Pepsi the drink is such a small part of PepsiCo's sales. Last time I heard their chip sales far exceed that of the actual Pepsi drink. The primary brands sold by PepsiCo in Europe include Pepsi-Cola beverages, Frito-Lay snacks, Tropicana juices and Quaker food products, as well as regional brands unique to Europe such as Walkers crisps, Copella, Paw Ridge, Snack-a-Jack, Duyvis and others. According to most surveys (ie taste tests, consumer reports etc) Pepsi is better to have by itself. While Coca Cola taste better with a meal. So it depends. I’ve seen it as Pepsi wins the taste test because it’s sweeter, and sweeter tends to win taste tests (to a point). Coca-Cola continues to reward its shareholders with a healthy dividend yield of 3.48% and has a payout ratio of 0.75. Coca-Cola vs. PepsiCo: A Financial Showdown Reveals the King of Carbonated Most made the switch pretty quickly because of the drastic cost savings. Initially Coca-Cola allowed a 50% corn syrup substitution and by about 6 months before the introduction of New Coke, nearly every major bottler of Coca-Cola was using 100% high fructose corn syrup, rather than sugar or a mixture of the two. Growing up, RC and Double Cola were favorites. I love Cherry RC as well! Today's RC has nowhere near the flavor palette of RC in the 80s. Today, it tastes bland and somewhat flat compared to the smoother than Coke yet less sweet than Pepsi flavor it once had. RC Cola gradually reached all corners of the U.S. and went beyond America’s borders in the 1970s. Today, it is sold in more than 70 countries worldwide. A lot has changed since 1905, but in the South the heat is still the same, the stories are even longer and Royal Crown Cola has remained the same as many Southerners remember it – full of I used to buy RC in 1 liter bottles years because the original price was about 20 cents less than Pepsi & Coke. Some supermarkets used to discount RC 1 Liters as little as 75 cents. Now it costs about the same as the big two. Still it's a good alternative and worth a try. Cherry RC is also really good, if you can find it. Cheerwine Known as the “ nectar of North Carolina ,” locals can’t get enough of this super carbonated, cherry flavored soda. Photo Credit: Shutterstock 365 Everyday Value Cola Participants in The Huffington Post’s blind taste test loved the sugary taste of Whole Foods brand soda even more than Coca-Cola classic. Photo Credit: Shutterstock. 775vb.