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1885
Originally intended as a patent medicine, it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton -
1891
Coca-Cola was made on Saturdays in a forty gallon kettle. every batch of syrup used is tasted before leaving the building. -
1899
Ben Franklin Thomas and Joseph Whitehead gave candler the idea of bottling the drink so people can have it beyond fountains. -
1920
coca cola companies realized people were buying 2 or 3 bottles at a time. the 6 pack was born. -
1931
Coca-Cola used Santa on advertisements and showed him as a plump, round man with rosy cheeks and a long, white beard. He is also wearing bright red. He was the perfect image of Coca-Cola. Not only did the ads become popular, but they have helped to shape the way all Americans look at Santa Clause -
1943
The U.S. government requests that
Coca‑Cola be made available to the
troops. Robert Woodruff pledges to
provide Coke to the military for a
nickel regardless of what it costs the
Company to produce the product.
During the war, 64 portable bottling -
1950
Coca-Cola introduced a king-sized bottle and a family-sized bottle. The purpose was to help out women buying groceries. It would be a lot easier for them to carry one larger bottle among other groceries than carrying a cumbersome six pack. -
1960
in the early 60s many women began to count their calories and watch their weight. coca cola invited diet cola it was sweetened with saccharine rather than sugar. -
1985
new coke was launched, without a backlash from classic coke lovers, a group called old cola drinkers threw a fit about the new formula. after getting a bunch of calls and letters coca cola announced that classic Coke was coming back to the shelf's. -
2006
The Bottling Investments Group is
established. This organization manages
the operations of Company-owned
bottling plants around the world.
