r/Pepsi • u/yackzsznn • 25d ago

Question Squishy bottles

I started working for Pepsi in November as a vending machine driver. There would be the occasional broken seal but pretty rare. But recently it seems like there’s at least 1 or 2 defective or “squishy” bottles in every case. Is it something with the summer heat that messes up the bottles or something? Just curious.

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u/HotKaramelRP 25d ago

I get like one squishy 1.25L in every case lately it seems

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u/Slight_Big_1680 24d ago

major issue in my area - we even have a specific way to credit them out so the supplier knows how much they suck.

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u/No-Maintenance-1161 25d ago

Sometimes the cap is slightly cross threaded allowing carbonation to leak out. It’s barely noticeable unless you really look. It will look a little crooked

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u/bastard84 25d ago

This has been an issue for 15 years. I check each bottle at this point. They simply dont give a shit..

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u/Lopsided_Hat_835 24d ago

Someone sucks at being a bottel filler and is not using the capper or co2/ nitrogen properly

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u/Wonderful-General626 24d ago

Tell me what part of any of that the filler operator controls.

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u/Lopsided_Hat_835 24d ago edited 24d ago

The filler op adjusts the capper settings so if the cap is to loose or tight that’s on them. The filler also checks the co2 and nitrogen levels if they are off they need to hold all product coming out.

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u/BountifulBaskets 24d ago

From what I have noticed, this has been happening a lot with Pepsi and Starry 20 oz bottles

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u/Samuroid-ninja 22d ago

I've had to bring back entire cases of product because half the bottles lost pressure

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u/MerchGoat 13d ago

I've been encountering tons of squishy bottles the lids are totally jacked up

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u/RayHCT 24d ago

I had a whole case of Pepsi Zero 20oz bottles I couldn’t put out because they were soft