Ode to Dr Pepper
Sara said I need to update more even with random topics so she has something to read while she's hanging out down in FL! 
So here we go, who wants to be a Pepper? I do I do!
One of the most common misconceptions about Dr Pepper (the period after Dr was removed) is that it's a Pepsi product since it is most often on soda fountains with Pepsi. But this is not true! Dr. Pepper is actually an individual company which is what gives it the ability to be traded out for Mr. Pibb on some Coke fountains as well. Coke tried to buy out Dr Pepper in the 80s and was denied by the FTC. Dr Pepper merged with 7up and is now part of the Snapple group. 30% of Dr Pepper is bottled by Coke bottlers, 30% by Pepsi bottlers and the remaining 40% by remaining individually owned Dr Pepper bottling plants.
Did you know that Dr. Pepper was actually patented and released BEFORE Coke? The patent for Dr. Pepper was granted in 1885! While researching this information I learned something new and exciting about Dr Pepper:
"The company sells more Dr Pepper in the Roanoke Valley area of Virginia than any other metropolitan area east of the Mississippi River. Roanoke is approximately 90 miles east of the hometown of Dr Charles T. Pepper, which is Rural Retreat, Virginia. In the past, the city has been named the "Dr Pepper Capital of the World," and broke world records for its mass consumption of Dr Pepper in the late 1950s. [3] Dr Pepper donated a portion of its sales revenue in the Roanoke area to finance restoration of a circa-1950s neon Dr Pepper sign, which has the company's "10, 2, 4" logo from the time, in downtown Roanoke. Dr Pepper eventually became known as the official soft drink of the state of Texas." - Wikipedia
WHAT?! Who knew, the Dr Pepper Capital of the World was in my back yard?!?! Guess where we're going on a weekend trip next! I really want to order glass bottles of Dr Pepper for my wedding from Dublin TX. This Dr Pepper is still sweetened by cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup.
So here we go, who wants to be a Pepper? I do I do!
One of the most common misconceptions about Dr Pepper (the period after Dr was removed) is that it's a Pepsi product since it is most often on soda fountains with Pepsi. But this is not true! Dr. Pepper is actually an individual company which is what gives it the ability to be traded out for Mr. Pibb on some Coke fountains as well. Coke tried to buy out Dr Pepper in the 80s and was denied by the FTC. Dr Pepper merged with 7up and is now part of the Snapple group. 30% of Dr Pepper is bottled by Coke bottlers, 30% by Pepsi bottlers and the remaining 40% by remaining individually owned Dr Pepper bottling plants.
Did you know that Dr. Pepper was actually patented and released BEFORE Coke? The patent for Dr. Pepper was granted in 1885! While researching this information I learned something new and exciting about Dr Pepper:
"The company sells more Dr Pepper in the Roanoke Valley area of Virginia than any other metropolitan area east of the Mississippi River. Roanoke is approximately 90 miles east of the hometown of Dr Charles T. Pepper, which is Rural Retreat, Virginia. In the past, the city has been named the "Dr Pepper Capital of the World," and broke world records for its mass consumption of Dr Pepper in the late 1950s. [3] Dr Pepper donated a portion of its sales revenue in the Roanoke area to finance restoration of a circa-1950s neon Dr Pepper sign, which has the company's "10, 2, 4" logo from the time, in downtown Roanoke. Dr Pepper eventually became known as the official soft drink of the state of Texas." - Wikipedia
WHAT?! Who knew, the Dr Pepper Capital of the World was in my back yard?!?! Guess where we're going on a weekend trip next! I really want to order glass bottles of Dr Pepper for my wedding from Dublin TX. This Dr Pepper is still sweetened by cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup.
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