And if so, is this less the case in other countries?
But companies like Coke and Pepsi aren't going to be too happy to see an employee drinking a competitor's product. Not that anyone would drink Pepsi.
Years ago I worked for a company that was building a relationship with Apple. The company sent some employees to an Apple facility with Dell laptops.
That didn't go over too well. Got a bunch of Macs after that.