Why did pepsi co's orange not take off in uk?

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• crazychris12 Posts: 26,254

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  25/01/11 - 23:21 #2

  Never heard of it tbh. Tango orange is the best anyway.

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• Paparazzo Posts: 6,155

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  25/01/11 - 23:33 #3

  I Think.

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• Hurlley Posts: 2,162

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  25/01/11 - 23:36 #4

  because they did not tell us about it, or sell it to us.

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• Red Okktober Posts: 10,434

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  25/01/11 - 23:52 #5

  Why is this troubling you, or is it just a random question?

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• Glen Posts: 12,076

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  25/01/11 - 23:57 #6

  OnexOne wrote: »

  Hi folks? why didnt pepsi co. orange drink Kas not take off in the uk? a rival for coca-cola's fanta surely!

  You've got a double negative in your question so it makes no sense. But the answer to the question you were trying to ask is because it has never been sold here.

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• cjsmummy Posts: 11,079

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  26/01/11 - 00:07 #7

  OnexOne wrote: »

  Hi folks? why didnt pepsi co. orange drink Kas not take off in the uk? a rival for coca-cola's fanta surely!

  I live a Western Ferry trip away from Ayr, and no idea what you're talking about

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 7,341

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  26/01/11 - 00:12 #8

  why the **** did they stop selling strawberry pepsi?

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• OnexOne Posts: 3,816

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  26/01/11 - 00:17 #9

  sorry cj's! its pepsi's company's Orange Drink called Kas! you get it all over europe! apart from here? coca-cola have fanta as there orange drink! just strange that pepsi let them take the orange market fizzy drink without a fight!

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• Glen Posts: 12,076

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  26/01/11 - 00:19 #10

  cjsmummy wrote: »

  I live a Western Ferry trip away from Ayr, and no idea what you're talking about

  He's asking why a product that was never sold in the UK was never popular in the UK.

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• Pencil Posts: 5,700

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  26/01/11 - 00:20 #11

  With a name like Kas, I'm not surprised it wasn't successful.
  
  While I'm sure it looks sensible or even exotic in European countries, over here, it may as well have been called Huihufsr.
  
  Fanta sounds exotic.
  Tango sounds orangey exotic.

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• OnexOne Posts: 3,816

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  26/01/11 - 00:20 #12

  eh, well kind off! lol

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• OnexOne Posts: 3,816

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  26/01/11 - 00:21 #13

  yeh and nutella really sounds british and it took off! and thats as european as you can get!

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• lemoncurd Posts: 57,778

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  26/01/11 - 00:29 #14

  'Ere Kas. C'mon. Yer a reet proper orange pop to me is thee, Kas.

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• Glen Posts: 12,076

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  26/01/11 - 00:38 #15

  BTW, if the original question was meant to be why has this product not been sold in the UK, it's probably because Britvic already sell a similar product (Tango) therefore don't see a market to fill or want two competing brands.

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• Rincewind78 Posts: 2,198

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  26/01/11 - 00:46 #16

  there are loads and loads and loads and loads of different variations of coca cola and pepsi that just never made it here.
  
  I guess they tried to keep it simple
  
  I remember Cherry coke and Cerry pepsi and even cherry 7Up - they all just disappeared - apart from cherry coke which i see every so often.
  
  then came all those "twists" of lemon, vanilla and what ever else in both coke and pepsi, which seemed to disappear also.
  
  Mountain Dew also died some horrible death.
  
  
  some things just dont dont work beyond Amreica.
  
  like, we never even got Coke Classic - which is / was huge over there.

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• bspace Posts: 14,303

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  26/01/11 - 01:35 #17

  kas
  
  a yellow liquid with a name pronounced as in khazi
  
  wonder why it wouldn't be successful in the uk

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• acker Posts: 8,809

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  26/01/11 - 01:41 #18

  Somebody told me there is no Fanta but I still believe in him .

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• KarmaChameleon Posts: 1,006

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  26/01/11 - 01:41 #19

  Rincewind78 wrote: »

  there are loads and loads and loads and loads of different variations of coca cola and pepsi that just never made it here.
  
  I guess they tried to keep it simple
  
  I remember Cherry coke and Cerry pepsi and even cherry 7Up - they all just disappeared - apart from cherry coke which i see every so often.
  
  then came all those "twists" of lemon, vanilla and what ever else in both coke and pepsi, which seemed to disappear also.
  
  Mountain Dew also died some horrible death.
  
  
  some things just dont dont work beyond Amreica.
  
  like, we never even got Coke Classic - which is / was huge over there.

  
  I don't know how he gets it but the Indian shopkeeper in the newsagents down my road still sells Cherry 7 Up. I've never seen it anywhere else and no one else I know has even heard of it! I love it, I wish everywhere sold it.

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• Swarfega Posts: 1,513

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  26/01/11 - 01:52 #20

  What happened to sunkist? I reckon that's part of the reason this almost mythical 'Kas' drink thing wasn't even foisted upon us. Too much competition already with fanta and tango aswell.

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• quin_the_eskimo Posts: 517

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  26/01/11 - 03:37 #21

  Swarfega wrote: »

  What happened to sunkist? I reckon that's part of the reason this almost mythical 'Kas' drink thing wasn't even foisted upon us. Too much competition already with fanta and tango aswell.

  Saw it in a £ shop in Stirling recently.

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 1,113

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  26/01/11 - 07:10 #22

  Because it's ****ing terrible?

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• TomGrant Posts: 4,251

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  26/01/11 - 07:53 #23

  Rincewind78 wrote: »

  there are loads and loads and loads and loads of different variations of coca cola and pepsi that just never made it here.
  
  I guess they tried to keep it simple
  
  I remember Cherry coke and Cerry pepsi and even cherry 7Up - they all just disappeared - apart from cherry coke which i see every so often.
  
  then came all those "twists" of lemon, vanilla and what ever else in both coke and pepsi, which seemed to disappear also.
  
  Mountain Dew also died some horrible death.
  
  
  some things just dont dont work beyond Amreica.
  
  like, we never even got Coke Classic - which is / was huge over there.

  
  Mountain Dew was only taken off the shelves due to the high caffeine content at the time. It's back on sale now after a massive Facebook campaign.
  
  Kas is huge in Spain, tastes better than Fanta too.

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• lemoncurd Posts: 57,778

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  26/01/11 - 08:15 #24

  Apparently, Kas is only sold in France, Spain and Mexico.

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• Biffo the Bear Posts: 25,859

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  26/01/11 - 08:19 #25

  I wish they'd bring raspberry Fanta back. I loved that!

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• [Deleted User] Posts: 1,024

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  26/01/11 - 09:38 #26

  lemoncurd wrote: »

  'Ere Kas. C'mon. Yer a reet proper orange pop to me is thee, Kas.

  
  I was thinking that too xD

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