “Er, well….actually, what else do you have?”
Each to their own :rolleyes:
By: Future Pilot - 25th March 2009 at 14:16
I don’t mind to be honest and would be quite happy with either, I think you’ll find going into a restaurant or bar etc sometimes that you’ll ask for Coke and you’ll see them pour a glass of Pepsi…
Happens all the time, I don’t think anyone is that fussed are they?
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