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R. Alex Whitlock
For every food and drink product out there, there are ten imitators. Sometimes the difference in taste is negligable. Malt-o-meal cereal is almost indistinguishable from Kelogg's, for instance. One area where this isn't generally the case is the soft drink world. Coke flopped in its immitation of Mountain Dew with Surge. H-E-B's and Sam's have their own soft drink lines though they pale in comparison with the real thing.
However, I must credit Kroger's Big-K line for doing an admirable job of delivering a pretty decent drink for a good price. Their Mountain Dew rip off (Citrus Drop - Pop the Drop, man!!) is tons better than Surge ever was and is in someways as good as the genuine MD article. It has a spikier, more sugary taste. Big-K Cola itself (Coke rip-off) doesn't compare quite as favorably, but still blows Sam's and HEB out of the water. Their punch drinks are as good, if not better, than
Welch's. Their diet lemonade is also really good.
Unfortunately I don't think they have Kroger's in Idaho, so I'm gonna get my fill of Citrus Drop and the rest while I can!
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Don't forget Big K Red Cream Soda! That has to be the best stuff in the world, possibly even better than the drink it is copying, Big Red...
You're right! Their Red Cream Soda is great!!
And you might be able to get Citrus Drop and Red Cream Soda... Korger is a parent company that runs a lot of different chains.
http://www.kroger.com/about...
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