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Health Group Mad At Michael Jordan Ad For Implying Gatorade Cured His Flu
Wait a minute — Michael Jordan can do no wrong! So why is a health group so mad at his new ad for Gatorade? Perhaps because the ad seems to maybe kind of imply that Jordan got over a flu during a basketball game in 1997 because he was swilling Gatorade. Jordan isn't at fault, however. Whew.
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Pepsi: Mountain Dew Isn't Just For Suburban Teens Playing Video Games, Really!
If Mountain Dew brings up images of your older brothers hunkered down in the basement with said soda and bags of Cool Ranch Doritos, during marathon sessions of Dungeons & Dragons or World of Warcraft, you aren't the only one. Pepsi acknowledges that their "dew message" isn't reaching big cities, and is trying to spread the bright green liquid love to "cooler" places than the suburbs.
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Dunkin' Donuts Breaks Up With Pepsi To Go Steady With Coke
If your world actually does run on Dunkin', you may notice a bit of a change at your local chain. The company announced Monday that they're switching from offering PepsiCo products to Coca-Cola in all Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin Robbins in the U.S.
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It's Time To Get Your HFCS-Free Kosher-For-Passover Coke & Pepsi!
The Jewish holiday of Passover is coming up, which means that Coca-Cola and Pepsi put out special versions of their signature beverages that contain regular old sugar and not high fructose corn syrup.
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Pepsi No Longer "Choice Of A New Generation," But Malt-O-Meal Is
For those of us who came of age glued to a TV in the '80s, we knew that Pepsi was the "choice of new generation," if only because commercial after commercial featuring superstars like Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie told us it was. But that distinction now belongs to the folks behind Malt-O-Meal, who snapped up the trademark after Pepsi let it lapse.
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Pepsi Thinks You Might Want Just A Few Calories In Your Soda
If full-calorie soda dumps too much sugar into your system and diet drinks just don't have the punch you want, Pepsi wants to woo you with its new 60 calorie-per-can offering, Pepsi Next. It's been years since they've launched a major product, so perhaps the name "Tada!" would've been a fun choice. Just sayin'.
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The United Arab Emirates Will Not Stand For The Grocery Shrink Ray
When Coke and Pepsi cans sold in the United Arab Emirates were shrink rayed from 355 milliliters (about 12 ounces) to 300 mL (about 10 ounces) while the price remained the same, it wasn't just customers who complained. The government noticed, too, and is removing the offending cans from store shelves. Those wacky foreigners!
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Pepsi: Mountain Dew Can Dissolve A Mouse
Back in 2009, a man sued PepsiCo, saying he found a dead mouse in a can of Mountain Dew. Pepsi wanted to prove its innocence by suggesting its high-caffeine drink is so extreme that it would have dissolved the mouse carcass, rendering it a "jelly-like substance."
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Mid-Calorie Pepsi Next To Launch Nationally Next Year
Cola drinkers in Wisconsin and Iowa have apparently given the thumbs up to Pepsi Next, the "mid-calorie" drink being test-marketed in the two states. PepsiCo plans to go national with the 60-calorie soft drink next spring.
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Big Soda Sues NYC Health Dept. Over Anti-Pop Agenda
While municipalities around the country continue to talk smack about sugary drinks, often while trying to slap a hefty tax on the beverages, the pop industry has been fighting back in the courtroom.
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