I don’t drink a lot of soda but I do drink diet Dr. Pepper on occasion and consider Dr. Pepper a Texan brand even though it has been through a ringer of insolvencies and mergers. Somehow it is still headquartered in Texas. One of the unique aspects of Dr. Pepper is that had several small bottling companies across the state. Many of them went out of business, but a few still remain. For me, and my family heritage, Dublin holds a special spot in my heart.

My family is originally from West Texas and we still have a small ranch outside of Dublin, Tx. So, I always enjoyed a sugar sweetened Dr. Pepper when I was visiting my grandmother and when I stayed at the family ranch. It was one of the treats from my childhood that I remember and think fondly of.  I can’t imagine it not being there.

That is where the lawsuit lies. Dublin Dr. Pepper has a certain folklore status in West Texas and as such labels their bottles “Dublin Dr. Pepper.” Well, this doesn’t sit well with the corporate suits in Plano that now run Dr. Pepper, who ever they are these days. Corporate is suing Dublin Dr. Pepper insisting that they remove the “Dublin” from the bottle, or else… they will lose their bottling license. Looks like a real dickhead move to me, so my response? I will not drink anymore Dr Pepper, 7up or Snapple related products until these morons give up this lawsuit and allow a small bottler that controls 1% of Dr. Pepper’s consumption to do what it has done for the past 120 years, sell Dr. Pepper in Texas.