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[–] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 21 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Not quite.

Dr Pepper is definitely wrong. Fully independent. Pepsi provides distribution in some markets, but that’s it.

Starbucks is also wrong. Pepsi distributes bottled fraps through a joint venture, but they are separate companies.

Ready to drink Lipton drinks come from Pepsi, but the brand it not owned by Pepsi (teabags and other).

Tazo was sold to Unilever in 2017 but then also sold again in 2022 to the same parent company of Lipton.

Ocean spray is a farmer coop, Pepsi just does distribution.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 8 points 4 days ago

I don’t see it on there so I will add that they own SodaStream, which also happens to be headquartered in Israel.

[–] xistera@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

After high school I got a job as a merchandiser for Pepsi Bottling Group. That's when I learned that both Pepsi and Coke distrubute Dr. Pepper in different areas.

If the 20 oz bottles in your area look like this you are in a Coke area, and if they look like this you are in a Pepsi area.

that's also why Dr Pepper can show up on fountains in both Pepsi and Coke aligned fast food places.

[–] ohshit604@lemmy.halstead.host 2 points 3 days ago

Tha Doc gets a piece of everything.

[–] vrek@programming.dev 18 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (3 children)

This may be outdated but still really scary

[–] iThinkDifferentThanU@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

But why no profits LoL

[–] vrek@programming.dev 1 points 4 days ago

Did my image show up for you? I tried to upload a bigger picture with 10 companies and every brand name they owned

[–] piningparrot@lemmy.zip 1 points 4 days ago

Unilever owns Dollar Shave Club since around 2018

[–] bobbyfiend@retrolemmy.com 10 points 4 days ago

It hasn't always been. That is what sucks about this.

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (2 children)

The Pepsi multiverse is an inevitably.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 days ago

'Breathtaking' Is One Word for Purported Arnell Pepsi Doc

"When I did the Pepsi logo, I told Pepsi that I wanted to go to Asia, to China and Japan, for a month and tuck myself away and just design it and study it and create it," [Arnell Group’s Peter] Arnell said earlier to Ad Age. "There was a lot of research, a lot of consumer data points ... and dialogue that I had with the folks at Pepsi, consumers and retailers. We knew what we were doing."

So what does such a "breathtaking" redesign cost, anyway? Ad Age earlier reported that experts estimate the cost for a top firm to work five months at north of $1 million.

[–] onlooker@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago

"Always has been", my ass. These companies were acquired over time, PepsiCo didn't just own them from the start.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PepsiCo#Acquisitions_and_divestments

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Don't forget the Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell. (and KFC).

[–] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Somewhere there has to be a store where those 3 are crammed together into one monstrosity.

I now have a purpose in life.

[–] atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Your best bet is truckstops probably.

[–] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Cool. KFC chicken stuffed crust nacho chalupa with a side of trucker pills, please.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

you want the ones to make your boner bigger, the ones to make your boner smaller, or the ones to make your boner fall off? you know what aisle 2 next to the gummi worms

[–] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Good idea. Test them on some gummy worms.

Also, who has shrooms?

[–] rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Dr Pepper

I will not stand for this slander, they are independent from Pepsi

[–] ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zip 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

But partially owned by Cadbury. The creme egg company.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 1 points 4 days ago

Only when it isn't Coke.