Dr Pepper pissed me off.

madstork91 · 01-12-2012, 12:33 PM

http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcd...ezd=1D&index=0

has been dropping slightly since

http://www.wfaa.com/news/business/Du...137154398.html

and is considerably down since

http://www.reporternews.com/news/201...per-for-label/

I am a 3rd-4th generation drinker and have been drinking it since I can remember. Today I give it up.

Rob Williams · 01-12-2012, 02:48 PM

So what I am gathering is that this affects only those who live in Texas? It's still going to be made the same way. I am not familiar enough with the soda business to understand what this truly means.

OriginalJoeCool · 01-12-2012, 03:35 PM

Dr. Pepper always reminded me of cough syrup, cause of the cherry flavour.

Rob Williams · 01-12-2012, 04:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OriginalJoeCool

Dr. Pepper always reminded me of cough syrup, cause of the cherry flavour.

I guess I can understand that. Dr Pepper is awesome though. Usually have a bottle of it here.

OriginalJoeCool · 01-12-2012, 11:07 PM

It's pretty good. Coke is still my favorite, though. Did you see they brought back the glass bottles?

Rob Williams · 01-13-2012, 12:05 AM

Yes I did. I am a big Coke Zero drinker (to mix, I never drink soda by itself), so I can't take advantage of it, haha. I don't like regular Coke, but diet is good.

TheCrimsonStar · 01-13-2012, 12:30 PM

I've never had the cane sugar Dr Pepper but would really like to try it. They only sell the corn syrup variation where I live. The cane sugar Coke is awesome.

Rob Williams · 01-13-2012, 01:27 PM

I believe we get the cane sugar variant up here, but am not positive. Haven't had Dr Pepper anywhere else to know the difference.

It seems that this is raising a big stink in Texas though, even among notable people.

Kougar · 01-20-2012, 09:06 AM

Was surprised when Rob linked me to this thread!

This is just horrible. It goes beyond buying out the little guy... all marketing, signs, advertising, etc, is no longer allowed to say "Dublin Dr. Pepper", so people are having to cover up or paint over the Dublin in their advertising. This pretty much affects the entire town.

What makes this even worse, is that Dublin relied heavily on the tourism from people coming in to tour the museum. I don't remember the number given in the local paper, but it was a heft amount. They're now worried about the town's future this year, especially as they will be losing the jobs from the bottling and manufacture of Dublin DP.

I've toured the Waco DP building and museum, and it was really cool. The original formula for Dr. Pepper gave new meaning to their marketing slogan, "Have a bite to eat"... so I'm pretty disappointed DP decided to knock off a non-related sugar-version producer. I've had the sugar-based DP from Dublin and it was pretty decent stuff, but it was extremely rare, and pricey at that... so it never really directly competed against the original brand.

sCherry · 01-27-2012, 05:00 AM

To me Dr. Pepper is still damn good! I'm not ever going to quit drinking it.

01-12-2012, 12:33 PM	#1
madstork91 The One, The Only... Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: TEXAS! Posts: 1,434	Dr Pepper pissed me off. http://www.nyse.com/about/listed/lcd...ezd=1D&index=0 has been dropping slightly since http://www.wfaa.com/news/business/Du...137154398.html and is considerably down since http://www.reporternews.com/news/201...per-for-label/ I am a 3rd-4th generation drinker and have been drinking it since I can remember. Today I give it up. __________________ ..

01-12-2012, 02:48 PM	#2
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,246	So what I am gathering is that this affects only those who live in Texas? It's still going to be made the same way. I am not familiar enough with the soda business to understand what this truly means. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

01-12-2012, 03:35 PM	#3
OriginalJoeCool Tech Monkey Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 617	Dr. Pepper always reminded me of cough syrup, cause of the cherry flavour. __________________ Last.fm Raptr "Man could hold the universe in his palm, if only he could learn to unclench his fist."

01-12-2012, 11:07 PM	#5
OriginalJoeCool Tech Monkey Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada Posts: 617	It's pretty good. Coke is still my favorite, though. Did you see they brought back the glass bottles? __________________ Last.fm Raptr "Man could hold the universe in his palm, if only he could learn to unclench his fist."

01-13-2012, 12:05 AM	#6
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,246	Yes I did. I am a big Coke Zero drinker (to mix, I never drink soda by itself), so I can't take advantage of it, haha. I don't like regular Coke, but diet is good. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

01-13-2012, 12:30 PM	#7
TheCrimsonStar Tech Monkey Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Strawberry Plains, TN Posts: 816	I've never had the cane sugar Dr Pepper but would really like to try it. They only sell the corn syrup variation where I live. The cane sugar Coke is awesome. __________________ Intel Core i5-2500k @ 3.3GHz ASUS Sabertooth P67 Corsair XMS 1600 8GB (2 x 4GB) XFX Radeon HD 6970 Corsair CMPSU-850TX 850W Corsair H80 High Performance Liquid CPU Cooler Windows 7 Professional (x64)

01-13-2012, 01:27 PM	#8
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,246	I believe we get the cane sugar variant up here, but am not positive. Haven't had Dr Pepper anywhere else to know the difference. It seems that this is raising a big stink in Texas though, even among notable people. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

01-20-2012, 09:06 AM	#9
Kougar Techgage Staff Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Texas Posts: 2,643	Was surprised when Rob linked me to this thread! This is just horrible. It goes beyond buying out the little guy... all marketing, signs, advertising, etc, is no longer allowed to say "Dublin Dr. Pepper", so people are having to cover up or paint over the Dublin in their advertising. This pretty much affects the entire town. What makes this even worse, is that Dublin relied heavily on the tourism from people coming in to tour the museum. I don't remember the number given in the local paper, but it was a heft amount. They're now worried about the town's future this year, especially as they will be losing the jobs from the bottling and manufacture of Dublin DP. I've toured the Waco DP building and museum, and it was really cool. The original formula for Dr. Pepper gave new meaning to their marketing slogan, "Have a bite to eat"... so I'm pretty disappointed DP decided to knock off a non-related sugar-version producer. I've had the sugar-based DP from Dublin and it was pretty decent stuff, but it was extremely rare, and pricey at that... so it never really directly competed against the original brand. __________________ Core i7 4770k Gigabyte Z87X-UD5H Crucial Ballistix Sport LP 1600MHz 32GB EVGA GTX 480 HydroCopper FTW ASUS Xonar DX Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB \| Windows 7 64-bit Apogee XT + MCP655 & Thermochill Triple 140mm Radiator Corsair AX1200 PSU \| Cooler Master HAF-X

01-27-2012, 05:00 AM	#10
sCherry Obliviot Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 1	To me Dr. Pepper is still damn good! I'm not ever going to quit drinking it.

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