STATEWIDE — After a decade-long campaign to convince Utahns that a 44-ounce cup of soda mixed with coffee creamer and flavored syrup was somehow a personality, the soda industry declared total victory Friday, pointing to a drive-thru line in Draper that now extends into a neighboring zip code. “We never stood a chance,” admitted one local dentist, whose entire practice is now funded by the Utah soda economy he opposed. Historians note the war was effectively over the moment a soda shop opened inside a car wash.
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