DALLAS (AP) _ Dr Pepper is ending its 120-year relationship with its oldest and smallest bottler, which had carved a market niche by producing Dr Pepper sweetened with cane sugar.
Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. and the Dr Pepper Bottling Co. of Dublin, Texas, have agreed to end their relationship to settle Dr Pepper’s trademark-infringement case against the Central Texas bottler of what had come to be called “Dublin Dr Pepper.”
A joint statement issued Wednesday says the bottling company will continue as the Dublin Bottling Works Inc. and produce its other brands, including Nu Grape, XXX Root Beer and Big Red.
Dr Pepper Snapple says it will continue to distribute the Dr. Pepper sweetened with cane sugar for which the Dublin bottler had become famous.
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