Pepsi's Bizarre History with Lemon Lime Soda

Since the 1960s, Pepsi has been fighting an uphill battle against Coca-Cola's Sprite. After 5 failed attempts, will Starry be the game-changer?

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So Pepsi struggles to compete with Sprite. Meanwhile Coca-Cola also can't compete with Mountain Dew as Mello Yello is slowly fading to obsolete.

[sunnyquinn]

When I first saw Starry suddenly appear in the grocery store, I thought "this will probably only be around for a few months and then disappear into oblivion and become a Mandela Effect" and I took a picture of it for proof it existed.

[RileySullivan]

When I first saw Starry at the grocery store, I thought it was the store’s generic lemon-lime soda.

[patrickwagner]

Working in a restaurant serving Pepsi, ever since Sierra Mist changed to Starry, so many people pick something else to drink. Many people ask what is Starry and even after you tell them it's Sierra Mist's replacement, they usually ask for something else. I feel like the rebrand or new soda, if you will, wasn't really promoted well at all. I remember when Slice was replaced by Sierra Mist too. People usually just said okay to getting Sierra Mist instead of Slice.

[LJThaKid]

Starry tastes good, but whoever named it needs to be fired. "Hey I'm going to the store, want anything?" "Yeah, get me a That just doesnt sound right.

[MechaG]

Sierra Mist started out fine until they messed with the formula, then it had an aftertaste.

[boblangill]

When a restaurant would offer Sierra Mist or Slice because they didn't carry 7up or Sprite, I usually said "just give me water"

[RussellB]

Just call it Other Sprite and watch the money roll in, baby

[homespunhomefragrance]

It’s interesting how after all these years, Pepsi still hasn’t found their niche when it comes to the lemon lime pop. Maybe Starry will take off, but if it doesn’t, I think Pepsi should stick to doing what they do well. They have the citrus flavored pop game IN THE BAG. People hardly recognize what Mello Yello and Surge are but everyone knows the name Mountain Dew. Also, Pepsi is a decent competitor for Coke. Some even prefer Pepsi.

[SynchroSk]

I miss all the versions of Slice. When 7up changed their recipe, I switched to Sprite. Ive only had Starry once, not too bad.

[KremBotop]

This reminds me that in Peru, there's a lemon verbena flavored yellow soda called Inca Kola that has been so successful for many decades that Coca Cola partially bought it during the late 90s. It's one of the very few drinks that is able to genuinely compete toe to toe with Coke iirc, and it's still the most popular soda there. Also, many similar flavored, colored and even packaged sodas have been released over the years to directly compete with Inca Kola, though with just mild success. And just like with the Sprite-like sodas here, PepsiCo ended up buying one of those competing drinks, Triple Kola, in the early 2000s. But yeah, nice video. And kudos for that CN history video because it was really amazing.

[Indi_Phalanges]

I literally go to the college that's directly across from Pepsis HQ. So, naturally, it's sponsored by them. And Starry isn't actually half bad. Don't think it'll overtake sprite but it's not bad

[aninesday]

2:20 just saw slice at my local grocery store looks like they rebranded yet again as a probiotic healthy soda probably to compete with poppi or olipop

[mahalaps]

Sierra Mist < Sprite < Starry.
Starry has no weird aftertaste like Sierra Mist, refreshing like Sprite but tastes more like candy... which I'm totally here for.

[Ace_of_Horns]

I feel like 7Up is so underrated. It is SOOO much sweeter and fruitier tasting than Sprite. Sprite barely tastes like anything and the syrupy texture builds up in my throat like phlegm. Uck.

[UrLocalSplatoonFanGuy]

In my home country, Pepsi’s Lemon lime soda is 7up. But American Pepsi’s Lemon lime soda has an identity crisis.

[cthulusushi]

I do think that Starry is a huge step up in terms of branding and logo when compared to Sierra Mist

[bigearl]

I remember serria mist as that soda my grandparents always had at parties for some reason.

[FRANZTENDOPhilippines]

Funny that Pepsi hold international rights for producing 7-UP while in their home turf got fcked with sprite and 7up and their own fuck ups

[ndfnq]

If Pepsi had brains they would have called it Mountain Dew Citrus