Well, doesn’t Amtrak have an exclusive contract with Pepsi.
Ah, you haven't gotten the memo yet, either. About a month or two ago, Amtrak switched fizzy sugar water suppliers. Now they serve Coke products. Except, apparently, at the Club Acela in Washington.Well, doesn’t Amtrak have an exclusive contract with Pepsi. It’s VIA Rail that has an exclusive contract with Coke. That is why on the Maple Leaf until Niagara Falls, NY (while in the US and it’s an Amtrak train) you can buy Pepsi but not Coke. Between Niagara Falls, ON and Toronto (when it’s officially a VIA train), you can buy a Coke but not Pepsi.
The Downeaster has a different contractor and only sells Coke.
State supported train service. State probably has their own contract for the vending machines.Interesting. They sell both in the Piedmont vending lounges.
But since the Maple Leaf turns into a VIA Train ( Amtrak equipment) after crossing into Ontario, they still replace the Cafe fare with Canadian stuff so Canadian Coke will replace US Coke!Ah, you haven't gotten the memo yet, either. About a month or two ago, Amtrak switched fizzy sugar water suppliers. Now they serve Coke products. Except, apparently, at the Club Acela in Washington.
Good heavens! Not another thread about soda pop!! I hope nobody finds a dispenser for Faygo or Sam's Cola someplace. Sheeesh!!!
I wonder how much uproar there'll be if Amtrak changes toilet paper supplier.
Good heavens! Not another thread about soda pop!! I hope nobody finds a dispenser for Faygo or Sam's Cola someplace. Sheeesh!!!
I wonder how much uproar there'll be if Amtrak changes toilet paper supplier.
The lounges are run by independent contractors and contract separately for soft drinks. That’s why you see Pepsi in the DC Acela lounge. The Metropolitan Lounge in Chicago also still has Pepsi.
Now if they'd just load Mexican Coke (the beverage) in either direction for those of us tired of corn syrup.But since the Maple Leaf turns into a VIA Train ( Amtrak equipment) after crossing into Ontario, they still replace the Cafe fare with Canadian stuff so Canadian Coke will replace US Coke!
Now if they'd just load Mexican Coke (the beverage) in either direction for those of us tired of corn syrup.
The source for we Canadians used to be Costco in northern NYS, but Costco here has it occasionally now and it's started showing up in small packs in the imported foods sections of higher-end grocery stores. For those of us old enough to remember when all Coke was made that way it's a special treat.We have a restaurant in Simpsonville SC that carries Mexican coke. (Pandaria Las Estrellas). There really is a big difference !
It might be that Amtrak does not care about it enough to specify that
real sugar instead of high fructose corn syrupWait, you've got an old man here & knows nothing about Mexican Coke (beverage), what's the difference?
Wait, you've got an old man here & knows nothing about Mexican Coke (beverage), what's the difference?
That just means sourcing it from Quebec (which makes it in a very similar way). A few years ago, I actually pondered the feasibility of taking the train up to Montreal to buy a few cases versus buying it at home (at then-substantially-higher prices). The numbers didn't quite work out, but they were actually respectably close.Now if they'd just load Mexican Coke (the beverage) in either direction for those of us tired of corn syrup.
Being that Amtrak doesn't have control over the outside entities that run the lounges, this is likely the case.
In the US most non-diet sodas are sweetened with high fructose corn syrup, but in other countries soda is still made with sugar because the government doesn't subsidize corn production or promote the use of corn derived ingredients. These days nearly everyone thinks of 1985's "New Coke" as a colossal marketing flop, but the real genius was how the uproar over the change gave cover to an ingredient switch that was overlooked by the majority of American consumers.Wait, you've got an old man here & knows nothing about Mexican Coke (beverage), what's the difference?
I'm guessing it's just not important enough to Amtrak to make it a point of negotiation.
This Michigander wishes a Faygo dispenser could be found on Amtrak property. Rock & Rye on the rails—yes, please! [emoji39]I hope nobody finds a dispenser for Faygo or Sam's Cola someplace.
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