Is Dr.Pepper a coke and pepsi product? FIRST ANSWER GETS 10 POINTS!?!
When I go to a coke or pepsi machine it is available on both!. Click the interesting buttonWww@FoodAQ@Com
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Neither, it is it's own company!. The Dr Pepper/7-Up Company merged later!.
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Dr Pepper almost became a Coca-Cola brand in the mid-to-late 1980s!. Dr Pepper became insolvent in the early 1980s, prompting an investment group to take the company private!. Several years later, Coca-Cola attempted to acquire Dr Pepper, but was blocked from doing so by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC)!. Around the same time, Seven Up was acquired from Phillip Morris by the same investment company that bailed out Dr Pepper!. Upon the failure of the Coca-Cola merger, Dr Pepper and Seven Up merged (creating Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc!., or DPSU), giving up international branding rights in the process!. After the DPSU merger, Coca-Cola obtained most non-U!.S!. rights to the Dr Pepper name (with PepsiCo taking the Seven Up rights)!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
http://inventors!.about!.com/library/inven!.!.!.
http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Dr_Pepper
http://www!.answers!.com/topic/dr-pepper
Dr Pepper almost became a Coca-Cola brand in the mid-to-late 1980s!. Dr Pepper became insolvent in the early 1980s, prompting an investment group to take the company private!. Several years later, Coca-Cola attempted to acquire Dr Pepper, but was blocked from doing so by the United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC)!. Around the same time, Seven Up was acquired from Phillip Morris by the same investment company that bailed out Dr Pepper!. Upon the failure of the Coca-Cola merger, Dr Pepper and Seven Up merged (creating Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc!., or DPSU), giving up international branding rights in the process!. After the DPSU merger, Coca-Cola obtained most non-U!.S!. rights to the Dr Pepper name (with PepsiCo taking the Seven Up rights)!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
dr pepper is actually it's own but sometimes listed under 7-up!. here where i live though, dr pepper is actually distributed by pepsi if that helps!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
Actually Dr!. Pepper is a 7-Up product!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
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i agree with the first answer, it is its own companyWww@FoodAQ@Com
