Costco stops selling Coca-Cola brands

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And just as quickly as this dispute began, it's over:

http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-new ... orced=true
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OK, I have to admit that I was wrong on the soda fountains: I just saw today that the local Costco here has replaced the Coke in their food court with Pepsi products. It's kind of annoying because out of two fountains with eight heads each, somehow they've managed to offer only a total of five choices, only two of which are non caffeinated. Both fountains have Pepsi, Diet Pepsi and Mountain Dew taking up ttwo heads each, with lemonade and root beer taking the other two.
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Haven't noticed changes at Costco yet, but on a related note, have noticed many Arby's are switching to Pepsi products in my area.
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Arby's seems to be a bit of an oddity in that regard, where they seem to leave the Coke or Pepsi choice up to the individual franchisees. I'd say the vast majority of Arby's here have Pepsi (and a few others like Dr Pepper, 7up and maybe even Crush,) but there's one or two scattered around with Coke products.
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Arby's and Wendy's are now owned by the same company...Arby's serves Pepsi, while Wendy's pours Coke :?

When will one of the fast-feeders go bi-cola? The big C-store operators have both Coke and Pepsi in their fountains.
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