I come from a family of Cocaholics. I’ve been told my mom used to put a little in my bottle at times for a treat. I married my husband, because on our first date we both ordered Coke with no ice.
When I was young we weren’t allowed to go to Burger King, because they had a Pepsi contract. We always went to McDonald’s. To this day I don’t know what to order at Burger King; I need to stare at the menu the once in a blue moon I’m there to figure out what I want.
Back in the day the marketing and availability of Pepsi and Coke were more specific, more channeled to certain markets. Pepsi actively went after the African-American market, and is credited with having one of the first black sales teams. At the time they were criticized by the choice by many people, now they are heralded for it. Pepsi also seemed to target a lower socio-economic market than Coke, but I would say now that’s all gone away. They both market to everyone, but the cola you were raised on probably was affected somewhat by this marketing if you are over 40.
My husband actually worked for Pepsi for a while, I wasn’t sure if our household could handle it. Lol. He liked working for them. It was a really good company.
Oh, and remember New Coke? Really really upsetting time in my family.
My husband is Mexican, I’ll have to ask him if they had Pepsi growing up where he lived. He drank Coke and Sidral. Also, in terms of groups, I don’t think I have ever met a Jewish person who grew up drinking Pepsi. They must exist. You would think with Pepsi being in NY that Jewish people would have been drinking it.