Pepsi Spire

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A pair of Pepsi Spire machines installed on the Microsoft Redmond campus. Pepsi Sprite Machine.jpg
A pair of Pepsi Spire machines installed on the Microsoft Redmond campus.

Pepsi Spire is a touch screen soda fountain introduced by PepsiCo in 2014. The Spire's main competitor is the Coca-Cola Freestyle. Currently, Spire is available to retailers in two models, 2.0 and 5.0. It was designed by the Japanese machinery company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

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History

The Spire was first unveiled at the National Restaurant Association trade show in May 2014. [1]

Choices

The Spire has up to eight flavor options, depending on retailer selection: Cherry, Vanilla, Strawberry, Lemon, Raspberry, Lime, Grape and Peach.

Pepsi also markets their major brands for the machine, including:

Crush, Gatorade, Dole Kiwi Cocktail, and all Dr Pepper brands are not available at Pepsi Spire soda fountains in the United States, however Schweppes is also available.

Locations

A Pepsi Spire machine at a Subway at Kingsway Mall in Edmonton in 2016. Pepsi Spire Subway Kingsway Mall Edmonton 2016.jpg
A Pepsi Spire machine at a Subway at Kingsway Mall in Edmonton in 2016.
A Pepsi Spire fountain inside a Seasons Corner Market store in West Greenwich, RI, USA Pepsi Spire machine.jpg
A Pepsi Spire fountain inside a Seasons Corner Market store in West Greenwich, RI, USA

Countries that have Pepsi Spire soda fountains include the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Ireland and Iran. There is no exact information on how many there are at the moment. It has also been used in the following, but may not be anymore and may have only been in limited test runs:

The machine is in many Subway locations in various countries (in the United States, most that are under contract with Coca-Cola do not use this). It is also at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg College, University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Northern Arizona University, DePaul University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Virginia Commonwealth University, certain gas stations such as Seasons, and Hersheypark.[ citation needed ]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Strom, Stephanie (May 15, 2014). "Pepsi Challenges Coke in the Race to Design a More Tappable Soda Fountain". New York Times . Archived from the original on May 16, 2014.


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