My favorite conspiracy theory is that Coca-Cola isn't nearly as popular as they pretend it is, but they spend so much on marketing that everyone just thinks it's that popular. Everyone I know prefers Dr Pepper
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Dr Pepper is made by Coca-Cola, and would be depicted as red on this map.
Dr Pepper is made by Keurig. [1]
In 2015 Coca-Cola was Keurig's biggest single shareholder, with a 17.4% stake. [2]
In 2024 Dr Pepper surpassed Pepsi to become the 2nd biggest soda by volume market share in the USA:
19.2% Coke (Coca-Cola)
8.3% Dr Pepper (Keurig)
8.3% Pepsi (PepsiCo)
8.1% Sprite (Coca-Cola)
7.8% Diet Coke (Coca-Cola)
[3]
Neat.
I assumed it was something like this, thank you for the information.
Semantically, pedantically, I am still correct.
Coca-Cola being the majority shareholder in the company that makes Dr. Pepper is not the same thing as making Dr. Pepper.
Flashbacks to working at a grocery store “it’s delivered by Pepsi in this region but it is its own company. That’s why it doesn’t apply to deal.”
“It’s comes on the Pepsi truck! The coupon says Pepsi!!!”
Literally lmfao
Dr Pepper is owned directly by Coca Cola in Europe, but Keurig in the US, which is multi-owned (used to be primarily Pepsi, now primarily Coca Cola). The US version is also far superior - same with all the brands pretty much.
Strangely though, you can buy US recipe Dr Pepper from those Coca-Cola vending machines (eg at Five Guys) that sell all the variety. Sometimes the edge of the cup gets splashed with spots of pure syrup.
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New Coke Zealand? That'll go over well.
At least we can revert to "Zealand Classic" once the shitstorm is over.
The best drink is water
Refreshing, healthy, and universally appealing. Although city tap water is nasty (where I live). It tastes like stale pool water. Well water is delicious though. Tastes fresh, clean, and a little metallic, but I dont mind. Some people dislike the metallic taste, but I think I actually like it. Its a lot better than stale nasty pool water taste.
Water is also the base for many other beverages. What else do you make your tea with? Or coffee?
Hydrohomies unite!
It's so good that it's even in Coca Cola!
And if you're going to buy bottled water, buy mineral water. Mineral water is (generally, in most places) a protected term, it has to come from a registered source and the mineral content is monitored to verify this. Everything else, "mountain water", "spring water", or whatever is just a marketing term; it's just the same tap water that everyone in the location of that factory gets it from (while also depleting that local source sometimes before the locals can get it).
Mineral water is so good they tax that shit. But your own tap water, from a clean supply, maybe with a bit of extra filtering - that's what you want to look for when settling down.
50% it's gonna be Irn Bru or Bucky
Irn Bru, when I want to drink Fanta that's been stirred by a rusty nail....
Man. I should go get a case just to try it again.
I've seen a fair few pubs offering a variant on a jaeger bomb made with bucky and bru, usually named either a haggis bomb or a fanny bomb
I know the map is a joke not based on actual data but id bet Czechia and Slovakia would have Kofola there, it's a way nicer version of coke they make and are proud of
Probably Terelj or Selenge for Mongolia as well. In Russia it's probably добрый cola which I believe is produced on the same plants from same ingredients but technically not owned by Coca-Cola anymore. Might be Natakhtari for Georgia, but this I wouldn't bet on, tho more likely than the UK being off the list. And does Coca-Cola even operate in Afghanistan, NK, and Cuba?
It would’ve been Peru too with Inca Kola but Coca Cola eventually bought it.
Inca Kola even tastes similar to Irn Bru!
Nice. Loved that movie as a kid. Danny Kaye was hilarious.
Definitely one of the funniest movies IMO. I only wish I’d seen this as a kid. Seeing it as an adult was quite a treat though and I’ve never heard my wife laugh as hard as when watching this movie: https://youtu.be/TJ9f2rnjB84
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Buckfast Tonic Wine 💪
Girders.
German and beer?
Most popular drink in Germany is sparkling mineral water, followed by coffee, then beer, then Apfelschorle, then Spezi.
So what is up with the scots?
Irn bru.
Shit is amazing btw
Whiskey
Bucky!
Those blue people suck!
I'm a bit disappointed of Ireland. It has always been huge in Palestine solidarity and Coke is quite high on the BDS list
I wouldn't take this too seriously, it's just a joke about irn bru. Like, North Korea isn't drinking a heap of coke
True, it can't be real because Greenland isn't "no data"
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