Pepsi Contract Brings More Money, Options to Stevenson
Pepsi outbids Coca-Cola for high school vending contract, and puts limits on when students can buy highly caffeinated drinks.
After five years of stocking its vending machines with Coca-Cola products, Stevenson High School will revert to Pepsi beverages. The change, which will be in place when students return from winter break, comes after PepsiCo offered to pay Stevenson $505,519 for the five-year contract. Coca-Cola’s bid came in at $309,678, Stevenson reported in its Daily Digest. Beverage sale revenue is used for student-related activities, the school said. The contract was approved Monday by the School Board. The Pepsi machines will be stocked with a variety of Pepsi products, including Gatorade, Mug Root Beer, Orange Crush, Brisk, Lipton tea, Aquafina bottled water, and the regular and diet versions of Pepsi, Mountain Dew and Sierra Mist, school spokesman …
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Rainstreet
8:09 am on Friday, December 21, 2012
Why can't they be like other schools and get rid of pop altogether? Do our kids need more sugar to consume during school? Do they also have candy bars in their vending machines because they can make a few more bucks? Most schools in the area have done away with pop machines. I think it is time for the almighty Stevenson to do the same. Obviously, money is the bottom line. This shows the school … more ›