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KFC swaps Pepsi for Coca-Cola at 3,700 US restaurants

The switch to Coca-Cola covers about 3,700 US restaurants and ends a partnership of nearly four decades; the chicken has declined to comment.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHere is the latest. KFC is replacing Pepsi with Coca-Cola at about thirty-seven hundred US restaurants, ending a run of nearly four decades.

  2. Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorThirty-eight years together, and the breakup is a menu board. The chicken wasn't even consulted.

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  1. Coca-Cola Reportedly Exploring Sale of Costa Coffee · Benzinga
  2. KFC to switch to Coca-Cola drinks in U.S. restaurants · CNBC
  3. KFC swaps Pepsi for Coca-Cola at 3,700 US restaurants (this story)

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