Coca Cola is a favorite soda drink from one corner of the earth to another. Forever found in supermarkets and convenience stores, there’s hardly a soul out there who’s not had at least a sip of the caffeinated beverage.
The Coca Cola beverage is very much intertwined with American history, and the Coca Cola experience brings together people all over the world, from all walks of life. Like Andy Warhol said: “The President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too.”
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Whether “you” is the teenager binge-watching Netflix, or “you” is the business woman rushing to work, or you is an explorer of Antarctica, there’s a pretty good chance Coca Cola has already wooed you.
Becoming one of the world’s most iconic brands
The story of Coca Cola began in 1886 with Dr. John S. Pemberton who mixed flavored syrup and carbonated water to create a soft drink for soda fountains. He together with Frank M. Robinson named the drink Coca Cola and established the trademark still in use today.
Here are some other interesting things to know about Coca Cola.
- Initially, Coca Cola servings cost 5 cents a glass.
- About nine servings a day were sold during the first year in Atlanta, whereas Coca Cola is sold globally at a value of $1.9 billion dollars every day nowadays.
- The first Coca Cola advertising tactic was to offer free sampling with coupons in 1887.
- Coca Cola was first put in bottles in 1894.
- In 1899 three entrepreneurs purchased for the cost of $1 exclusive rights to bottle and sell the beverage.
- In 1916 the iconic Coca Cola bottle, contoured in a unique way, was created to distinguish the beverage from imitation by competitors.
- Coca Cola invented the six-pack in 1923.
- The company kept a fixed price for Coca Cola between 1886 and 1959 – 5 cents.
- Coca Cola invented the image of Santa Claus we know today in 1931 – the jolly fatty Santa with red coat.
- Diet Coke was introduced in 1982 and creating it was top secret.
- In 1985 Coca Cola announced that it would discontinue the beverage to introduce “New Coke,” a sweeter and lighter formula. Consumers protested, and the old beverage was brought back within less than three months.
- Coca Cola took off into space that same year with the Space Shuttle Challenger.
- The infamous “Always Coca Cola” campaign came out in 1993.
- Coca Cola is sold everywhere in the world, except North Korea and Cuba.
- The company produces over 3,500 beverages today and owns 500 brands.
- Mexicans drink the largest amounts of Coke than anyone else in the world.
- Coca Cola has about 2.8 million vending machines that would make up the size of 4 Empire State Buildings.
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Go ahead, have a Coke.