Maybe I should amend my 13 2012 resolutions to just drop drinking soda/pop/coke altogether now that the parent corporation behind Dr. Pepper (a personal fave) decided to kill a gold-laying goose. Forget using the alleged free market, just litigate your competition to death. Sure there’s all this jazz about licensing, distribution, territory, etc. However, the Dublin bottler wasn’t significant enough to matter and had been a regional favorite.
Should the parent corporation get on the bandwagon of the throwback line as done by Pepsico with Mountain Dew (even grosser in its original form if you read the ingredient list, seriously, vegetable oil!), maybe I could endure it. Probably not though. I’m trying to find another source for Jones because the SuperTarget near our house ditched the brand. We stumbled across some stashes at a couple Big Lots! yet we prefer a more consistent retailer. Jones is too expensive to buy directly. See their Web site.
Meanwhile, enjoy the last Dublin Dr. Pepper while you can.