This summer, Kum & Go is taking the pop-or-soda debate to
the next level by tracking actual sales in more than 430 stores.

Roll over the dots to see the percentage of sales in each state.
Arkansas vs. Soda Sales
Arkansas Pop vs. Soda Sales
Pop Sales: 32%
Soda Sales: 68%
Colorado Pop vs. Soda Sales
Colorado Pop vs. Soda Sales
Pop Sales: 44%
Soda Sales: 56%
Iowa Pop vs. Soda Sales
Iowa Pop vs. Soda Sales
Pop Sales: 53%
Soda Sales: 47%
Minnesota Pop vs. Soda Sales
Minnesota Pop vs. Soda Sales
Pop Sales: 55%
Soda Sales: 45%
Missouri Pop vs. Soda Sales
Missouri Pop vs. Soda Sales
Pop Sales: 43%
Soda Sales: 57%
Montana Pop vs. Soda Sales
Montana Pop vs. Soda Sales
Pop Sales: 46%
Soda Sales: 54%
N. Dakota Pop vs. Soda Sales
N. Dakota Pop vs. Soda Sales
Pop Sales: 57%
Soda Sales: 43%
Nebraska Pop vs. Soda Sales
Nebraska Pop vs. Soda Sales
Pop Sales: 51%
Soda Sales: 49%
Oklahoma Pop vs. Soda Sales
Oklahoma Pop vs. Soda Sales
Pop Sales: 54%
Soda Sales: 46%
S. Dakota Pop vs. Soda Sales
S. Dakota Pop vs. Soda Sales
Pop Sales: 53%
Soda Sales: 47%
Wisconsin Pop vs. Soda Sales
Wisconsin Pop vs. Soda Sales
Pop Sales: 60%
Soda Sales: 40%
Wyoming Pop vs. Soda Sales
Wyoming Pop vs. Soda Sales
Pop Sales: 53%
Soda Sales: 47%
= pop is pulling ahead
= soda is winning
 
 
 
Emily says:
Because I do
Posted 7/24/2008
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Suzanne says:
That's the way it's always been in the Midwest, or at least where I grew up. SODA was snooty sounding!
Posted 7/24/2008
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Virgil says:
That is the way I have heard it since I was very young.We would sometimes call it soda pop.Around here Coke is just that;Coke.Pepsi is not Coke! You want a pepsi, you say Pepsi!
Posted 7/24/2008
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Margaret says:
It is POP
Posted 7/24/2008
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U. says:
It's pop! A soda is made with ice cream!
Posted 7/24/2008
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ryan says:
soda is for jerks
Posted 7/24/2008
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will says:
i love pop
Posted 7/24/2008
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owen says:
Of course its pop soda is too old school!
Posted 7/24/2008
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Kim says:
It's pop...that's what my relatives all said when I was growing up. Soda is for baking.
Posted 7/24/2008
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Angie says:
I grew up in Chicago, it is called POP ! :) Now if I want a Coke, I call it, "Give me a Coke". Period.
Posted 7/24/2008
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Mandy says:
Because I grew up down south where they always called it soda. I sometimes find my self calling it POP since living here in the Midwest occasionally.
Posted 7/24/2008
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Slash says:
Pop is a (horrible) style of music not a name for a beverage. Soda all the way!!
Posted 7/24/2008
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Angie says:
Pop is a description of a noise Soda is a drink...my opinion of course
Posted 7/24/2008
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Colette says:
Did you know New England calls it Soda Tonics?
Posted 7/24/2008
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Tim says:
It's soda!
Posted 7/24/2008
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will says:
i love soda
Posted 7/24/2008
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rick says:
I grew up in NY and IT'S SODA
Posted 7/24/2008
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Daniel and Mikkala Hup says:
just cuz
Posted 7/23/2008
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Danae says:
soda sounds better.when you say pop i think like poppin a balloon or something:) lol soda ROCKS
Posted 7/23/2008
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Ally says:
what else would I call it? Soda rocks.
Posted 7/23/2008
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