Talk:Upper 10

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Dr.Pepper/Seven Up bought RC COLA probably because they wanted to get a foothold in the soda segment dominated by Coke and Pepsi. Don't forget all those years that 7-Up tried to compete by being the "Uncola". All things being equal, I prefer the taste of RC COLA over Coke and Pepsi; and I Really Prefer the taste of UPPER 10 over Sprite, Sierra Mist(Slice was better), and 7-Up. I believe UPPER 10 was the unwanted part of the company because it is the only discontinued flavor out of RC's brands once dp/su completely took over and that 7-Up felt threatened by competition from UPPER 10 even though they now owned them. The reason I keep harping on this theory is that if you review all of the flavors owned by dp/su and its parent Cadbury Schweppes, you will find at least two to three different brands of the same type of soda pop like Welch's Grape Soda and Sunkist Grape Soda, two rootbeer brands, Schweppes Ginger Ale and Canada Dry Ginger Ale, etc., but in the lemon/lime division, only 7-Up. I have written to the company many times to request the return of UPPER 10, but no luck. Does anybody else feel this way?

UPDATE-June 8, 2007

At the time I wrote the above question, I somehow failed to note the reference to Cott's beverage Corp. This beverage company bought out RC International while the Domestic part was bought by Dr. Pepper/Seven Up, a subsidiary of Cadbury Schweppes. It appears that you can still buy UPPER 10 anywhere else in the world, EXCEPT the United States. I even contacted Cott's to see if I could have some shipped in from one of their facilities, but to no avail, they just referred me back to Cadbury Schweppes. Does this obsession seem a little silly in light of the ongoing war, yes, but history has been replete with consumers lobbying for the return of something favorite that was discontinued or changed; from the original Star Trek series, to more recently, Brownberry Bread. If anybody else feels this way, write, call, e-mail Dr. Pepper/Seven Up and Cadbury Schweppes and request the return of UPPER 10.

I agree with you 100 percent. I love RC and I loved Upper 10. Upper 10 in the cans was both caffeine and sodium free, the bottles was only caffeine free. I complained about this for years. I wish that they would sell RC and the right to all of the RC Brands (RC, Diet Rite, Nehi, and Upper 10, and any that I may have left out) to someone, that would promote RC and the products. DR Pepper/7UP, may have wanted to get into the Cola war, but in my opinion they have destroyed RC. There are no national ads on radio, TV or print. It is DR Pepper, DR Pepper, DR Pepper and every once in a while, 7Up. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.161.137.84 (talk) 04:26, 6 August 2009 (UTC)

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