McDonald's takes the Pepsi Challenge ... and Coke wins

That was a close call! If McDonalds switched to Pepsi, I'd have taken all my fast food business to the competition. Too bad the mob has such influence over which brand sodas are sold at restaurants. Unless you want your knees busted, you buy from who they tell you to!

Pepsi products suck !!!!!

Pepsi is far superior 2 coke. Of course coke won tho cause fountain drinks tase better than from the bottle so if they only offered bottled Pepsi (and they proly didn't keep it cold enough anyways) then of course people r gonna want the fountian coke. Only problem I have with Pepsi is they got rid of Tropical Chill Pepsi, Vanilla Pepsi and Crystal Pepsi. I loved those flavors.

pepsi will always suck

If they truly replaced Coke with Pepsi at those locations, I believe results would have been way better. Who wants a bottled soda when they can get a fountain one? Also, the article never stated if the customers could get the Pepsi as part of the combos, or whether they were limited to fountain (only Coke products) and McDonalds tried to upsell to the Pepsi. Not at all saying this is what they did, but they didn't say they didn't.

Pepsi blew it with the Pepsi Challenge back in the 80's - 90's...I took it half a dozen times & picked COKE everytime...Don't buy Pepsi to this day and if a place only sells Pepsi I get a water!!!!

This was not a reasonable comparison between the two. Not just my opinion...Pepsi is favored over Coke and it proves it whenever there is a straight up taste competition.

The main reason I don't got to McDonald's is b/c they sell coke products. At least most other fast food place have Dr. Pepper. If I do get stuck eating there, I always get ice tea.
All of Pepsi's products taste better then Coke's.

Pepsi is second worst only to RC products. Coke by far has been and always will remain the finest cola beverage.

B______T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Why would you want a bottled anything over any fountain drink,,,,,even coke. Bad example of coke being the bad loser.

McD's and Coke have always worked on a simple handshake deal. no contract. but as long as people favor Coke (and they always will!), McD's will always have Coke products. that's why Subway switched from Pepsi to Coke.

its all about the jones soda

Thank GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Coke... UGH
Pepsi... Good

I have a friend that owns 9 McDonald fast food places in southern Cal and I told him that I will never order any drink except for
ice tea at a McDonald's. I hate Coke and always have. See how long Coke lasts !!

I don't know if anyone else has ever noticed but a flat coke taste just like pepsi. coke is by far the better cola....and by the way, what is up with people that prefer fountain drinks over bottled. The bottle is fresher and fountain drinks are watered down...shaking my head......

One of the few things that gets me into McDonalds is the Coke. The other fast foods are moving to Pepsi. I avoid Taco Bell (and I like tacos) just due to their drinks. One thing else, looking at some of the posts...Coke drinkers seem able to spell. Something in the Pepsi I bet.

Coke is KING. Pepsi sucks. Never will be able to out come out on top. Good for McDonald's.

COKE SUCKS!!!!! Of course Obama would like coke. I don't call it choke-a-cola for nothing. Coke is far too sweet and smells awful. I don't buy food at places that sell Coke, and McDonald's sucks anyway. McDonald's is the TACKIEST establishment in the world. Over commercialized and they have the worst commercials ever. PEPSI RULES!!!!

Coke always wins in our house but in these times who ever has lowest price wins these days. And if we are eating out and coke is not a choice then fresh ice tea always.