What sucks is the last two aren't "Texan" and haven't been for a while. The original Dr Pepper company hasn't been owned by a Texas firm for decades and Dr Pepper Snapple sued their last iconic bottler, Dublin Dr Pepper, nearly out of existence, but definitely out of bottling cane sugar Dr Pepper, eight years ago. And two years back, the Hobson family cashed in and sold a majority of Whataburger to a private equity firm out of Illinois.

I wonder how much longer the Butt (yes, really) family will keep hold of H-E-B.