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Old Feb 7, 2018 | 10:11 pm
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Originally Posted by GeezerCouple
I wonder how this whole nonsense started, where the beverage companies had enough leverage to enforce the "ours or theirs, but not both" rule...
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Marriott has always seemed to be the really focused on standardization and they were probably able to negotiate better terms bringing all the Starwood properties on board. I started doing some digging last week when I randomly had a bottle of Aquafina in my room amongst the Dasani and found a report that Marriott moved to Pepsi in the early 90s when Coke refused to give the (then) struggling company a $100 million loan.
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