WOW!! In this area it is exactly opposite between Coke & Pepsi from what you guys are stating!
My area is handled by Coca-Cola Enterprises, Great Lakes region.
Coke will not deliver product unless a $600.00 minimum order is met, They do not allow customer pick-ups at their location , and the local sales department prefers to sign-off on an alternative provider agreement so they do not need to be bothered by you wanting to purchase their products
I almost wonder if they are trying to stop all coke products from being available in this area?
Coke quit doing pre-mix canisters 5 years ago in this area, and then they refused to install BIB equipment to the locations that could not meet their $600.00 minimum order requirements after the pre-mix supplies were made extinct by them.
It is an absolute nightmare to get Coca-Cola products in this area! And this location is/was a regional bottler! Not just a distribution center! They used to produce and bottle coca-cola here for this area.
About the only account that Coca-Cola seems to want around here is our single McDonald’s in town.
One of my closest friends is a service tech for coke, and has been for about 20 years now, he is concerned about having a job with them due to lack of work from the way they have been dumping accounts, and them refusing to accept new accounts. it is like they are trying to fail!
Our regional Coke sales department will tell people to go with Pepsi products if they are not doing large enough volumes. They actually refuse new customers!!
I understood the goal of coca-cola USA was to have Coca-Cola available everywhere, no matter where you are in the world.
allegedly some regions still have that goal. (Ozarks Coke comes to mind)
What region are you in where it is easier to get coke than it is to get Pepsi products? I am in Northern WI, the coke provider is known as “Coca-Cola Rhinelander”
I wish I could get coca-cola as my provider, because that is the product which I prefer to drink.