A recent court order might have ended Dr Pepper’s long-running distribution agreement with Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling, but makers of the popular spicy cherry soda say the beverage is not leaving restaurant and theater fountains anytime soon.

“Recent reports on changes to Dr Pepper availability are highly misleading,” Keurig Dr Pepper noted in a statement, responding to news about a Texas court order that went into effect on Monday, Oct. 27, officially ending Dr Pepper’s long-running distribution agreement with Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling.

It’s a ruling that gives Dr Pepper’s parent company, Keurig Dr Pepper, full control to bring its soda back under its own distribution system.

And while Yahoo Finance reported that the legal shift means some Coke-affiliated fountains will lose access to Dr

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