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Pepsi shortage?
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Azbubu
Honorary Master
Is that the thing people offer you when they don't have Coca-Cola?
Pitbull
Verboten
Pepsi is becoming increasingly difficult to find, at least in the PE area…
Haven't noticed anything in Pretoria.
On a side note (You may know)
When we don't have Pepsi at our local Spar they normally also don't have 7UP and Mountain Dew. They from the same supplier?
Fulcrum29
Honorary Master
Jakkels1991
Expert Member
Good question I have not seen Mountain Dew in at least a month
ISP cash cow
Executive Member
yep they all from Pepsico
lived666
Executive Member
Pepsi is becoming increasingly difficult to find, at least in the PE area…
so you that one guy that pepsi marketing are desperately looking for
From what the manager at spar told me there is a problem with the logistics.
so some area's they have pepsi products. but in the east rand I know there is none. zip. nothing. no mountain dew for me. makes me sad.
made me have burger king three times last week...
so some area's they have pepsi products. but in the east rand I know there is none. zip. nothing. no mountain dew for me. makes me sad.
made me have burger king three times last week...
HapticSimian
Honorary Master
Heard from a manager at the local SPAR that there are issues with Pepsi products; something to do with local rights and distributors and whatnot. Don't know the details.
DA-LION-619
Honorary Master
Where's that hipster Roux
TehStranger
Executive Member
I did not read the headline as "Pepsi" shortage...
RazedInBlack
RazedInBlack
Hadn't noticed the shortage tbh.
Soft drinks are stocked to cater for demand. Pepsi left during apartheid and Coke has the foothold.
This Jive concoction is cheaper and more popular.
Pitbull
Verboten
Pepsi never had any type of noticeable foot print in SA. They have been here, gone and back again. It's just not Coke
SauRoNZA
Honorary Master
So it's Apartheid's fault?
I've been buying Pepsi ever since I stopped having sugar in my coffee since Coke is just too sweet for my tastes now.
Had no issues buying Pepsi in July, just suddenly in August it's nowhere to be found.
Pepsi itself might not be huge, but Pepsico is massive and owns Simba and a number of other brands so I doubt they would go anywhere if only Pepsi isn't selling too well.
Actually come to think of it I had Pepsi at Burger King this weekend...so if those are around then the brand must be fine.
I've been buying Pepsi ever since I stopped having sugar in my coffee since Coke is just too sweet for my tastes now.
Had no issues buying Pepsi in July, just suddenly in August it's nowhere to be found.
Pepsi itself might not be huge, but Pepsico is massive and owns Simba and a number of other brands so I doubt they would go anywhere if only Pepsi isn't selling too well.
Actually come to think of it I had Pepsi at Burger King this weekend...so if those are around then the brand must be fine.
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Are you saying Coke is sweeter than Pepsi??
Fulcrum29
Honorary Master
Not yet, but close though,
The market leader in SA is Coca-Cola by ~50%, then we have Tiger Brands (Oros, Energade, etc.) at ~10%. PepsiCo is third with ~5%. 35% includes all the other smaller margins grouped together, incl. beverages owned by the larger trading entities sold under licensed agreements by other entities. I don’t know where Quality Beverages are positioned in 2015, but they made a merger deal with SoftBev which has recently taken over PepsiCo bottling in SA and I think this is where the shortages are coming in due to various reasons...
Quality Beverages with their merger may be positioned 2nd to Coca-Cola in 2016 in SA.