Talk:Pepsi/Archive 1#Pepsiman running game
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Logo
I hate the new logo. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.153.69.29 (talk) 17:50, 1 January 2009 (UTC)
can we have a current logo?
:I found one at http://www.pensacolapower.org/images/Pepsi_logo.jpg Dansiman 05:19, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
:Or here's another: http://www.napervilleparks.org/genecawebsite/T/images/Pepsi%20logo.jpg Dansiman 05:21, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
Good references/links
I have been searching around the Internet and found these useful sources that can be used to add lots of missing info to this article:
- [http://www.beverage-digest.com/editorial/970207.html 1996 Top-10 U.S. CSD Numbers: Coca-Cola Co Up Sharply. Colas Sluggish.]
- [http://www.gono.com/museum2003/museum%20collect%20info/briefhistoryofpepsicola.htm A BRIEF HISTORY OF PEPSI-COLA]
- [http://www.sodamuseum.bigstep.com/generic.jhtml?pid=3 The History of Pepsi-Cola , from the soda-museum]
- [http://www.pepsico.com/PEP_Company/History/index.cfm PepsiCo History Timeline]
- [http://www.garybeene.com/pepsi/pep-hist.htm Pepsi Info Center, Pepsi History, Logo History, Pepsi Phrases]
- [http://www.rotten.com/library/culture/cola-wars/ The Cola Wars from rotten.com (with timeline)]
- [http://www1.excite.com/home/careers/company_profile/0,15623,1329,00.html PepsiCo survey, general info]
- [http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2003/oct/16pepsi.html Apple and pepsi to give away 100 million free songs]
- [http://www.answers.com/topic/pepsi-sign-language Pepsi article at answers.com]
- [http://money.cnn.com/2002/05/10/pf/investing/q_cola/ Coke vs. Pepsi: the new cola wars Forget about how Vanilla Coke and Pepsi Blue taste. Which stock is better: Coca-Cola or PepsiCo?]
— Wackymacs 21:08, 30 November 2005 (UTC)
Pepsiman
the "see also" section contains a blue link to "pepsiman" the japanese pepsi superhero, but the link redirects to this article, and the only mention of pepsiman is the link itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.149.114.109 (talk) 17:05, 5 June 2008 (UTC)
Pepsi Si
My friend from Texas asserts that he's never heard of the "Pepsi Si" promotion. I demand an explanation. Philwelch 03:20, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
:Well, it doesn't appear that this was done with any fanfare, just that the packaging simply started saying Pepsi Sí. I found a picture of a case [http://lloydskoyd.tripod.com/blog/texas/pepsi.jpg here], and a memo from Pepsi Bottling Group [http://av.rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A9ibyKh50i5B3DAB0CbzHaMX;_ylu=X3oDMTBvdmM3bGlxBHBndANhdl93ZWJfcmVzdWx0BHNlYwNzcg--/SIG=11b1dh5pe/**http%3a//www.pbg.com/pr/03_01_030710.asp here]. There doesn't seem to be much about it online, a few random blog mentions. However, it's been fairly hard to search for online. Rhymeless 06:23, 27 Aug 2004 (UTC)
Pepsi Si is not on EVERY Pepsi in Texas, as the article states. In mostly hispanic cornerstores and grocery stores, you find many 'Si' cans, but in a general sense sometimes you see them sometimes you dont. --168.56.111.51 18:58, 24 Mar 2005 (UTC)
Pepsi Capuccino
The article states: "Pepsi Cappuccino was released in Romania and Bulgaria".
I'm from Bulgaria and I have never heard of Pepsi Capuccino. And I'm a Pepsi drinker. --Babycham 03:44, 17 January 2006 (UTC)
I think that Pepsi copied Coca Cola Ashleigh101664 —Preceding undated comment was added at 22:15, 12 December 2008 (UTC).
Pepsi Products
Mountain Dew (including Diet Mountain Dew, Mountain Dew Code Red, Mountain Dew Diet Code Red; not currently offered are the Caffeine Free, Baja Blast flavors)
- Baja Blast Mountain Dew is currently available at Taco Bell
Discontinued lines
FruitWorks: Flavors were Strawberry Melon, Peach Papaya, Tangerine Citrus, Apple Raspberry, and Pink Lemonade. Two other flavours, Passion Orange and Guava Berry, were available in Hawaii only.
- FruitWorks is still available, and I purchased a bottle about a week ago.
Mountain Dew Live Wire: Offered for one summer.
Mountain Dew Pitch Black: Tagged Don't Be Frightened Of The Dark, it was "with a blast of black grape".
- Both are widely available, and are due to be part of a major Halloween promotion by Pepsi
Squirt: including Diet Squirt and Ruby Red Squirt
- Still available; However, I beleve this may be a Cadbury-Schweppes brand; I have never seen diet or Ruby Red
I decided to leave the FruitWorks where it was, until I saw more information. It's not something I see at grocery stores, now that I think of it. I changed the Mountain Dew information, and will move the Squirt info to the proper website.
User:Rhymeless | (Methyl Remiss)]] 04:22, 1 Oct 2004 (UTC)
Split
Split the company and product information, move the company info to PepsiCo, Inc. and link from there to Pepsi. - Jerryseinfeld 19:09, 26 Nov 2004 (UTC)
korean coat of arms
is there any point to this picture and mention? it sounds like putting a picture of a piece of chicken shaped like homer simpson on the homer simpson article. Lockeownzj00 19:38, 17 Apr 2005 (UTC)
:Heh, I think it's kind of noteworthy of the similarity. Cburnett 00:33, Apr 18, 2005 (UTC) (this comment of mine was in the wrong section, moved here Cburnett 01:32, Apr 24, 2005 (UTC))
I agree...I am taking it down. It doesn't make any sense. ---- anonymous (added by cburnett)
I agree with Lockeownzj00 -- doesn't seem to be relevant, nor in keeping with the tone of an encyclopedia article.
:I've put it back again. You'll have to excuse me for putting a lot of faith into users who don't even sign their posts. Additionally, I think it warrants more people's opinions. Cburnett 15:44, Apr 26, 2005 (UTC)
::While a funny bit of trivia, I agree that the image just clutters the page and is unnecessary. It'd be better to just mention the similarity in the text and make sure to cross link the article. After all, if someone really wants to see the similarity, all they have to do is go to the South Korea page an take a look. --oknazevad 00:32, 14 May 2005 (UTC)
Due to the similarity between two, there is an urban myth in South Korea that Pepsi is actually a Korean company. This myth started in late 1990s to early 2000s when South Korea had economic troubles and the government launched "buy homemade and make exportable goods" campaigns. Since the locally owned company produced Pepsi products and only paid the right to distribute and use the brand name, this is technically not false but a myth nevertheless. I believe there was an increase in Pepsi's market share during that time in South Korea possibly related to this but Samsong did launch a major endorsement campaign at the same time. So it's difficult to say whether this had any impact. -- Revth 04:31, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
Francophiles
I was a bit surprised to hear that Pepsi is so popular with Francophiles. Is there evidence that this has anything to do with the similarities between the soda's logo and the French flag (it looks more like the dutch flag, really, but it's still pretty close)? -R. fiend 7 July 2005 22:48 (UTC)
:I don't know about froncaphones around the world, but in french-speaking Quebec, historically Pespi was more popular than Coca-Cola because it was cheaper and the population was poorer (the same happened, to a smaller scale, in "poor" parts of the US). In the late 20th century Pepsi had very strong and succesfull tv-ad campaigns designed especially for quebecers, so they maintained their market share. Luc Da 14:32, 7 January 2007 (UTC)
ingredient list
Not sure it's appropriate, but a section on what's in Pepsi should be added.
From the Pepsi website (this is also confirmed on the can of Pepsi in front of me, California, USA).
(Cut and pasted from http://pepsi.com/pepsi_brands/product_info/index.php)
Pepsi (8 fl. oz)
Contains: Carbonated water, high fructose corn syrup and/or sugar, caramel color, phosphoric acid, caffeine, citric acid and natural flavors
Calories 100
Total Fat (g) 0
Sodium (mg) 25
Potassium (mg) 10
Total Carbohydrates (g) 27
Sugars (g) 27
Protein (g) 0
Caffeine (mg) 25
http://urbanstyle.org/wp/upload/pepsi1.jpg —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.182.5.225 (talk) 22:47, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
"Spokespersons"
The celebs aren't really spokespeople of the company. They are paid endorsers of the product. Is there a good word for that? encephalon 20:35, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
:How about "Major celebrities endorsing Pepsi products"? I know then some people will argue about just WHO qualifies as major but it's pretty neutral. -- Revth 04:34, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
:::I renamed to "Celebrity Endorsers"Jvandyke 15:58, 15 July 2006 (UTC)
Steven Seagal's Lightning Bolt
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:Steven Seagal's Lightning Bolt
:"Drink that is re-bottled Pepsi that has exceeded its used-by-date and can no longer be legally sold under the Pepsi label due to quality control contracts with sellers."
That looks like nonsense. But I'm putting it here. If someone else want to include this in the pepsi article, feel free. Zeimusu | Talk page 14:07, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
Pepsi Light
What happened to the Pepsi Light link? It now redirects to the main Pepsi page. There used to be a page devoted to Pepsi Light with a picture of the can. What happened?
(Pepsi light was introduced in the 70s and had a light blue can with a lemon.)
--Globe199 22:47, 15 December 2005 (UTC)
Actually, MANY of the Pepsi links contained here redirect to the main Pepsi page. These other brands (Pepsi Light, Pepsi Edge, Pepsi Vanilla, etc) should have their own pages. Anyone know what happened here?
--Globe199 15:31, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
:Why exactly should they have their own pages? -R. fiend 16:02, 16 December 2005 (UTC)
::It makes for much better articles. Look at the Coke pages. Erechtheus 03:24, 23 July 2006 (UTC)
PEPSI FREE??? (honda impossible dream style):,,, PEPSI - free - COLA - technical -OIL... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.139.48.169 (talk) 17:38, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
First made
The introoduction claims that Pepsi was first made in 1886. Other sources that I have seen claim it was first made in 1893. [http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpepsi.htm] What sources do we have for this claim? Capitalistroadster 08:34, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
:The date changes are unsourced and I am now treating them as vandalism and reverting them. Kafziel 18:18, 8 February 2006 (UTC)
::I have adjusted the "first made" date to reflect what Pepsi says on their own website. --Godfoster 08:02, 11 December 2006 (UTC)
Pepsin?
The article claims that the original Pepsi contained pepsin. [http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blpepsi.htm] agrees, [http://medialit.med.sc.edu/pepsi.htm] disagrees, and [http://www.sodamuseum.bigstep.com/generic.jhtml?pid=3] states that the question is disputed. Do we have anything more authorative? AxelBoldt 03:39, 23 February 2006 (UTC)
I cannot directly answer the above but being a youngster in the 1950's I can definitely assert that Pepsi was reformulated in the middle to late 50's. Prior to that Pepsi-Cola had a medicine like taste that my family and friends thought was horrible. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Glenngingold (talk • contribs) 04:50, 20 August 2009 (UTC)
Corn syrup discussion
User:Magnusfl added the text below to the main article. I've moved it to the talk page here, as probably more suitable to be here. Suitability for inclusion in the article needs to be reviewed, spelling/wording also needs attention. --OscarTheCattalk25px 22:40, 18 March 2006 (UTC)
"this is for the USA version other country’s use sugar instead of High fructose Corn syrup which is cheaper in the USA due to federal corn subsidies of 4,501,951,045 in 2004(
Removed this similar commentary from article. --OscarTheCattalk25px 18:38, 19 March 2006 (UTC)
:"this is for the USA version other coutrys use sugar instead of High frutose Corn syrup which is cheeper in the USA due to federal corn subsidies of :4,501,951,045 in 2004 [
Uranium?
I find the following passage questionable:
"That same year, the US federal government passed the Pure Food and Drug Act, banning substances such as arsenic, lead, barium, and uranium from food and beverages. This forced Coca-Cola to change their formula; however, Pepsi-Cola was already free of these substances, and thus claimed they already met federal requirements."
Although it doesn't explicitly say so, the implication is that Coca-Cola contained arsenic, lead, barium and uranium. If we are going to list examples of substances banned by the Pure Food and Drug Act, we should at least specify which impurities were found in Coca-Cola. I'm pretty sure uranium is not among them, and its inclusion is misleading.
Mistercow 00:35, 20 April 2006 (UTC)
: I had the same reaction. I'm going to remove the entire statement. It reads like an amateurish slander of Coke.
:The following discussion is an archived debate of the {{{type|proposal}}}. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.
{{{result|The result of the debate was}}} move. —Nightstallion (?) 07:36, 15 May 2006 (UTC)
Proposed move
This is the most common name in use. EdwinHJ | Talk 15:05, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
- Support. It is the most common name and hundreds of pages link here through the redirect at the "Pepsi" page. (The dash complicates things even more, as other pages link here through "Pepsi Cola"). Even though most pages link to "Pepsi", it will be a big job to correct all the links, but I do think it will be worth it for the future. Kafziel 15:32, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
- Comment. If concensus agrees this, then for consistency, perhaps Coca-Cola should then move to Coke ? --OscarthecatImage:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 15:39, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
- :Well, "coke" has a lot of different meanings, and since it isn't the actual name of the product, I think it should remain a disambiguation page. But Pepsi is Pepsi. Plus, the "what links here" for Coca-Cola doesn't seem to be nearly as lopsided as the Pepsi-Cola article. The "Coca Cola" redirect has a lot of hits, but not nearly as many as the "Pepsi" redirect. Kafziel 17:54, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
- Support. James F. (talk) 19:33, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
- Support It's pretty clear from various sources that Pepsi-Cola is no longer in use. Even the contemporary pictures on the WP entry show only the Pepsi logo. ~ trialsanderrors 07:40, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
- Oppose - But Pepsi is not the "actual" name of the product! — Wackymacs 19:05, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
::[http://www.pepsi.com/home.php Pepsi's website] might disagree with you, as well as every bit of advertising shown there. I can't remember the last time I heard "Pepsi-Cola" in a commercial. If nothing else, it's certainly the de facto name. And the word "pepsi" has no other meaning in any dictionary I can find, so it won't hurt anything as far as disambiguation. Surely Pepsi won't object to our moving their article, when their own website is pepsi.com? Kafziel 20:42, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
:::I just looked all over that website, and they don't even call it "Pepsi-Cola" on the product information page for it, [http://www.pepsi.com/pepsi_brands/product_info/index.php here]. Kafziel 20:45, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
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