slo’s THURSDAY 5/8 poll - Coke vs Pepsi

[jimmymc]

Coke Zero > all other diet drinks. Even better if it's Cherry or Vanilla.

I generally like Coke products better, but I'm not that picky. I'll also go out of my way to try the new Mountain Dew flavors.

 

[Jasper&Bowie]

Diet soda gives me a headache. Pepsi is my preferred soda but will drink Coke. Mostly I have been drinking home brewed decaf iced tea.

 

[Dan Murphy]

What about Beverly from Epcot? Any fans here?

 

[Kitty 34]

If I’m drinking a cola I gravitate towards Coke products. My favorite of those would be Vanilla Coke, second would be Cherry.

We always get Vanilla Coke when my middle DS comes to visit.

 

[elgerber]

I'm a diet Coke girlie all the way.

If I order diet Coke and the server says "Is Diet Pepsi ok?" I say "I'll take water then."

This exactly, but with Coke.

 

[NannyBeBe]

I don't drink a lot of soda, but once in a while I treat myself to a big glass of regular or cherry Coke with lots of ice. I will always choose Coke over Pepsi.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Diet Coke for me.

What about the rum?

 

[elgerber]

What about the rum?

LOL, that is the worst, when you are somewhere and you ask for a Rum and Coke, and they offer a Rum and Pepsi. Um, no, that is not a thing LOL. Water please.

 

[evilmommie]

I don’t drink soda, but I’ve enjoyed a few cherry Cokes from the fountain!

 

[_19disnA]

I do laugh at most of those 'diet' products that removed sugar which is supposedly bad for you. They replace with something else that usually tastes awful and after a few more years of research they find the replacement sweetener is actually worse for you than the sugar it replaced.................LOL.

 

[design_mom]

I love Coke, but I grew up in a Pepsi household. These days I try to limit myself to one soda per week.

I would take Coke over Pepsi whether it’s from a soda fountain, or cans.
If there is no Coke offered from a fountain, I’d drink the Pepsi.
If there’s no Coke and it’s just cans, I’d probably pick something else over the Pepsi (water, lemonade, root beer)

 

[amcnj]

I guess overall I have had coke more than Pepsi. Many places only offered coke, so that made me think of coke as the soda to have.

Growing up we didn’t have soda with any regularity. We had some from a local soda company/bottler on hand for when company was over. It was always a thrill to go to the small warehouse and pick out some flavors. I guess most of those types of operations eventually lost out to the big guns in the industry. But otherwise I don’t know how often we had it ourselves with meals. It had to be a rare occasion, as I still think of soda back then as a “company” thing.

Now I probably have soda even less than I did as a kid!

 

[PrincessShmoo]

Other - I like regular Pepsi and caffeine-free REGULAR Coke. But, in a restaurant, I'll drink whatever cola is offered as long as it's not diet.

 

[tvguy]

I voted Coke and other. I don't drink soda anymore due to diabetes, just Iced Tea. If there is a can or Coke or a can of Pepsi I would grab the Coke. But it doesn't matter. When I was drinking soda my choice was usually based on price. So Great Value Cola was what was in my fridge.
Based on taste, Shasta (which is what I grew up on) and RC are my favorites.

Believe it or not SODA BRAND being sold in our snack bar was one of the big annual issues we faced in the 6 years I was on the Little League Board of Directors. Soda companies have budgets to offer "Perks" to get you to switch to their product. All new fountain equipment was , of course, a part of every soda companies offer.
Pepsi was very big on offering to donate all the cups, and electronic scoreboards as incentives to switch. Three of the Leagues six fields have Pepsi electronic scoreboards.
Coke was big on giving away supplies......cases of baseballs....a couple pallets of "Play Ball" (a kitty litter type product to soak up water on wet infields).
Then one year, RC became the official soda of Little League baseball, so there was a little push from Little League to switch, but the $2,000 cash RC was offering made it a easy choice. Not sure RC was a fan favorite, but Coke and Pepsi couldn't match that cash offer.
Of course, Coke is the best seller, and in recent years Dr. Pepper has pushed Pepsi to third place in sales.

 

[Skippy918]

What about Beverly from Epcot? Any fans here?

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Beverly is gross. I tried it at the Coca Cola museum in Atlanta. They have all the flavors from around the world.

I prefer Coke, specifically the Mexican Coke which I buy at Costco, followed by fountain Coke from McDonald’s.

 

[CynBeth]

No Pepsi. Will drink any type of Coke and other types of soda such as Sprite, Mountain Dew, ginger ale, or orange.

 

[Ronaldo17]

Coke Zero for me but Diet Coke at a push

 

[jimmymc]

What about Beverly from Epcot? Any fans here?

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The current version is alright. I think they toned down the bitterness over the years.

 

[disney212]

I was always Coke then diet coke when I was trying to loose weight. Gave it all up in 2012. My husband will drink anything carbonated. He doesn't care as long as it's bubbly.

 

[Kitty 34]

What about the rum?

Just a little these days on the rum part.