Is Pepsi a sign of low socioeconomic status?

[Anonymous]

An article in The Atlantic actually discusses this.
"A Brief History of Racist Soft Drinks"

Lots of people know about how Coca-Cola used to contain cocaine or how Pepsi was the hip drink in the 1960s. Few realize that Coke marketed assiduously to whites, while Pepsi hired a "negro markets" department. Put more bluntly, Coke was made for white people. Pepsi was made for black people. Over the course of the decades and the seemingly limitless growth of the soft drink industry, the companies have expanded their marketing departments and launched myriad campaigns to discourage the idea that either appealed to a specific race.

More: https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/brief-history-racist-soft-drinks/318929/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The company I work for holds training classes all over the US. When we're in the South for a class, Coke is mostly Coca Cola and the word 'Coke' is used in place of 'Soda'. However, Pepsi is a Pepsi and god help us all if you run a class down south and do not provide Pepsi and Mt. Dew. They also drink coffee like it's water but hardly ever take any of the bottled water provided.

For Northern areas, Diet Coke is what is restocked the most during the classes along with water and Keurig coffee.

Very few people actually drink plain Coke at any of our training classes.

I don't consider Pepsi a 'low class' drink but more a Southern drink like sweet tea.

I'm not sure what you consider "the South," but when I lived in Atlanta back in the 1980's you would be hard pressed to find a Pepsi served or in a vending machine anywhere in the city. Maybe it's changed now.

[Anonymous]

The recipe might have changed, but I know that I read about 20 years ago that the Pepsi recipe has more sugar than Coke. So some people might just prefer the slightly sweeter flavor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The recipe might have changed, but I know that I read about 20 years ago that the Pepsi recipe has more sugar than Coke. So some people might just prefer the slightly sweeter flavor.

maybe that is another appeal. It makes me happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How is this soft drink perceived in your community?

LOL What? I don't even understand this question. People rank financial standing using soda? I don't even drink soda......

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We call it pop, not soda, and it was always Pepsi in our house. I don't drink sugar anymore, but still think it tastes better than Coke, which I never liked. But I'm a sarsaparilla/rootbeer/birch beer person anyway.

I'm not aware of anyone, anywhere associating any brand of cola with class or race. That's silly.

Are you from upstate NY?

[Anonymous]

Faygo FTW!

[Anonymous]

My mom always had a big thing about this. She was the one who “moved away” and every family gathering it was this big deal about how she liked Coke and her sister liked Pepsi. Mom definitely made it known (without saying in so many words) that Pepsi is trashy. “Too sweet” LOL

I prefer Coke over Pepsi but Diet Pepsi over Diet Coke.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t think it means much in the US. However, when I have traveled around the world, I notice that the crappier, poorer countries all have prominent signs for Pepai and the wealthier countries have signs for Coke. You actually could tell a country was rising economically when you noticed Coke signs going up. I think it had something to do with production and licensing models.

Really? That’s the best word you could think of?

If I can’t drink the water, eat the fruits and vegetables, can’t walk around the streets without an armed escort, live in a closed compound, have to get loads of shots and take medicine to avoid getting dire illnesses, and am staring at refugees, malnourished children, and widespread extreme poverty, yes it’s a crappy country. Do you feel better for virtue signalling from the comfort of the US? Romanticizing poverty and distress doesn’t actually help.

You have just described Detroit.

ROFLOLOLOL

[Anonymous]

RC Cola

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:RC Cola

And a moon pie? I'm in heaven!

[Anonymous]

I truly don’t understand why people care if they eat or drink or do “low class” things. I grew up working class. People will always be able to tell my origins because it’s kind of apparent in so many ways. If someone is going to judge me for going about my life as I try to be a good person, that’s on them.

That said, we only got pop for special occasions and I miss when it tasted strong. Even cane sugar pop just tastes sweet and I can’t seem to get a strong enough cola flavor. I wish coke would make a pop with a third less sugar but more flavor (bergamot, orange... whatever makes it taste of cola). In the meantime I will treat myself to the odd Spring Grove Rhuberry which is tart enough to curl your hair.

[Anonymous]

Regional preference. White middle class woman here from NC who prefers Pepsi, that few times a year I drink a soda. I

[Anonymous]

I think it's regional. I'm from Ohio and most people drink Coke, when they do drink soda.

Pepsi and Coke are not interchangeable. Do you ever hear people order Jack and Pepsi? Or rum and Pepsi? There's a reason for that.

[Anonymous]

Used to love Sprite Zero, caffeine free Coke Zero and diet root beer. Then I had cancer. Now I try to avoid all chemicals so only get fizz when I drink kombucha.