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68 unusual facts about Coca-cola


2004–05 Football League Championship

The Football League 2004–05 (called Coca-Cola Football League for sponsorship reasons), was the thirteenth season under its current league division format.

Agwa de Bolivia

The coca leaf content of the drink, like that in Coca-Cola, has the cocaine alkaloids removed during production, and does not contain the drug.

Ah W Noss

In late 2004, Ajram became the Middle Eastern face of Coca-Cola, which opened a whole new promotional phase for the young starlet.

Andy Warhol's Velvet Underground Featuring Nico

Originally released as a double LP, the cover artwork and inside gatefold sleeve feature Andy Warhol's paintings of Coca-Cola bottles.

Anthony Sperduti

Trained as an art director, he has worked as creative director at advertising agencies Wieden & Kennedy (Portland, New York, and London offices), TBWA\Chiat\Day, Modernista and with brands like Nike, The Gap, Microsoft, Coca-Cola, ESPN, MTV, Volvo, and Heineken.

Anti-union violence

Isidro Gil, a leader of the National Union of Food Industry Workers at the Bogotá, Colombia bottling plant of the Coca-Cola company who was shot dead at the plant on December 5, 1996.

Betfakar Fi Eih

Meen Ghairy Ana was delivered through a series of three Coke commercials in March 2008 as part of the official Middle East Coca-Cola song of the year.

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Meen Ghairy Ana (Nos ElKawn) - 3 Coca-Cola Commercials (instrumental version, a cappella version, album version)

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Min Ghairy Ana, by the successful trio (Nizar Francis, Samir Sfeir, Tarek Madkour) who previously created Nancy's smash hits "Yey" and "Ana Yalli", is an upbeat romantic song which was used for the 2008 Coca-Cola campaign in the Middle East.

Bob Allison

During his baseball career, he worked during the off season in sales for Coca-Cola Bottling Midwest Co. in suburban Minneapolis and after retirement, he continued with that business, becoming a plant manager and a sales manager Coca Cola's Twin Cities Marketing Division.

Burrell Communications Group

Beginning with the creation of the Black Marlboro Man for Philip Morris, accounts quickly expanded to include marquis brands McDonald's and Coca-Cola.

Carl Ware

He is a former senior adviser to the chief executive officer of The Coca-Cola Co., a position he held from 2003 to 2006.

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In 1979, he was named Vice President of Special Markets for Coca-Cola USA, with responsibility for expanding African-American and Hispanic marketing and advertising programs.

Charles J. Bates

Charles J. Bates (May 4, 1930 – September 28, 2006) was an American food scientist who was involved in the development of baking formulas for angel food and devil's food cake, then later developed high fructose corn syrup sweetener for Coca-Cola.

Chuck-A-Rama

Over thirty soft drinks are available to choose from including both Coke and Pepsi products in their regular and non-caffeinated forms.

Club Social y Deportivo Yupanqui

Before the Coca-Cola advertisement, the average number of fans that would show up to each game was between 5 and 7.

Confusing similarity

Some styles, like the script used on Coca-Cola products, are so well known that even a completely different name in a similar script could be held to be confusingly similar.

Craig Cohon

He came to Russia in 1991 working for Coca-Cola and set up the company's first bottling plant in the country.

Dirtee Disco

'Dirtee Disco' is a '70s-influenced party tune on which Dizz raps about doing the robot, drinking JD & Coke and wrapping his hands around the nearest girl's waist over some oh-so-groovy beats. Featuring vocals from none other than One True Voice alumnus and former X Factor hopeful Daniel Pearce, it's more likely to remind you of your local Flares nightclub than the hedonistic heyday of Studio 54.

Edouard Masengo

They sang Masengo's compositions as a duet, and this new fame opened the door for Masengo to get contracts to endorse the products of such firms as Coca-Cola, Ford, and Shell.

Energy Efficient Homes Package

He was provided with Coca-Cola by the homeowner, at his request, and his coworker encouraged him to take breaks as required.

Escola v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

, 24 Cal.2d 453, 150 P.2d 436 (1944), was a decision of the Supreme Court of California involving an injury caused by an exploding bottle of Coca-Cola.

Everything Is Shifting

"Good Luck with that American Dream" has been licensed for an international Coca-Cola ad.

Foothills Major Baseball Association

The main sponsor and benefactor was Jim Wilfley, with able assistance from other sports enthusiasts such as Hank Bassen, Gem-Sod, Alberta Treasury Branch, Coca-Cola, Conmac and others.

Franzia

The Franzia family sold the brand to Coca-Cola in 1973 when Fred Franzia was in his early adult years; and it was sold to The Wine Group in 1981.

Fred Arbanas

During his career with the Chiefs, Arbanas held a full-time position with Fordyce Material and later with Kansas City Coca-Cola Bottling Company as Promotion Director.

G. Lloyd Preacher

Rainbow Terrace in Druid Hills, Atlanta, the mansion built for Lucy Candler Heinz, daughter of Coca-Cola founder Asa Griggs Candler

Gemelli Diversi

The song and the accompanying album were hits in Italy, and the group subsequently made an appearance in a Coca-Cola commercial.

George Bradt

He served as an executive in sales, marketing, and general management around the world at Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Coca-Cola, and J.D. Power and Associates as chief executive of its Power Information Network spinoff.

Haribhai M. Patel

He was responsible for the policy that all foreign companies must form corporations with an Indian company holding a 50% stake, which caused Coca-Cola to pull out of India, but most others did not.

Hillsboro School District

The school district has drawn criticism for a 12-year contract signed with Coca-Cola to provide soft drinks to the district’s schools.

Hoy Quiero

"Hoy Quiero" is a Coca-Cola multi-genre song, recorded by various artists, including Teen Angels in Argentina and Kudai in Chile.

Hungama Digital Media Entertainment

In 2000 the company acquired Indiafm and in the following years began to work marketing campaigns for companies such as Coca-Cola and Nike.

J. Hemachandran

Amongst other things, J. Hemachandran campaigned for a ban on Coca-Cola and Pepsi sales in Tamil Nadu and coordinated relief work in the state after the 2004 tsunami.

Jaboatão dos Guararapes

The city is a very important industrial center, hosting companies like Unilever and Coca-Cola.

James Vicary

In it, he claimed that an experiment in which moviegoers were repeatedly shown 0.03-second advertisements for Coca-Cola and popcorn significantly increased product sales.

Jason Heyward

One hit and damaged a Coca-Cola truck in the parking lot, and another broke the sunroof of Atlanta Braves' assistant GM Bruce Manno's car in the same lot.

Kostinbrod

The economy of Kostinbrod was largely based on poultry farming and stock breeding during the Communist period, but a number of factories, including a 120,000 m² Coca-Cola one, have emerged in democratic times due to the town's favourable position and the liberal zoning policy of the municipality.

Larry Mize

For many years Mize and Coca-Cola sponsored a successful charity golf tournament to benefit cystic fibrosis held at the Atlanta Athletic Club.

Martin Blinder

In that trial, Blinder testified that White was suffering from depression and pointed to several behavioral symptoms of that depression, including the claim that White had gone from being highly health-conscious to consuming sugary foods and drinks such as Twinkies and Coca-Cola.

Martin Carney

In 2002 and 2003, he was one of the selection team for the Coca-Cola International Rules Series.

Mehdiganj

In 1999 a Coca-Cola bottling plant opened in Mehdiganj, and within a few years this factory has taken some or all of the blame from local people for causing the lack of water.

Merlien Institute Market Research Conferences

These conferences feature speakers from multinational companies such as Walmart, Hewlett-Packard, Citigroup, Procter & Gamble, Microsoft, Pepsico, Google, Coca-Cola, Unilever, Nestle, Huawei, international think tanks and research agencies.

Piqua, Ohio

The Piqua Coca-Cola Bottling Company, owned by the Lange family, was located on the downtown square at the northeast corner of Main and High streets.

Pleasant Valley Wine Company

After Repeal, the winery was sold several times, including the Taylor Wine Company in 1961, and inclusion in the sale of Taylor to Coca-Cola in 1977.

Premiership of Morarji Desai

The policy proved controversial, diminishing foreign investment and led to the high-profile exit of corporations such as Coca-Cola and IBM from India.

Rainbow Terrace

Rainbow Terrace, now known as Lullwater Estate, is the Mediterranean-style Atlanta mansion built for Lucy Beall Candler Owens Heinz (1882–1962), daughter of Coca-Cola co-founder Asa Griggs Candler.

Ranchview High School

Some of the academic achievements of this first graduating class include National Merit Scholar, College Board's National Hispanic Recognition Scholar, Advanced Placement Scholar with Distinction, Coca-Cola Scholar and Terry Foundation Scholar.

Ron Cannan

Previous experience includes self-employed business person in Alberta and British Columbia plus worked as an advertising consultant for the Kelowna Daily Courier newspaper, for Corus Entertainment (TV Advertising Sales), a marketing representative for Costco Wholesale, a sales supervisor for Coca-Cola, and a business manager for two Okanagan automobile dealerships.

Rosilane Camargo Motta

Her nickname is derived from her predilection for Fanta, an orange–flavored carbonated beverage manufactured by Coca-Cola.

Rwanda–United States relations

American business interests have been small; currently, private U.S. investment is limited to the tea industry, franchising (FedEx, Coca-Cola, Western Union, and MoneyGram) and small holdings in service and manufacturing concerns.

Sealy Corporation

Due to lack of funding for manufacturing, Sealy expanded using a licensing-expansion similar to Coca-Cola.

Shim Hye-jin

Shim started her career as a model, and entered stardom with a Coca-Cola commercial in the late 1980s.

Sly Spy

Minor enemies will drop several different items when defeated, such as extra ammo, cans of Coca-Cola-esque soda and machine guns.

South Molle Island

The Coca-Cola soft drink company recently filmed a commercial on the island.

Stanley G. Grizzle

Additionally, Grizzle recently received the Stanley Ferguson Lifetime Accomplishment award and received a grant of 25 shares of Coca-Cola stock.

Surte

Although he was not the designer, he was the man named on the 1915 design patent for the legendary contour Coca-Cola bottle.

Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987

As the songs title contained the trademark names Coca-Cola and the Swedish chewing gum Bugg, the European Broadcasting Union demanded that the lyrics would be changed before the Brussels final, so the song was renamed Boogaloo.

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Out of 1 502 submitted songs and 12 songs in the final, the entry Fyra Bugg och en Coca-Cola was chosen.

The Guess Who

He contacted the band about participating in an advertising project for Coca-Cola; this turned out to be the recording of a split LP with Ottawa band The Staccatos (soon to rename themselves The Five Man Electrical Band).

The Texas-Israeli War: 1999

Clairewood celebrates with Sol, Myra, and Brown over bottles of Coca-Cola, no longer manufactured in the United States but now imported from Israel.

The Transall Saga

Megaan's brother gives Mark a shard of a Coca-Cola bottle and the Merkon (leader of The Tsook) reveals the events between Mark's time and this future, also revealing that he too was sent there by the beam of light.

Tim Lees

He has performed and choreographed many football skills commercials including Coca-Cola Street Striker where Wayne Rooney headed the campaign later shown on Sky One, a Toni & Guy UK tour and at Wembley Stadium for Microsoft.

Tom Mboya

They had five children, including daughters Maureen Odero, a high court judge in Mombasa, and Susan Mboya, a Coca-Cola executive who continues the education airlift program initiated by Tom Mboya.

Trisno

The group was signed to a major worldwide label, Universal Music Group, after scoring a Coca-Cola endorsement deal for the “Life Tastes Good” campaign set for Asia.

Yū Hayami

In 1983, she released her fifth single, "Natsu Iro no Nancy" (Summer Coloured Nancy), as a campaign Song of CM of Coca-Cola.

Yureni Noshika

After appearing in the TV commercials for Coca-Cola and Nestlé, she was asked to appear in the teledrama Kindurangana, a remake for the Sri Lanka television market of the Hindi television serial Kasam Se.

Zahi Khouri

He helped establish the Palestinian Development and Investment Company (PADICO), the largest Palestinian investment company, as well as the Palestinian National Beverage Company, which manufactures and markets Coca-Cola products under official franchise in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.


1969 Curaçao uprising

Then, large commercial buildings including a Coca-Cola bottling plant and a Texas Instruments factory were attacked and marchers entered the buildings to halt production.

2010 Women's Rugby World Cup

The commercial partners of the tournament were Nike, Heineken, the Coca-Cola Company's sports drink Powerade, Holiday Inn, British rugby equipment supplier Rhino Rugby, University of Surrey and UK National Lottery.

Adam Gussow

Gussow's other musical credits include five months with the bus-and-truck tour of Big River; commercials for Coca-Cola, Nestea, and Swatch; and two decades as a harmonica instructor at the Guitar Study Center in New York and Jon Gindick's harmonica jam camps.

Automatic identification and data capture

The global association Auto-ID Center was founded in 1999 and is made up of 100 of the largest companies in the world such as Wal-Mart, Coca-Cola, Gillette, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble, Unilever, UPS, companies working in the sector of technology such as SAP, Aliens, Sun as well as five academic research centers.

Birthe Neumann

At the Royal Danish Theatre she has appeared in a number of productions, among them Marx and Coca Cola, Molière's The Learned Ladies, Henrik Hertz's Sparekassen (The Savings Bank), Jess Ørnsbo's Majonæse (Mayonnaise), Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman, and David Hare's A Breath of Life.

Cascade Brewery

The non-alcoholic range of products was acquired by Coca-Cola Amatil in the third quarter of 2013.

Coke 2

Coca-Cola C2, a low-calorie version of Coca-Cola introduced in 2004 using high fructose corn syrup and artificial sweeteners

Corporate Magic

Other major projects include the Oklahoma Centennial Spectacular, Coca-Cola's Centennial, the Boy Scouts of America’s 100th Anniversary Jamboree, international product launches for Mazda, Land Rover and Jaguar, annual corporate gatherings and awards programs for Prudential Financial, Xango and Rite Aid, and several projects for the Dallas Cowboys.

Corsica Cola

Corsica Cola benefited from an unexpected kick start during its launch in May 2003: a heat wave.

Costas Hajihristos

From 1955 until 1955 at the Peroquet sponsoured by Coca-Cola with Yialama-Thisviou-Pretenderis, praised himself and the idyllic with Diridawa?

Dark of Night

According to Brooks and Marsh (1984), locations included a Coca-Cola bottling plant, Brentano's book store in Manhattan, a castle in New Jersey, and the American Red Cross Blood Bank.

Dongguk University Station

:Jangchungdong (administrative name of this area) is famous for food shops serving Jokbal, Bindaetteok and Cola.

Fanta

While the plant was effectively cut off from Coca Cola headquarters during the war, plant management did not join the Nazi Party.

FEMSA

The company is owned 53.7% by FEMSA, 31.6% by the Coca-Cola Company and the remaining interest trades on the New York Stock Exchange and the Mexico City Stock Exchange.

Fred Lorenzen

He came back in 1970, driving a Dodge Daytona prepared by Ray Fox in the World 600(now the Coca-Cola 600), but dropped out while leading on lap 252 of 400 due to engine issues, running in a few more events that year, including substituting for LeeRoy Yarbrough in the Junior Johnson #98 Ford Torino Talladega in that year's Southern 500, as Yarbrough had a prior Indy car commitment.

Golden Lions

This is in stark contrast when the stadium name was sold to Coca-Cola in 2008.

Harley Pasternak

Pasternak has endorsed several products, including the video game Harley Pasternak's Hollywood Workout for Wii and the XBox 360 with Kinect, along with a food and DVD fitness line based on the "5-Factor" plan and the "997" New Balance exercise shoe, along with Fitbit, Shaklee and Coca-Cola's fitness waters, including Powerade and Glacéau VitaminWater and SmartWater

Jan Lorenc

The firm identifies its work as "environmental communication design," a body of work that includes museums and visitors centers, trade show exhibits, theme park design, signage, retail spaces, and furniture for organizations including Mayo Clinic, Coca-Cola, North Carolina State University, Georgia-Pacific, Haworth Furniture Company, General Motors, Bank of America, General Mills and Sony-Ericsson.

Joel Veitch

In January 2007, Veitch reached a settlement with Coca-Cola after they used music and video very similar to 7 Seconds of Love's song 'Ninja' on one of their adverts in Argentina without permission.

John R. Montgomery

Montgomery worked at Burnett for 33 years, where he served as Executive Vice President, Executive Creative Director and handled accounts including McDonald’s (domestic and global), Minute Maid (Coca-Cola), Nintendo, Kellogg, Procter & Gamble, Allstate, 7-Up, Keebler, Green Giant, Miller Beers, United Airlines, Kraft Foods, Nestle and Samsonite.

Karel Marquez

Karel, along with Drew Arellano, is also a co-host in Coca Cola: Ride To Fame, a reality talent show after SOP Rules.

Kurt Yaghjian

He has taken part in advertising campaigns for products such as Coca-Cola, Ford Motors, Domino's Pizza, Toyota, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Budweiser and Sprite.

Mellow Yellow

In 2011, the song was again featured in a new commercial for Mello Yello drink, as part of Coca-Cola's "Original Smooth" campaign to rebrand and reintroduce the drink.

Nagi Noda

Other works include direction of a television advertisement for Coca-Cola (with music by Jack White), collaboration with Medicom Toy to produce Nagi Noda Be@rbrick, the video for the Scissor Sisters song "She's My Man", and the video for "Hearts On Fire" by Cut Copy, it was the last music video she made.

Prahova County

Some of the biggest international corporations like Coca-Cola, Unilever, InBev, Johnson Controls, Cameron, Weatherford, Michelin, Timken and others have invested heavily in the recent years.

Robi Domingo

Domingo is also an endorser, and among the brands that he has endorsed, is still endorsing or is affiliated with at present time are: Nokia, Bench, Coca-Cola, Jollibee, Skechers, Globe Telecom, Adidas, Wade Shoes, Gold's Gym, RayBan, The Body Shop, Your Own Time and Folded & Hung.

Sam Pinto

At the age of 10, she got her first modelling job, appearing in the posters for Coca-Cola.

Tab Clear

In his 2011 book, Killing Giants: 10 Strategies to Topple the Goliath in Your Industry, Stephen Denny published an interview with former Coca-Cola Chief Marketing Officer Sergio Zyman that stated the formation and subsequent failure of Tab Clear was a deliberate move to destroy Crystal Pepsi, capitalizing on the public's lack of understanding of Pepsi's heavily-marketed product.

Tokyo Tower

For example, the top half of the tower was lit green to correspond with the Japanese premiere of The Matrix Reloaded and different sections of the tower were lit red, white and black to commemorate the first day of sales of Coca-Cola C2.

Trevor Eyton

Eyton is a board member of a number of corporations, including Coca-Cola Enterprises (Atlanta), General Motors of Canada, Noranda, Nestle Canada and Coretec, and serves as Chairman and a director of Ivernia West.

UIC Flames

Jay DeMerit played for UIC's men's soccer team and currently plays for and captains the Vancouver Whitecaps FC in Major League Soccer, and was a former captain of Watford whom he played for in the English Premier League and the Coca Cola Championship.

United States military pay

COLA (Cost Of Living Allowance): Non-taxable money paid monthly to offset the additional costs of living in a particular location, usually an overseas location.

United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola

In 1912, even though Coca-Cola had won the case, two bills were introduced to the U.S. House of Representatives to amend the Pure Food and Drug Act, adding caffeine to the list of "habit-forming" and "deleterious" substances, which must be listed on a product's label.

Upper 10

However, with the acquisition of RC Cola by Cadbury Schweppes plc in 2000 and subsequent folding of company operations into Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc., bottlers have gradually discontinued bottling Upper 10 in favor of the similar, more popular and non-caffeinated 7 Up (which is also owned by Dr Pepper Snapple Group).