Pepsi Gets Back In The Game

The company is on the rebound with a new vision, and an old problem: Coke

Coca-cola officials have often been asked about their 100-year rivalry with Pepsi-Cola, and they usually respond diplomatically, claiming to benefit from having a competitor that has seemingly fought them to a standstill for every drop of business worldwide. "If Pepsi didn't exist, we'd have to invent it," is the generous reply.

And now we know why. Over the past five years the Atlanta goliath has used Pepsi as a punching bag, kicking its can from Turkestan to Tallahassee and creating vast amounts of wealth for shareholders in the process. Who wouldn't want a foe like that? By the time Roger Enrico...

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