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Soft-Drink Giant's Vault Takes on Mtn Dew With Unusually Aggressive Offer

Advertising Age, March 9, 2009 — In an audacious and quite possibly unprecedented move likely to resonate with recession-weary consumers, Coca-Cola will give away a free sample of its Vault brand to anyone who buys PepsiCo's Mtn Dew.