"Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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> On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 20:17:17 -0500, Garry Owen wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:58:17 GMT, Sqwertz >
>> wrote:
>>
>>>On Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:03:54 -0000, AZ Nomad wrote:
>>>
>>>> If CF server Dr. Pepper, then we've have even more whining crybabies
>>>> wanting
>>>> a Coke.
>>>
>>>Which would make sense if it weren't for the fact that Dr. Pepper
>>>is a Coca-Cola product.
>>>
>>>Duh.
>>
>> Best watch the Duh. Mr. Pibb is a Coca-Cola brand not Dr. Pepper See
>> http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/b...brandlist.html
>
> And did you look on that same list for the three versions of Dr.
> Pepper?
>
> Duh.
>
> -sw
Uhm, no Dr. Pepper is not a Coke Brand but they are licensed to bottle and
sell Dr. Pepper in some parts of the world. From
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Pepper

[edit] Distribution
In the United States, Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages (CSAB) does not
have a complete network of bottlers and distributors, so the drink is
sometimes bottled under contract by Coca-Cola or Pepsi bottlers. Prior to
the initial Cadbury Schweppes investment-turned-buyout, 30% of Dr
Pepper/Seven Up products were produced and distributed by Pepsi bottlers,
and another 30% by Coca-Cola bottlers. The remaining 40% was produced and
distributed by independent bottlers (mainly consisting of pre-Dr
Pepper/Seven Up-merger regional bottlers) and the Dr Pepper/Seven Up
Bottling Group.

Presently, Dr Pepper is mostly reliant on the Cadbury Schweppes Bottling
Group (known as Dr Pepper/Seven Up Bottling Group until June, 2006) to
bottle and distribute its products in 30+ states. Coca-Cola and Pepsi have
essentially stopped bottling and distributing CSAB products in favor of
in-house alternatives, although regional exceptions can be found. It is
notable that Pepsi bottlers have been dropping Dr Pepper without an
equivalent replacement. Previously a Pepsi bottler without a Dr Pepper
franchise would typically bottle Dr. Wells, and Coke bottlers would make Mr.
Pibb.

In Canada and Poland, Cadbury-Schweppes has licensed distribution rights to
PepsiCo. In Mexico, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden, The Netherlands,
Slovakia, Finland, Austria, Czech Republic, Belgium, and Norway,
Cadbury-Schweppes owns the trademark and distributes the product. In Spain,
Turkey, and Greece it is almost impossible to find as it is usually imported
from the United Kingdom in particular supermarkets. In almost all of the
other countries of the world, The Coca-Cola Company purchased the trademark
from Cadbury-Schweppes and distributes the product. This mixed worldwide
ownership of the trademark is due to antitrust regulations which prevented
Coca-Cola from purchasing the rights everywhere. Dr Pepper is also available
in Japan and South Korea. Although not locally bottled in New Zealand any
more, imported cans of Dr Pepper are often found in independent convenience
stores (dairies).