Here is a little bit of info on the issues of distributing Pepsi/Coke. It involved an anti-trust lawsuit against Coke by Pepsi in the 90's. Essentially, Coke was forcing the fountain distributors to carry only Coke products, or else they would pull all products from the distributor.

http://www.beverage-digest.com/editorial/980508s.html

PepsiCo owns 3 major restaurant chains in America - Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza Hut.

Here is a little more info. The perks are pretty interesting with the contracts. I have a few friends that work in acquisitions and the like for a bigger-ish regional chain. They told me the costs of offering both, after all the benefits were yanked away, would be tens of thousands of dollars per restaurant.

http://xatal.com/miscellaneous/why-arent-coke-and-pepsi-sold-together-at-restaurants/

The comments are interesting about the perks. Soda pop is a massive money-maker for businesses, as a $1.99 cup of the stuff costs, at wholesale, a few cents. If one of the companies yanks away your perks (free machines, Co2 refills, increased cost for the base syrup, ect), that could explode and your biggest money maker could bankrupt the business.

Sweeeet.   I knew about the cheapness and ripoff that is soda prices, but the rest of tis information will be a good read, thanks.

I thought everyone said "soda" in the US.

Learn something new everyday. :)

Here in Western Canada we call pop , pop. When I went to California I remember asking a store if they sold pop and they had no clue what I was talking about. I had to say Coke to get the person to show me where the pop was lol. As for places calling pop "Coke" what the heck thats like all the parents who still call video games "Nintendo games" I remember when I was younger going to a friends house and his mom said they had Nintendo games, I was all excited till I saw the PlayStation. I was like "Where's the Nintendo games" and my friend was like "Right here". I was so dissapointed!

The Canada I live in, calls it soda.

I'm confused whats a Crisp? I know some countries call french fries chips too. Doritos are chips, french fries are fries. What the heck is a crisp?

I wish they did that here more often. I hate the taste of Coke and Sierra Mist. 

When I ask for a Sprite I wish to be broughten back a Sprite... or told that they serve Pepsi so I can change my order to a Pepsi >___>

crisps:

edit: and "chips" are bigger versions of fries. French fries are still fries (they're the skinny ones, chips are chunky).

Anyway.

All you UK people, I'm guessing you're actually English. North of the border (Scotland) we just call it fizzy juice. The only people who really call it "pop" are old people.

"Soda" refers to a very specific drink, usually taken with a dash of lime (or blackcurrant) cordial which is just the actual soda water without the flavoured syrup that makes it a coke/pepsi/fanta/whatever.

Fizzy juice. Or just juice. But juice is an umbrella term for all kinds of fruit/soft/diluting juices. But if I want a lemonade I'll ask for a lemonade. I know that in Ireland they call lemonade white lemonade, because they have a dark one too.

I call it "Pop" but when I ask for a specific soft drink I call say Coke, Pepsi, Mountain Dew, etc.

Huh learn something new every day. I had no idea chips were called Crisps in other countries (Regions) I thought everyone called them chips. I've heard of Crispers but that is a brand.