Wow No more Dublin DP... Sad day.. :(
01-11-2012, 10:13 PM
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Wow No more Dublin DP... Sad day.. :( DP won their case and they had to close down today. They had to close the store and cut the name "Dublin DP" out of all the signs around the town.
The old site is down already too. http://www.dublindrpepper.com/
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http://www.wfaa.com/news/business/du...137127048.html
It's the end of an era for the Dr Pepper that so many of us love — the soft drink that's sweetened with real cane sugar and manufactured in a small-town Texas bottling plant.
Soft drinks are a cutthroat business. Coke and Pepsi have been fighting for years. Now comes Dr Pepper.
The story line: If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em. And one-third of the workers in a small business will lose their jobs as a result.
Dublin's Dr Pepper was made with pure cane sugar (instead of beet sugar or corn syrup) in the world's oldest Dr Pepper bottling plant located 75 miles southwest of Fort Worth. It has a devoted following.
Fans have been ordering cane sugar Dr Pepper over the Internet from a family-owned Dr Pepper bottler in Dublin.
But Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS), which owns the brand for most of the country, took legal action because the plant was only authorized to distribute its product in a six-county territory.
Dublin switched to taking orders exclusively over the phone; it was enough to provide jobs for 40 people.
But that did not satisfy DPS.
So on Wednesday, Dr Pepper Snapple Group bought out the Dublin bottler, which is owned by the Kloster family.
DPS says it will continue to make the high-octane version of the drink itself at other plants across the country; it will no longer be bottled in Dublin.
That's fine for soda fans, but what about the bottling plant, which is Dublin's major employer?
The newly-dubbed Dublin Bottling Works will still make cane sugar soft drinks — just not Dr Pepper. The plant laid off 14 workers on Wednesday.
"We want to thank our many customers for their support of our family-owned business during the past 120 years, and we want them to know that Dr Pepper is still a big part of Dublin," said Jeff Kloster, vice president of Dublin Bottling Works, in a statement released by DPS late Wednesday afternoon. "We hope customers will continue to visit our town, the W.P. Kloster Museum and Old Doc’s Soda Shop, where they can still enjoy Dr Pepper sweetened with cane sugar."
A spokesman for Dr Pepper Snapple Group emphasized that the cane sugar version of Dr Pepper will continue to be available "in distinct, nostalgic packaging" with no reference to the Dublin plant.
But already, there is recognition of the unique place that Dublin Dr Pepper has for its legions of consumers. On Wednesday evening, an eBay seller offered a 24-bottle case of the product for $9,999 (plus $22.58 shipping).
The old site is down already too. http://www.dublindrpepper.com/
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http://www.wfaa.com/news/business/du...137127048.html
It's the end of an era for the Dr Pepper that so many of us love — the soft drink that's sweetened with real cane sugar and manufactured in a small-town Texas bottling plant.
Soft drinks are a cutthroat business. Coke and Pepsi have been fighting for years. Now comes Dr Pepper.
The story line: If you can't beat 'em, buy 'em. And one-third of the workers in a small business will lose their jobs as a result.
Dublin's Dr Pepper was made with pure cane sugar (instead of beet sugar or corn syrup) in the world's oldest Dr Pepper bottling plant located 75 miles southwest of Fort Worth. It has a devoted following.
Fans have been ordering cane sugar Dr Pepper over the Internet from a family-owned Dr Pepper bottler in Dublin.
But Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS), which owns the brand for most of the country, took legal action because the plant was only authorized to distribute its product in a six-county territory.
Dublin switched to taking orders exclusively over the phone; it was enough to provide jobs for 40 people.
But that did not satisfy DPS.
So on Wednesday, Dr Pepper Snapple Group bought out the Dublin bottler, which is owned by the Kloster family.
DPS says it will continue to make the high-octane version of the drink itself at other plants across the country; it will no longer be bottled in Dublin.
That's fine for soda fans, but what about the bottling plant, which is Dublin's major employer?
The newly-dubbed Dublin Bottling Works will still make cane sugar soft drinks — just not Dr Pepper. The plant laid off 14 workers on Wednesday.
"We want to thank our many customers for their support of our family-owned business during the past 120 years, and we want them to know that Dr Pepper is still a big part of Dublin," said Jeff Kloster, vice president of Dublin Bottling Works, in a statement released by DPS late Wednesday afternoon. "We hope customers will continue to visit our town, the W.P. Kloster Museum and Old Doc’s Soda Shop, where they can still enjoy Dr Pepper sweetened with cane sugar."
A spokesman for Dr Pepper Snapple Group emphasized that the cane sugar version of Dr Pepper will continue to be available "in distinct, nostalgic packaging" with no reference to the Dublin plant.
But already, there is recognition of the unique place that Dublin Dr Pepper has for its legions of consumers. On Wednesday evening, an eBay seller offered a 24-bottle case of the product for $9,999 (plus $22.58 shipping).
01-12-2012, 08:41 AM
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So I've never heard of Dublin Dr. Pepper. How does it taste compared to regular DP? This is my favorite soda, so if I just missed out on something amazing, I'm pissed!
01-12-2012, 09:24 AM
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Hell Im boycotting DP now, Im diabetic so I dont drink Dublin DP but I loved that small Company and its BS that Dr Pepper Corp did that. Dp Corp just wanted the rights, its pure BS
01-12-2012, 09:39 AM
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I sure hate it that those people there in a small community have to lose their jobs. I have friends who own property in Dublin and I love the nostalgia of the small town DP bottling. Why would a company so large worry about one small operation that is not afffecting their business or revenue worry so much about it. Sad really how much of our country is "dog eat dog" and get all you can and to hell with everyone else. Greed my friends......what happened to live and let live and helping out the neighbor in need. Texas is a historical state and this place is as much apart of that history as anything. Just my .02 but I hope the community of Dublin pulls together. I won't feel the same next time I drive through.
01-12-2012, 12:33 PM
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Slash if you hurry up I'm sure some places still have this ..You will need to look around.
I know the gas station by my work sells it ..I will stop by and pick one up for you. If they have one...
I will pm you for your address if they do.
