Pepsi Spire

Pepsi Spire is a touch screen soda fountain introduced by PepsiCo in 2014. The Spire's main competitor is the Coca-Cola Freestyle. Currently, Spire is available to retailers in two models, 2.0 and 5.0. It was designed by the Japanese machinery company Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

A pair of Pepsi Spire machines installed on the Microsoft Redmond campus.

History

The Spire was first unveiled at the National Restaurant Association trade show in May 2014.^[1]

Choices

The Spire has up to eight flavor options, depending on retailer selection: Cherry, Vanilla, Strawberry, Lemon, Raspberry, Lime, Grape and Peach.

Pepsi also markets their major brands for the machine, including:

• Pepsi
• Diet Pepsi
• Pepsi Zero Sugar (Pepsi Max outside the United States and Canada)
• Sierra Mist/Starry (7 Up outside the United States)
• Crush (Tango outside of the United States and Canada)
• Gatorade G2 Fruit Punch
• Dole Kiwi Cocktail
• Tropicana Juices & Lemonade (Brisk Lemonade outside United States)
• Mountain Dew
• Diet Mountain Dew
• Dr Pepper
• Diet Dr Pepper
• Mug Root Beer
• Diet Mug Root Beer
• Schweppes
• Brisk Iced Tea brands
• Manzanita Sol
• SoBe Lifewater

Crush, Gatorade, Dole Kiwi Cocktail, all Dr Pepper brands, and Schweppes are not available at Pepsi Spire soda fountains in the United States.

Locations

A Pepsi Spire machine at a Subway at Kingsway Mall in Edmonton in 2016.

Countries that have Pepsi Spire soda fountains include the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Ireland and Iran. There are 3148 locations in the United States, 430 in Canada, 1 in Switzerland, and 1 in Iran. It is served in many Subway locations in various countries (in the United States, most that are under contract with Coca-Cola do not use this). It is also at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, Muhlenberg College, University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh, Northern Arizona University, DePaul University, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Hersheypark.^{[citation needed]}

• Mission Barbecue
• Black Bear Diner
• IHOP
• Bojangles
• Buffalo Wild Wings
• KFC
• WingStreet
• A&W Restaurants
• Big Boy
• Freddy′s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers
• Habit Burger & Grill
• Prince′s Hamburgers
• Taco Bell
• Fazoli’s
• Hungry Howie′s Pizza
• Little Caesars
• Papa John′s
• Pizza Hut
• Jersey Mike′s
• Subway
• Long John Silver′s
• Red Lobster
• Chuck E. Cheese
• Dodo Pizza
• Farmer Boys
• Hooters

See also

• Coca-Cola Freestyle