Originally Posted by
dayone
IIRC, Marriott's contract is one of Pepsi's largest fountain customers (it previously was one of Coke's ten largest). Come renewal time, Pepsi will again "pay" to keep it.
"The [...] memo suggested that Pepsico had agreed to lend Marriott between $40 million and $50 million."
Pepsi and Marriott have an extremely strong partnership going back to the dark days of the early 90's....Pepsi saw an opportunity and helped Marriott in a time of need when Coke refused- Marriott has been very loyal to Pepsi ever since