I know some people who insist on Pepsi instead of Coke because of the latter's involvement in Apartheid South Africa.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Coca-Cola#Investments_and_operations_in_apartheid_South_Africa

Anonymous wrote:I don't know. I live in Montreal where Pepsi is a lot more popular than Coke.

Yeah, I see a lot of Pepsi in Canada. And I see a lot of Pepsi in Dubai.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, it is.

Official Soda Class/Prestige Rankings (excluding artisinal small batch sodas and club sodas/seltzers; low class begins at 5):

1. Schweppes Ginger Ale
2. Diet Coke
3. Coke
4. Diet Dr. Pepper
5. Sprite
6. Root Beer (any)
7. Diet Pepsi
8. 7-Up
9. Pepsi

....

435. Using ranch dressing
436. Mountain Dew

Raising an objection to the ranking of 7-Up here; much classier than Sprite.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I worked my first job at age 16 at the brand new McDonald's that opened in a very white UMC suburb (I rolled in from the poorer rural area) I always though black people would drink Coke more often than white people, but I was wrong. Black people almost exclusively ordered orange drink or less often Sprite.

Isn’t there some stereotype that Black folks like Grape soda? I think at least Black-ish addresses it?

Since Atlanta is a cultural center for Black Americans and the home of Coke, wouldn’t they likely prefer Coke too?

You can more easily find Grape, Orange, and Strawberry soda in the inner cities. Same as finding pineapple, mango, guava, or Inka Kola in areas with a large Latino population.

As kids, my children loved going back to Baltimore for cookouts and other big family events because there would be a bottomless soda cooler with Strawberry Fanta. I don’t think either has ever drunk a Grape soda. I have and the first couple sips are all I can manage. Too sweet. Reminds me of Dimetap cold medicine.

Fanta is a Coca-Cola product.

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Anonymous wrote:

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I worked my first job at age 16 at the brand new McDonald's that opened in a very white UMC suburb (I rolled in from the poorer rural area) I always though black people would drink Coke more often than white people, but I was wrong. Black people almost exclusively ordered orange drink or less often Sprite.

Isn’t there some stereotype that Black folks like Grape soda? I think at least Black-ish addresses it?

Since Atlanta is a cultural center for Black Americans and the home of Coke, wouldn’t they likely prefer Coke too?

You can more easily find Grape, Orange, and Strawberry soda in the inner cities. Same as finding pineapple, mango, guava, or Inka Kola in areas with a large Latino population.

As kids, my children loved going back to Baltimore for cookouts and other big family events because there would be a bottomless soda cooler with Strawberry Fanta. I don’t think either has ever drunk a Grape soda. I have and the first couple sips are all I can manage. Too sweet. Reminds me of Dimetap cold medicine.

Fanta is a Coca-Cola product.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, it is.

Official Soda Class/Prestige Rankings (excluding artisinal small batch sodas and club sodas/seltzers; low class begins at 5):

1. Schweppes Ginger Ale
2. Diet Coke
3. Coke
4. Diet Dr. Pepper
5. Sprite
6. Root Beer (any)
7. Diet Pepsi
8. 7-Up
9. Pepsi

....

435. Using ranch dressing
436. Mountain Dew

437. Baked Ziti
438. Pasta Salad

Anonymous wrote:

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.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, it is.

Official Soda Class/Prestige Rankings (excluding artisinal small batch sodas and club sodas/seltzers; low class begins at 5):

1. Schweppes Ginger Ale
2. Diet Coke
3. Coke
4. Diet Dr. Pepper
5. Sprite
6. Root Beer (any)
7. Diet Pepsi
8. 7-Up
9. Pepsi

....

435. Using ranch dressing
436. Mountain Dew

Root Beer is a classic in New England. And there was craft root beer long before any of the other craft soda.

100% true. Remember Stewart's Root Beer stands (though that wasn't really "craft")?

When we go to Maine, I always look forward to a Captain Eli's.

OP must have stock in CocaCola. Makes we want to go buy some Pepsi.

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.

I don't know. I live in Montreal where Pepsi is a lot more popular than Coke.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I worked my first job at age 16 at the brand new McDonald's that opened in a very white UMC suburb (I rolled in from the poorer rural area) I always though black people would drink Coke more often than white people, but I was wrong. Black people almost exclusively ordered orange drink or less often Sprite.

Isn’t there some stereotype that Black folks like Grape soda? I think at least Black-ish addresses it?

Since Atlanta is a cultural center for Black Americans and the home of Coke, wouldn’t they likely prefer Coke too?

You can more easily find Grape, Orange, and Strawberry soda in the inner cities. Same as finding pineapple, mango, guava, or Inka Kola in areas with a large Latino population.

As kids, my children loved going back to Baltimore for cookouts and other big family events because there would be a bottomless soda cooler with Strawberry Fanta. I don’t think either has ever drunk a Grape soda. I have and the first couple sips are all I can manage. Too sweet. Reminds me of Dimetap cold medicine.

This is the real tragedy, strawberry fanta is amazing. I should be able to grab one when I'm filling up the range rover but alas.

All of the dcum folks who love to obsess over what things are associated with class, age and region should check out the Show of Hands app. They ask a question, people answer, and you can break down the results by state, age, gender, and income.

They have asked the Pepsi vs Coke question and the responses showed clear regional preferences over anything else. Thousands of people from all over the US respond to the questions, so the sample size is much larger than dcum, without that pesky dc bubble.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:When I worked my first job at age 16 at the brand new McDonald's that opened in a very white UMC suburb (I rolled in from the poorer rural area) I always though black people would drink Coke more often than white people, but I was wrong. Black people almost exclusively ordered orange drink or less often Sprite.

Isn’t there some stereotype that Black folks like Grape soda? I think at least Black-ish addresses it?

Since Atlanta is a cultural center for Black Americans and the home of Coke, wouldn’t they likely prefer Coke too?

You can more easily find Grape, Orange, and Strawberry soda in the inner cities. Same as finding pineapple, mango, guava, or Inka Kola in areas with a large Latino population.

As kids, my children loved going back to Baltimore for cookouts and other big family events because there would be a bottomless soda cooler with Strawberry Fanta. I don’t think either has ever drunk a Grape soda. I have and the first couple sips are all I can manage. Too sweet. Reminds me of Dimetap cold medicine.