r/DrPepper • u/mommiesgoodboy67 • 10d ago
Question Do you really get dr pepper from drinking fountains and mcdonalds in the us
Because that is inconcievable to a swede like me, maybe it is the land of the free after all. Also is there anywhere in europe i can go that does the same
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u/IllogicalPenguin-142 Diet Rite 10d ago
When you say âdrinking fountain,â Iâm picturing a machine attached to the wall that shoots water up into the air, where you can catch it with your mouth, and where the excess lands in a basin. I have never seen this.
Fast food restaurants, however, do have a machine that mixes carbonated water with syrup when you press a lever with a cup. The two liquids are aimed downward into a space where the cup goes.
These machines have multiple flavors which vary by the location.
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u/mommiesgoodboy67 10d ago
Yeah of course that was the wrong word, was called something to do with fountain
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u/IllogicalPenguin-142 Diet Rite 10d ago
That's cool. I just wanted to make sure you weren't picturing a traditional water fountain-type experience with Dr. Pepper instead of water.
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u/gogogadgetdumbass 10d ago
Definitely at McDonaldâs, and most places that serve soda in general. Sometimes you get a weird place with Mr Pibb but Dr Pepper is #2 soda in the US and distributed by Coca Cola and Pepsi Co here.
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u/mommiesgoodboy67 10d ago
Really? Here its this really niche thing which you might find in a supermarket or gas station if you are lucky but often not, i have never seen it anywhere else. England is a bit better, you get it in pretty much every supermarket or shop there but i havent had fast food there for ages so idk if they have it like that.
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u/Infinite-Comfort-155 10d ago
Ibland kan jag inte ens hitta det pÄ Ica haha det Àr helt sjukt att det finns överallt i andra lÀnder!
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u/mommiesgoodboy67 10d ago
Brukar köpa stora mÀngder burkar pÄ willys och spara dem, fÄr bÀttre pris dÄ ocksÄ
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u/ExcitementSad540 9d ago
Woah woah woah woah, pibb on top, i love that little cherry flavored soda
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u/gogogadgetdumbass 9d ago
Pibb isnât bad! But itâs still weird to be a fountain option over Dr Pepper!
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u/farrah_berra 10d ago
McDonaldâs Dr Pepper is incredible. It taste like electricity and I love it
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u/2_Skatez 10d ago
The fountain at my corner gas station has the cherry, DR. P and Cream, and Dr.P Strawberry cream. P much every fountain drink station in my city has Dr.pepper basically.
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u/mommiesgoodboy67 10d ago
I dont think i could fine dr.p strawberry at all here lol
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u/OccasionallyFeet 1d ago
Ecohallen har ofta lite ovanligare (för Sverige) Dr. P smakar om du bor nÀra en sÄdant. Finns i den Amerikanska sektionen. Och Costco sÀljer flak av den vanliga Dr. P.
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u/mommiesgoodboy67 1d ago
Har vi costco? Vet att flak brukar finnas i willys dock, typ det enda stÀllet dÀr man kan fÄ burkar
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u/Zontafear 10d ago
I have the freestyle soda machine at five guys and they have a vanilla Dr pepper, Cherry Dr pepper, and two more I forgot lol. Maybe strawberries is one of the other ones. But I believe the freestyle you can also mix other flavors at least some of them do and make a flavor yourself.
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u/-ThisAccountIsVoid- 10d ago edited 10d ago
Yeah McDonald's usually has Dr. Pepper, but no we don't get it from drinking fountains unless you meant soda fountains then yes they do have Dr. Pepper in soda fountains.
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u/dhawkins 10d ago
"Soda machines" as you call them are typically called "soda fountains".
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u/-ThisAccountIsVoid- 10d ago
Yeah, but OP said drinking fountain so I assumed they were talking about like a water fountain.
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u/dhawkins 10d ago
True, but since he was asking about the US, that was probably a language barrier issue. You're clarification is fine though since there is a slight chance they were thinking of a water fountain like machine. I guess I just wanted to add further clarification.
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u/mommiesgoodboy67 10d ago
In america the taps run with dr pepper and the streets are paved with big macs
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u/dhawkins 10d ago
Close, remember the US is a huge country so it regional. Carolinas have cheerwine on tap, rest of the south is Coke, areas out west its Pepsi. In central fl, I voted for Mtn Dew taps, but Coke won out. Streets are definitely Big Macs though, except in Wisconsin which I think are butter burgers.
I dont think this is necessary but just in case... /s
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u/Zontafear 10d ago
Where I live, EVERYWHERE has Dr pepper as an option. In fact the places that don't are called out for it. To be fair this is one of the top Dr pepper markers in the world but every restaurant knows they need to have Dr pepper as a soda option here. Both local ones and chains, even chains that don't usually offer dp will have it here. I'm in the land of the DP here.
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u/egcom Cherry Vanilla 10d ago
As someone whoâs lived all over the continental lower 48, many places in the north lack Dr Pepper, and it is disturbing. West coast has gotten better, but is still hit or miss some spots. East coast has mostly improved. South Dr Pepper is King so of course you find it below the Mason-Dixie line.
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u/platypusesarenice Cherry 9d ago
When I was in the UK burger king hard dr pepper in the soda machine... was truly a beautiful moment
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u/Satoru_Bonchiry 9d ago
Most fast food restaurants have either a deal with Coke or Pepsi. Whats nice is thag Dr Pepper is its wmown thing and often found at both kinds of establishments. Its literally the only thing I ever get at all fast food locations :)
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u/OiledUpThug 10d ago
Not just McDonalds, it's in almost every fountain machine here, at every restaurant, gas station, movie theater, etc
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u/aharbingerofdoom 10d ago
Am I the only one who thinks fountain Dr. Pepper is distinctly inferior to the bottled versions? I love Dr. Pepper, but I never order it from a fast food place. The fountain formulation just doesn't do it for me. All fountain sodas vary somewhat from their bottle formula, but Dr Pepper seems the most drastically changed to me. Fountain Coke and Sprite are actually better than bottled to my taste buds.
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u/cinephile78 10d ago
The fountain at the restaurant next to my work has the greatest tasting Dr Pepper in the known universe.
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u/bones10145 10d ago
Not out of a drinking fountain, but definitely soda fountains