NY Daily News today reports that NYC controller William Thompson wants to scrap the city’s deal, made by new Chief Marketing Office Joe Perello to make Snapple exclusive non-carbonated beverage of choice for schools in the New York City Department of Education, as well as all non-school city buyildings. Thompson says that a fair bidding process wasn’t followed and that two vendors offered better deals and more cash. Juice vendor Apple & Eve, for example, offered to pay $77 million over seven years, according toi the News. The story points out that the Perello worked with Snapple when the NY Yankees, where he used to work, did a Snapple deal.
Stay tuned to see whether these bottles get banned.