6 August 2007 - The 'Associated Press' reports that PepsiAmericas recently won a race against rival Coca-Cola to become the sole beverage supplier to more than 2,300 vending machines on Illinois' state property.
The 10 year deal includes rest stops, four state universities and several prisons.
The deal makes PepsiAmericas the state's exclusive soft-drink vendor, and requires the company to pay Illinois around half of the price it receives for every drink sold at the designated sites.
Pepsi machines will soon replace Coke machines at the locations involved in the upcoming months.
The news comes less than a month after FLEXNEWS reported that Coca-Cola beat PepsiCo to sign an exclusive 10 year agreement with the International Speedway Corporation (ISC), the company behind NASCAR racing.