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Laura Cooper

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
235 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

All the soda companies, Keurig Dr. Pepper, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, they've all been diversifying into different things, energy drinks, milk, seltzer, all sorts of things to continue to keep people coming in.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

The man is a huge Diet Coke fan. He even has a button for people to bring it to him throughout the day. So that's also part of the interesting thing here.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

The man is a huge Diet Coke fan. He even has a button for people to bring it to him throughout the day. So that's also part of the interesting thing here.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

The man is a huge Diet Coke fan. He even has a button for people to bring it to him throughout the day. So that's also part of the interesting thing here.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

So the American Beverage Association, which is a trade group that represents Dr. Pepper, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, they have commissioned polling that showed that nearly 60% of the people who voted for Trump last year support allowing soda purchases with food aid. So that is something that I think that they're trying to make clear. And I also think they are trying to appeal to Trump himself.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

So the American Beverage Association, which is a trade group that represents Dr. Pepper, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, they have commissioned polling that showed that nearly 60% of the people who voted for Trump last year support allowing soda purchases with food aid. So that is something that I think that they're trying to make clear. And I also think they are trying to appeal to Trump himself.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

So the American Beverage Association, which is a trade group that represents Dr. Pepper, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, they have commissioned polling that showed that nearly 60% of the people who voted for Trump last year support allowing soda purchases with food aid. So that is something that I think that they're trying to make clear. And I also think they are trying to appeal to Trump himself.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

He's a big soda drinker, you know. I think that they're trying to appeal to Trump with polling.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

He's a big soda drinker, you know. I think that they're trying to appeal to Trump with polling.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

He's a big soda drinker, you know. I think that they're trying to appeal to Trump with polling.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

The soda companies are working really hard to remind people of the zero and low sugar options that they offer to continue to keep their consumers coming back. And they would say that they are creating options for other people to meet them where they are. If you want a full sugar Pepsi, go for it. If you want diet Coke, that's available to you too.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

The soda companies are working really hard to remind people of the zero and low sugar options that they offer to continue to keep their consumers coming back. And they would say that they are creating options for other people to meet them where they are. If you want a full sugar Pepsi, go for it. If you want diet Coke, that's available to you too.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

The soda companies are working really hard to remind people of the zero and low sugar options that they offer to continue to keep their consumers coming back. And they would say that they are creating options for other people to meet them where they are. If you want a full sugar Pepsi, go for it. If you want diet Coke, that's available to you too.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

And if there's one thing I've learned on this beat, it is that Americans love their diet Coke. They love their Coke Zero, their Pepsi Zero Sugar. And they say it tastes just like the original.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

And if there's one thing I've learned on this beat, it is that Americans love their diet Coke. They love their Coke Zero, their Pepsi Zero Sugar. And they say it tastes just like the original.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

And if there's one thing I've learned on this beat, it is that Americans love their diet Coke. They love their Coke Zero, their Pepsi Zero Sugar. And they say it tastes just like the original.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

It would mean that SNAP recipients could not buy soda with their benefits. It would mean if you usually buy Coke, you could not. If you usually buy Dr. Pepper, you could not. I think that there are a lot of places in the country where fresh food and different kinds of drinks are not available. And, you know, this is something that people generally buy to feed their families.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

It would mean that SNAP recipients could not buy soda with their benefits. It would mean if you usually buy Coke, you could not. If you usually buy Dr. Pepper, you could not. I think that there are a lot of places in the country where fresh food and different kinds of drinks are not available. And, you know, this is something that people generally buy to feed their families.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

It would mean that SNAP recipients could not buy soda with their benefits. It would mean if you usually buy Coke, you could not. If you usually buy Dr. Pepper, you could not. I think that there are a lot of places in the country where fresh food and different kinds of drinks are not available. And, you know, this is something that people generally buy to feed their families.

The Journal.
The Fight to Kick Soda Out of Food Stamps

You know, for instance, we have some lawmakers talking about Arkansas and how it would be great to be able to buy more nutritious foods. But sometimes that's not what's available to people across the country.