Where is the closest to Detroit MI I can pick this up? Anyone know?

Michigan is all DPS and CCE. You'd have to go to Ohio. PepsiAmericas has warehouses in Toledo, Cleveland, Elyria, and Youngstown.

PepsiAmericas: Locations: United States: Ohio

I picked up a 12pk of it today locally. I don't know, but maybe it's my years of mostly drinking NutraSweet and Splenda sodas has made it so I can't taste sugar sodas correctly anymore.... but I was not very impressed with the Heritage Dr Pepper. It seemed, well, bland to me. (as does Pepsi TB)
-Andy

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I tried it today and had the exact same reaction. It tasted bland to me.

Same here. I've tried it in cans and bottles, it is quite bland. Different bottlers, too. The cans came from PBG Wytheville VA, and the bottles from PBV Winston-Salem NC.

A Food Lion? in Westminster, Maryland had Dr. Pepper Heritage on friday night. A lot of it to. I bought a couple cases to put in the soda machine at work. I tried some and think it is pretty good but the flavor seemed weak to me. Watered down maybe? It was good though and I would buy it again.

Originally Posted by lj01

has anyone seen this in Southern California, specifically San Diego?

Stater Bros although when I lived in SD, I never found any. But they are up in the LA and surrounding areas. They had all three. Pepsi, MD, DP going for 2 for $8.

My local Publix store had a few bottles in their cooler near the registers. So far this is the only place I have seen it. I asked the manager if they were going to have it on the shelves and he went into some story about it being extremely limited and did not think they would.

I've been a Dr Pepper drinker all my life. I don't remember how many cases I bought at West Jefferson the last two times I was up there, but at least 75 cases. And I don't know how many times I have ordered from Dublin. But for the $1.50 they want to let me sample a bottle of Dr Pepper Heritage, they can keep it. I don't care if I ever taste the stuff.

I don't get it?

You're not going to get it cheaper - the only other package it's in is 12pk cans, which are far more expensive than $1.50.

And most store managers are pretty clueless when it comes to what sodas they are going to carry. I've even heard managers diss a certain brand - don't bring that in, it's not going to sell. Or don't put that on a display, it's not going to sell. And then we do, and we sell a crapton of it.

Coke Zero is a prime example of aggressively getting a product out there, and watching it grow double digits, usually 20% or more every year. It's required on every display, it's in every cooler, vending machines, fountains, and a wide variety of packages on the shelf. And the Zero name has worked well with other brands/flavors - Powerade Zero, Fanta Orange Zero, and coming soon, vitaminwater zero.

$1.50 a bottle (assuming single bottle), what's the big deal.
Even for a 12pk, sampling a new "sugar" Dr Pepper seems worth
the risk.