Competition
Many of the brands available from the three largest soda producers, The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and the Dr Pepper Snapple Group, are intended as direct, equivalent competitors. The following chart lists these competitors by type or flavor of drink.
| Flavor/type | PepsiCo | The Coca-Cola Company | Dr Pepper Snapple Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cola | Pepsi | Coca-Cola | RC Cola |
| Diet Cola | Diet Pepsi / Pepsi Light Pepsi ONE Pepsi Max Pepsi Next |
Diet Coke / Coca-Cola Light Tab Coca-Cola Zero |
Diet Rite Diet RC |
| Cherry-flavored cola | Pepsi Wild Cherry | Coca-Cola Cherry | Cherry RC |
| "Pepper"-style | Dr Slice | Mr. Pibb / Pibb Xtra | Dr Pepper |
| Orange | Mirinda Tropicana Twister Tango Slice |
Fanta Minute Maid |
Crush Sunkist |
| Lemon-lime | Teem Sierra Mist 7 Up (in countries other than US) |
Sprite Lemon & Paeroa |
7 Up |
| Other citrus flavors | Mountain Dew Kas Izze |
Mello Yello Vault Fresca Lift Lilt |
Sun Drop Squirt |
| Ginger ale | Patio | Seagram's Ginger Ale | Canada Dry Schweppes Vernors |
| Root beer | Mug Root Beer | Barq's Ramblin' Root Beer (until 1995) |
A&W Root Beer Stewart's Rootbeer Hires Root Beer |
| Cream soda | Mug Cream Soda | Barq's Red Creme Soda | A&W Cream Soda |
| Juices | Tropicana Dole |
Minute Maid Fruitopia Simply Orange |
Mott's Nantucket Nectars Snapple |
| Iced tea | Lipton Brisk |
Nestea Gold Peak Tea |
Snapple |
| Sports drinks | Gatorade Propel |
Powerade Aquarius Vitamin Water |
All Sport |
| Energy drinks | AMP | Full Throttle NOS Relentless Monster |
Venom |
Read more about this topic: Cola Wars
Famous quotes containing the word competition:
“Every sect is a moral check on its neighbour. Competition is as wholesome in religion as in commerce.”
—Walter Savage Landor (1775–1864)
“Like many businessmen of genius he learned that free competition was wasteful, monopoly efficient. And so he simply set about achieving that efficient monopoly.”
—Mario Puzo (b. 1920)
“Such joint ownership creates a place where mothers can “father” and fathers can “mother.” It does not encourage mothers and fathers to compete with one another for “first- place parent.” Such competition is not especially good for marriage and furthermore drives kids nuts.”
—Kyle D. Pruett (20th century)