Pepsi was given 17 submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and a destroyer by the Russians in exchange for three billion dollars worth of Pepsi. So what could/would happen with Pepsi if they kept that navy instead of selling it for scrap recycling? Could they even?
What if Pepsi kept the navy?
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Could they have at least been used to open some sort of theme park? Paint them all the pepsi colours, and throw in a mock-military motif. Maybe the destroyer is the main venue, with a hotel and a bunch of fun houses on board, and you can take a ride in the submarines etc.
I found a BBC article called When Pepsi Was Swapped For Soviet Warships. No time to link.
Nick P
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It wasn't really a navy, more a load of scrap metal, as there were no crews or weapons included.
www.atlasobscura.com
Exchanging goods instead of paying cash isn't unique to the Pepsi ships deal as the BBC report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48343589
The middle photo here shows the condition of the submarines mentioned. Scrap value, nothing else.
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When the Soviet Union Paid Pepsi in Warships
The company had a long, strange relationship with the U.S.S.R.
www.atlasobscura.com
Exchanging goods instead of paying cash isn't unique to the Pepsi ships deal as the BBC report: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-48343589
The middle photo here shows the condition of the submarines mentioned. Scrap value, nothing else.
The last time Russia’s economy tanked, they traded Pepsi a whole Navy for soda - Sandboxx
Just before the fall of the Soviet Union, the communist state was so desperate for Pepsi that they traded the American beverage company some 20 warships for a shipment of their sugary elixir; making the Pepsi Navy the sixth-largest in the world at the time. On Friday, Ukraine called out Pepsi...
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The World would forever more know the horrific tyranny of Pepsi while the sweet Liberty of Coca Cola would fade away from this earth.
