Coca-Cola logo, the logo is famous, The logo was first used in 1941.World of Coca-Cola buildingCoca-Cola bottling factory. January 8, 1941,Montreal,Canada.
Coca-Cola is acarbonated, sweetenedsoft drink and is the world's best-selling soda. A popularnickname for Coca-Cola is Coke.The Coca-Cola Company claims that the beverage is sold in more than 200 countries.[1] Coca-Cola was first made inColumbus, Georgia.The company's headquarters are inAtlanta,Georgia. Coca-Cola's main rival isPepsi because of the similar taste of their main product. Coca-Cola has 7 cubes ofsugar, whereas Pepsi has 8 cubes of sugar. The Coca-Cola Company is proud to have a long history of sponsoring major events, organizations and projects around the world. Among their most well known sponsorships areAmerican Idol,Apple iTunes,BET Network,NASCAR,NBA,NCAA,Marvel and theOlympic Games. After their products were put back on sale inMyanmar in 2012, the only countries that Coca-Cola cannot be bought officially areCuba andNorth Korea, due to trade bans with the US.[2]
Coca-Cola was first made in the 1800s byJohn Pemberton. The first sales were at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia, on May 8, 1886. They sold it there for five cents a glass, it was very strong tasting because they did not mix it with water. Coca-Cola was first made the way it is now inColumbus, Georgia. It was called Pemberton's FrenchWine Coca at first and was sold as a medicine to help cure colds and give people more energy. The drink used to be sold atsoda fountains in the United States. It was also created to stop addictions to morphine.
Coca-Cola was first sold inbottles inAtlanta on March 12, 1894 with actual cocaine content. It was first sold incans in 1955. During the first year, sales were about only nine drinks per day. Dr. Pemberton did not think he could make a lot of money with the drink he invented, so he sold parts of his business to different people. Just before he died in 1888, he sold the rest of his Coca-Cola business to Asa G. Candler. Mr. Candler, together with some other businessmen, started the Coca-Cola Company.
Candler became mayor of Atlanta and gave most of his shares of Coca-Cola to his children. In 1919 the family sold control of Coca-Cola to Ernest Woodruff. In 1923 Woodruff's son Robert Winship Woodruff became president of Coca-Cola, replacing Asa Candler's son Charles Howard Candler.
The drink is called "Coca-Cola" because of the coca leaf andkola fruits that were used to add flavor. Dr. Pemberton's partner and bookkeeper,Frank Robinson, suggested the name "Coca-Cola" because he thought using the letter C twice would look better than if they used a K in the word "Cola". He then wrote down the name to use as a logo that is now very famous. The recipe was altered after a short while, after the cocaine/coca leaf reportedly caused cases of hallucinations. Coca has not been used in the formula since 1903.
The company sells many other products, including other sorts of Coca-Cola, such as Diet Coke (1981),Cherry Coke (1985), Diet Cherry Coke (1986), Diet/Coke with Lemon (2001), Diet Vanilla Coke (2002), Diet/ Coke with Lime (2004), Coke Zero (2006), Coca-Cola with Orange (2007), Diet Coke Citrus Zest (2007). Based on Interbrand's best global brand 2011, Coca-Cola was the world's most valuable brand.
