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Coca-Cola (also known as Coke) is a popular carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants and vending machines in over one hundred and forty countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company, which is also occasionally referred to as Coca-Cola or Coke. It is one of the world's most recognizable and widely sold commercial brands. Coke's major rival is Pepsi. Although Coke has been the target of urban legends about its safety and the ethics of the company that produces it, it is widely accepted as the most dominant soft drink in the world today. Originally intended as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century, Coca-Cola was bought out by shrewed businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose aggressive marketing tactics led Coke to its dominance of the world soft drink market throughout the 20th century. Although faced with accusations of perverse side-effects on the health of consumers and monopolistic practices by its producing company, Coca-Cola has remained a popular soft drink well into the first decade of the 21st century.
1 History
1.1 Early years
The Las Vegas World of Coca-Cola museum displays memorabilia from several decades and offers visitors samples of soda from around the world.
Coca-Cola was invented by John S. Pemberton in 1886 in Columbus, GeorgiaColumbus is a city located in Muscogee County, Georgia. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 186,291. The city is the county seat of Muscogee County 1. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area, originally as a cocawineCocawine was an alcoholic beverage that combined wine and cocaine. The most popular brand was Vin Mariani developed in 1863 by Corsican entrepreneur Angelo Mariani. It was a popular drink at the time. In Atlanta, John Pemberton, a pharmacist, developed hi called Pemberton's French Wine CocaPemberton's French Wine Coca was an earlier version of what was to become known as Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola.. It was initially sold as a patent medicine for five centEuro coin In currency, the cent is a monetary unit that equals th of the basic unit of value. It also refers to the coin which values one cent. Etymologically, it comes from the Latin word centum which means hundred. Mints all over the world usually creats a glass at soda fountainToday, a soda fountain refers to the carbonated drink dispensers found in fast food restaurants. These devices combine syrup (commonly dispensed from a Bag-In-Box), carbon dioxide, and water to make soft drinks. Historically, a soda fountain referred to ts, which were popular in America at the time thanks to a belief that carbonated water was good for the health. It was relaunched as a soft drink to counter ProhibitionFor the judicial writ of prohibition, see Prohibition (writ). For prohibition of drugs in general, see Prohibition (drugs . Prohibition was the period between 1919- 1932 in Finland (called 'kieltolaki'), between 1900 and 1948 in locations in Canada and be. The first sales were made at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia on May 8May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). There are 237 days remaining. Events 1450 Jack Cade's Rebellion: Kentishmen revolt against King Henry VI. 1541 Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River naming it Rio, 18861886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. January 29 Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. March, and for the first eight months only thirteen drinks were sold each day. Pemberton then ran the first advertisement for the beverage on May 29 of the same year in the Atlanta Journal.
Asa Griggs Candler bought out Pemberton and his partners in 1887 and began aggressively marketing the product — the efficacy of this concerted advertising campaign would not be realized until much later. By the time of its 50th anniversary, the drink had reached the status of a national symbol.
Coca-Cola was sold in bottles for the first time on March 12, 1894 and cans of Coke first appeared in 1955. The first bottling of Coca-Cola occured in Vicksburg, Mississippi at the Biedenharn Candy Company in 1891. Its proprietor was Joseph A. Biedenharn. The original bottles were Biedenharn bottles, very different from the much later hobble-skirt design that is now so familiar. Asa Candler was tentative about bottling the drink, but the two entrepreneurs who proposed the idea were so persuasive that Candler signed a contract giving them control of the procedure. However, the loosely-termed contract proved to be problematic for the company for decades to come. Legal matters were not helped by the decision of the bottlers to subcontract to other companies — in effect, becoming parent bottlers.
When the United States entered World War II, Coke was provided free to American soldiers, as a patriotic drink. The popularity of the drink exploded in the wake of World War II as American soldiers returned home, more grateful than ever to partake of a beverage that had become synonymous with the American way of life.
For more corporate history, see The history of the Coca-Cola Company.
