Interesting change of perspective.<p>News article from the US (Texas):
<a href="https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/dr-pepper-keurig/" rel="nofollow">https://www.texasmonthly.com/the-culture/dr-pepper-keurig/</a>
"The Yanks Have Bought Dr Pepper"<p>News article from Germany:
<a href="http://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-konsumgueter/getraenke-milliardendeal-reimann-holding-kauft-dr-pepper/20903366.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/handel-konsumgueter/...</a>
"German billionaire family Reimann buys Dr. Pepper"<p>I guess both are true, since Keurig is still a US run company, although its majority is owned by JAB holding.
Being from Europe, this article was rather confusing to read, because it named a number of soda brands that I was sure belonged to The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo. So I looked Dr Pepper Snapple up on Wikipedia:<p>- The rights to Dr Pepper are owned by them in the U.S., but by The Coca-Cola Company mostly everywhere else.<p>- The rights to 7 Up (or 7up) are owned by them in the U.S., but by PepsiCo everywhere else.<p>- The only brand I see on their Wikipedia page that I know and that they also own in Europe appears to be Schweppes.
"The company would have $11 billion in annual revenue, the companies said. It also would have about $16.6 billion in debt. Wells Fargo analyst Bonnie Herzog estimates the combined company would be valued at about $33 billion."<p>Could someone please explain how on earth that adds up. I'll accept that when corp. valuations involve 10^9, then the usual rules of value might get a bit weird. Perhaps assets include a state or a slack handful of counties.
I wonder what the "artificial flavor" is in non-diet Dr. Pepper. It may be that it's a part of the formula that's always been there, but I was wondering if perhaps it is sucralose that is replacing some of the sugar in order to cut costs and calories.