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Pepsi has edged retired Coca-Cola successful nan Subway soda wars. The sandwich concatenation will nary longer serve Coca-Cola products, but instead, Pepsi, nan institution announced. It's a reversal from their erstwhile commitment to Coke.
Subway has signed a 10-year woody pinch PepsiCo that originates successful 2025 and will service that brand's beverages for illustration Mountain Dew, Gatorade and Aquafina, said nan company.
"The business pinch PepsiCo is an breathtaking milestone successful our travel to go America's favourite spot to eat, portion and work," Doug Fry, president of Subway, North America, said successful a property release. "It is simply a win-win for everyone, arsenic it brings a delicious suite of beverage and snack choices to our guests, driving further information of these paper items, while besides providing cost-effective, streamlined solutions to our franchisees."
The preamble of Pepsi products will statesman connected Jan. 1, 2025, and rotation retired successful each U.S. locations complete respective months.
In 2003 Subway signed a 15-year woody pinch Coca-Cola to service its beverages astatine stores worldwide. As nan woody ended, nan concatenation began to banal Pepsi products again — particularly astatine Subways successful world markets for illustration Canada, Germany and nan Netherlands. Its U.S. menus characteristic Coca-Cola products for illustration Diet Coke, Sprite, Vitamin Water and Dasani. There are astir 37,000 Subway locations successful much than 100 countries.
The determination to move brands is based connected "guest preferences crossed demographics," nan property merchandise reads. The alteration is expected to "provide further worth to franchisees, including each caller beverage instrumentality provided to restaurants."
In a connection to CBS News, a typical for Coca-Cola said: "For astir 20 years, nan Coca-Cola Company has proudly served Subway restaurants successful nan U.S. We are committed to serving Subway done nan extremity of this twelvemonth and will stay focused connected delivering worth for Subway, their franchisee partners, and consumers."
CBS News has reached retired to Pepsi for comment.
Subway besides extended its business pinch Frito-Lay through 2030. The snack brand's chips, for illustration Ruffles and Baked Lays, are sold astatine nan chain.
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Caitlin O'Kane
Caitlin O'Kane is simply a New York City journalist who useful connected nan CBS News societal media squad arsenic a elder head of contented and production. She writes astir a assortment of topics and produces "The Uplift," CBS News' streaming show that focuses connected bully news.
