Yes, it was invented in Waco, but when all other soda manufacturers started using high fructose corn syrup in the 1980's, the Dublin bottler refused to add it to the formula. Smart man, imo.

I won't drink or eat anything with high fructose corn syrup in it.

Dr. Pepper / Snapple has their collective head up their collective backside. What about that silly, sexist commercial they are currently running for Dr. Pepper 10? "This ain't no lady's drink. It's a man's drink." Oh really? A bunch of men running around together, looking all buff, and telling women they're not wanted.

Looks like a gay fantasy scene, or maybe a Bohemian Grove picnic. Super duper, let's drink diet drinks with aspartame and be manly while we do it. The worst commercial on the air currently.

What would it have hurt that corporate giant to leave one little bottling plant alone, so at least the locals could enjoy what soda used to taste like, before HFCS and the mercury that goes with it replaced cane sugar? Could it be that they know that their HFCS soda tastes terrible in comparison?

when they changed the formula for the original and the Dublin guys didnt want to change with them, they should have just changed the name to something else completely.

if its not the same ingredients its not the same product.

damnit!!!!!!!!!!!

when is this happening???
i am on vacation 20th - 29th, and my only plan was to drive to dublin and load up the trunk (5 hour drive one way for me)

i honestly cannot tell much of a difference in taste, but i "feel" better when I drink sugar drinks opposed to hfcs...

i have more energy throughout the day, am more motivated, etc...

this is really depressing for me

the sad thing is, they do this TO SAVE MONEY, when I would gladly pay more for the real sugar... i mean i am willing to drive 10 hours to get a couple month supply (yes, i drink alot of soda, lol)... a price increase would be worth the real sugar IMHO...

This is SO sad!

I know they went beyond their borders, though. Last year a shipment of these came all the way to Muscat, Oman, on the Arabian peninsula. That's a bit beyond Dublin!

As a Texan, I think this qualifies as cause for a day of mourning...

I hate seeing the little guy lose. Bastards. I just went to visit the Dublin Dr. Pepper in October of last year. I am disgusted with this country.

What is left to do besides wish death on millions?

I just got an email from Dr. Pepper.

Thank you for contacting us about Dr Pepper Bottling Co. of Dublin, Texas. We wanted to let you know that we have settled our legal issues with the Dublin bottler over the Dr Pepper trademark and distribution rights. As part of the agreement, Dublin has sold us its sales and distribution operations, as well as the rights to distribute Dr Pepper and other DPS brands in its former territory.

Our former Dublin bottler is now doing business as Dublin Bottling Works Inc. They’re continuing to produce other soft drinks at their bottling facility, as well as operating their museum and Old Doc’s Soda Shop, offering tours and selling soft drinks, food and officially licensed Dr Pepper merchandise.

We want to assure you that you can still find Dr Pepper with cane sugar in Dublin and surrounding areas and at leading retail outlets in Dallas/Fort Worth, Houston and Waco and other areas where our bottlers make it available. It’s the same product Dublin sold. It will still be bottled and canned in distinct, nostalgic packaging. The only difference is it will not reference Dublin on the label.

Dr Pepper is still a big part of Dublin. We will enthusiastically support the popular “Dr Pepper, Texas,” celebration as well as the related “10-2-4k” run held each June in Dublin. And if you’re in the area, we hope you’ll stop by the museum and Old Doc’s Soda Shop.

Thanks again for contacting us – and for being a fan of Dr Pepper.

Sincerely,

Consumer Relations

so..... They say the same product will be available in select locations. The only difference is that it will not say Dublin... and I probably wont be able to buy it in my town now.

This evening on the local news they had a story about Dublin Dr. Pepper's last day. The employees were in tears as the last of that yummy cane sugar concoction rolled off the line. I have had it before and it's just sublime, so much better in taste than the regular junk.

The news story said that this plant was free to manufacture and bottle "other" soft drinks, just not Dr. Pepper. However, that plant has been there since the 1890s, and people come from all over to see the plant and the museum. The locals said that, without that iconic bottling plant, Dublin is just another town with nothing special about it, and the jobs lost today may be the first of many as other businesses suffer from the lack of tourism.

As far as I'm concerned, I don't drink soda, but I will make a special effort to encourage people I know who do drink soda to boycott Dr. Pepper. If they don't want to give people something good to buy, and want to force the HFCS garbage on the population, I say they can stuff it where the sun don't shine and re-name it Dr. Pooper.