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At a lot of restaurants, I ask for a Coke and I'm told "Would Pepsi be OK?"

• fakedang 6y ago
  That's likely because restaurants have exclusivity deals with either supplier to get a discount - Coke gets you Coke, Sprite and Fanta, Pepsi gets you Mirinda, Pepsi and 7up. It's not the restaurant blocking you with fake advertising, but just stating that they simply don't have it. Now if they were getting supplied by both, then asking the same, that would be a better analogy.
  • pmiller2 6y ago
    If they have both, in some places, you're likely to be asked "What kind of coke?" to which "Pepsi," is an acceptable answer.
    • mc32 6y ago
      That’s only due to a regionalism where ‘coke’ means fizzy drink, soda pop, etc. not because of sales incentives.
      • pmiller2 6y ago
        Right, which makes it a genericized trademark.