Do you prefer Pepsi or Coca Cola? Well, you’d be in luck if you like Pepsi, because Coke products won’t be in stock for another 15 years.
For the past couple of months, CMR students have had to adjust to the new change of carbonated drinks. But sophomore students like Anya Rockwell, Kenzie Morgan, and Emery Eubanks spoke up first to this drastic change. Rockwell, an avid Monster consumer, made sure she had a plan to quench her thirst for coke drinks.
“I’m not even going to lie, I’m pretty sad about it, because I love monsters so much, but now I have to get a ride from someone to get a drink at Albertsons during lunch,” she said.
Rockwell explains that she has to plan accordingly to continue her need for her Monsters, but also has to spend time during lunch to get her daily dose of Monsters.
“Honestly, I don’t really know what happened with the coke products, but I’ve learned to love Silver Ice Rockstars from the DECA store,” Rockwell said.
However, sophomore Kenzie Morgan says that this is a mild inconvenience to her, but is quite curious about what happened to the Coke products.
“I miss having monsters and energy drinks, like, what am I going to drink when I have a big test in 2 hours? Sometimes I need a good monster to start the day,” Morgan said.
She said that they would like it if they brought back Monsters, and helps them focus a lot more when they have something important to do.
“I like some good Pepsi, but I prefer Dr. Pepper. Normal Coke is way too cinnamony, so I think Pepsi is a good middle ground.” Morgan said.
Morgan claims that they don’t like Coke, but believes that Pepsi is a good alternative to the change.
“I believe that some mysterious creature ate all of the Coca Cola drinks,” she said.
Morgan believes that some mythological thing came from the shadows and drank all of the Coke drinks.
Another sophomore, Emery Eubanks spoke up about this sudden change to only Pepsi.
“I use Monsters as my main energy source, and since they changed it, I no longer have the ability to get Monsters because I can’t leave school grounds to go buy one,” Eubanks said.
Eubanks is quite frustrated at the change, because they can’t get off of school grounds to get one, but also that they can’t get much energy throughout the day.
“I like Coke better than Pepsi, but it’s kind of a mixed feeling about them both,” she said.
Eubanks explained that they didn’t really like either, but since they figured out that Monster is part of Pepsi, they’ve changed sides.
“I had no idea what happened with the coke products. It’s not something that I’ve really put much thought into,” Eubanks said.
She said that they really haven’t put much thought into it, but says that she does wonder what happened to the Monsters.
Principal Jamie McGraw, knows about the disappearance of the Coca Cola products, and has given us insight about what happened to them.
“For the last 10 or 15 years, Coke and Pepsi had 50/50 district level contracts for their products. For example, if we had 5 vending machines for Pepsi, we needed to have 5 vending machines for Coke,” McGraw said.
She explained that if they had some Pepsi vending machines, then they would have to have the same amount of Coke vending machines in CMR.
“For this year’s contract negotiations, both companies requested an exclusive contract. Both companies presented proposals to the district listing their products, levels of financial return, their financial up front, service offerings, and support. Pepsi’s exclusive proposal was better than Coke’s so we signed with them,” McGraw said.
McGraw says that the Coca Cola and Pepsi company wanted to be exclusive at CMR, so they made proposals for their products, some financial situations, and services. Pepsi was more catching, so CMR signed with them.
“We are committed to Pepsi for the next 15 years in our contract,” said McGraw.
McGraw says that for the next 15 years, coke will never be found in vending machines, but instead Pepsi.
