Dr. Pepper Can End Partnership With Coke Bottler, Judge Says

(Bloomberg) -Bir Texas Judge, Keurig’s Keurig’s Dr. He decided to end his partnership with the distribution and bottling operations in California and Nevada, who served the opponent Coca-Cola Co., a part of the effort to advance Pepper in the ongoing cola wars of the Soda industry.

The decision made on Monday, Dr. The license agreement between Pepper and Reyes Coca-Cola said that “entered into force on 27 October 2025 and terminated” and Dr. He said Pepper’s brands allowed their brands to deliver directly to the store.

Reyes Coca-Cola bottling, a franchise bottling and Coca-Cola Products and Dr. Pepper is the distributor of Brand. A unit of Reyes Holdings, a special food and beverage distributor, which includes Reyes Beveves Group, the largest beer distributor in the US, and the country’s largest McDonald’s products distributor Martin Brower.

Keurig said in a statement, “We are looking forward to bringing this distribution of Dr. Pepper trademark to Keurig DR Pepper’s DSD system this autumn.

Dr. Pepper, Coca-Cola and Pepsico Inc. for many years He relied on the bottles controlled by it, but Keurig was his own bottling and distribution and eliminating his dependence on competitors in some markets. Company, Keurig He said that he has taken back the distribution in about 30 markets through various transactions since the 2018 merger that created Pepper.

Keurig Pepper, Dr. Reyes Coca-Cola, which bothers and distributes Pepper in 10 states, was trying to end a relationship with bottling. Keurig Pepper sought a court order to allow it to terminate the relationship in the two states in both large and key markets.

Keurig filed his case in Texas, where one of the two centers was located. (The other is Burlington, Massachusetts.) Keurig claimed that according to Texas laws, when the agreement with Reyes ended, he claimed that he had the right to renew it.

Reyes argued that the partnership could not be interrupted in California and under the state law, the agreement between the two sides can only be terminated according to performance.

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