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100 unusual facts about 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.

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.

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.

Alex Steinweiss

The only other graphic design in America to be used for so many years is the Coca-Cola bottle.

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.

Arab League boycott of Israel

A similar situation existed in the Arab world which boycotted the products of companies that were selling in Israel as in the case of Coca-Cola.

Arthur Max

He commenced his own production design career in TV commercials over a period of ten years from 1985 to 1995 (for such clients as Pepsi, Nike, Jeep, Coke and Levi’s), which led to his ongoing associations with directors Scott and Fincher.

Be Your Wings/Friendship/Wait for You

Be Your Wings was used as the theme song of PlayStation Portable game Tales of VS., Friendship was used as a Coca-Cola commercial song, and Wait for You was used as the theme song of NHK's broadcast of J-League.

Ben McPeek

He quickly became the top jingle composer in Canada, and composed over 2,000 jingles during the 1960s and 1970s for such companies as Canadian National, Chargex, Coca-Cola, the Labatt Brewing Company, Speedy Muffler King, and the Toronto Dominion Bank among many others.

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.

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

The first preview of the album was from the hit "Meen Ghairy Ana" in Nancy's three part Coke commercial, which served as a very successful promotion 5 months before release.

Blyk

On 25 Sep 2007 it was reported by telegraph.co.uk that the company had secured 44 brands for its service, including Coca-Cola, NatWest, Boots Group and Mastercard.

Channel 4's technology correspondent Benjamin Cohen also raised the issue that targeting individuals with advertising for brands such as McDonalds and Coca-Cola could open up a debate about childhood obesity.

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.

Boss 302 Mustang

The Boss Mustang also enjoyed considerable success in Australia with Canadian born driver Allan Moffat driving his Coca-Cola-sponsored Mustang to a recorded 101 wins from 151 starts.

Burrell Communications Group

The Coca-Cola commercial entitled “Street Song” wins Burrell its first Clio Award.

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.

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.

Chinatown, Mexico City

By far the largest festival sponsored is the annual Chinese New Year’s celebration, which has as cosponsors organizations such as the borough of Cuauhtemoc and 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.

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.

Costas Hajihristos

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

Craig Cohon

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

Disco in Dream

The tour took place in Asia, and after in Europe the tour would be re-titled as The Hitman Roadshow (sponsored by Coca-Cola) and advertised as The Coca-Cola Hitman Roadshow, as free concerts to "thank British fans' support".

Dongguk University Station

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

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.

El Ché-Cola

El Ché-Cola is a natural cola soft drink manufactured in France (in Marseille) by the El Ché-Cola Company, which donates 50% of its net profits to NGOs that fight against world hunger.

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.

Esophageal food bolus obstruction

Historical treatment of food bolus obstruction included administration of proteolytic enzymes (such as meat tenderizers), or even acidic substances, such as Coca-Cola with the purpose of degrading the meat that was blocked; however, it is possible that these methods may increase the risk of perforation of the esophagus.

Everything Is Shifting

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

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.

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.

Geoffrey Handley

He has conducted high intensity executive workshops with corporate clients across the USA and South East Asia, including P&G, GOME, Haier, Samsung, Unilever, Coca-Cola, Johnson & Johnson, Nokia, Toyota and Motorola.

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.

Golden Coca-Cola

Golden Coca-Cola, was a limited edition of Coca-Cola, produced by Beijing Coca-Cola company to celebrate Beijing's successful bid to host the Olympics.

Golden Lions

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

Green Coca-Cola Bottles

Green Coca-Cola Bottles is a 1962 painting by Andy Warhol that depicts numerous Coca-Cola bottles.

Hadashi no Mirai/Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono

"Hadashi no Mirai" was used as the campaign song for Coca-Cola and is evident on the cover art design for the limited edition.

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.

Hillman Avenger

Stylistically, the Avenger was undoubtedly very much in tune with its time; the American-influenced "Coke Bottle" waistline and semi-fastback rear-end being a contemporary styling cue, indeed the Avenger would be the first British car to be manufactured with a one piece plastic front grille.

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.

HP 200LX

It was in widespread use among, for example, Coca-Cola warehouse managers, who loaded their own logistics software onto the machine.

Israel Beer Breweries

The brewery is owned by the Central Bottling Company, which also holds the Israeli franchise for Coca-Cola products since 1968.

Jack Batton

The complex was opened for the entertainment of young people in the city by Larry B. Hunter (1896–1971) and his wife, Gladys Powell Hunter (1899–1973), the owners of the local Coca-Cola franchise.

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.

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.

Jaqueline Negron

In March 2004, Coca-Cola sponsored Jaqueline to perform at the largest Latin American music festival in the world: Miami, Florida's Calle Ocho Festival.

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.

Khordha district

It is renowned for its Brass utensils cottage industries, Cable factory, Spinning mills, Watch repairing factory, Railway coach repairing factory, Oil Industries, Coca-Cola bottling plant and Small metal industries.

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.

Lilet

She rose to fame when she starred in the international Coca-Cola ad singing Future Of The World.

Little Saint Nick

The song is also used in a Coca-Cola holiday commercial featuring a family of polar bears who stumble upon a festive penguin gathering.

Lord Invader

Ironically, In the early 1940s, radio stations in the USA would not play his own version on the grounds of its using the copyrighted name, Coca-Cola, and its references to prostitution and alcohol.

Maine State Route 88

These include (again heading northward) Portland Country Club, Skillins garden center and the Falmouth Sea Grill (all in Falmouth); Town Landing Market (which was once featured in a national Coca-Cola commercial) (Falmouth Foreside); and the Lower Falls Landing plaza (Yarmouth).

Martin Carney

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

Mauricio Fernández Garza

In June 2005 he sold one of his companies, Especialidades Cerveceras, S.A. (the makers of premium beer Casta) to Fomento Económico Mexicano (FEMSA), world's second-largest Coca-Cola bottler.

Melinda's World

Eliot Bradley (Chad Stevens), a waylaid college professors enters her life along with a warmhearted waitress (Ruth de Sosa), who introduces Melinda to the blues and Coca-Cola.

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.

Midnight My Love

Sometimes he'll visit a ballroom where big band music is played and there is dancing, but he always sits by himself and sips a Coke.

Montserrat Oliver

During this time, Montserrat also served as national spokesperson and brand image for selected global companies, like Coca-Cola, L’Oréal Paris, and Lancôme among others.

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.

Øystein Bonvik

His previous positions include head of public relations at Coca-Cola Norway, communication consultant at JKL Oslo and Burson-Marsteller as well as media relations officer at NATO headquarters in Stavanger.

Paeroa

Today L&P is owned by Coca-Cola and produced on the same production line as other Coca-Cola products sold in New Zealand.

Pepsi Max 400

This was done despite ISC signing a contract with Coca-Cola to replace Pepsi as the official soft drink sponsor of its racetracks in 2008 (the contract is slowly being phased in).

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.

Preciziei metro station

Industrial facalities directly served by the metro station: Coca-Cola factory, Urbis.

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.

Richard Jacobson

Partnered with Laura Fernandez, Jacobson has produced major commercial illustration and design work for Microsoft, Coca-Cola, and Air Canada.

Robert Filliou

In 1947, Filliou traveled to the United States and work as a laborer for Coca-Cola in Los Angeles and achieved a masters in economics.

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.

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.

Rykodisc

Rykodisc, the first label to use two-sided tray cards, also housed its CDs in customized green jewel boxes; company president Rose wanted the trays to be the color of a Coca-Cola bottle.

Sam Pinto

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

Sega Game Gear

Other versions included a red Coca-Cola themed unit, bundled with the game Coca-Cola Kid, and the Kids Gear, a Japan-only variation targeted toward children.

Shandy

A local variant, especially in the UK, is made by mixing equal measures of lager and Coca-Cola, with a shot of amaretto, (including the shot glass), 'dropped' in at the end.

Sinebrychoff

Sinebrychoff owns the license for manufacturing The Coca-Cola Company's Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, Bonaqua and Powerade brands in Finland, as well as the license for manufacturing Schweppes and Dr Pepper.

Spierig brothers

Peter and Michael ended up jointly directing over sixty television commercials for a large list of clients including Coke, Universal, Myer, Lend Lease, Energex, and Telstra, to name a few.

Stanley G. Grizzle

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

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.

TAS Racing

The team has been known under a series of names: originally TAS Suzuki, then from 2007 until 2011 Relentless energy drinks, a product of Coca-Cola, teamed up with TAS (Tandragee Auto Salvage), but from 2012 the team was rebranded Tyco Suzuki joining up with new title sponsors Tyco Security products.

The Ballet of Change: Piccadilly Circus

The Ballet of Change: Piccadilly Circus, the final film in the progressive series, was the first film to be broadcast through the famous Coca-Cola Billboard on Land Securities' Piccadilly Circus Lights in London.

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.

Things That Make You Go Hmmm...

In American advertising, Coca-Cola was one of the first to advertise special promotions featuring the group in a special, brief cut of their music video.

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.

Tuvia Grossman

This same picture has been used to gather support for the boycotting of Coca-Cola by Muslims, by falsely identifying him as a Palestinian.

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.

WGTZ

This logo was often displayed adjacent to the Coca-Cola company's "Enjoy Coke" logo in a co-branding campaign.


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.

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.

Boom Blox

A demo was produced for Coca-Cola's Coke Zone promotion, which is a promotion in which consumers in the UK can use codes on Coca-Cola and Diet Coke bottles to collect points.

Coke 2

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

Corsica Cola

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

Derek Vanlint

He worked on advertisements for such companies as British Airways, Chevrolet, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Guinness, Kellogg's, Levi's, Maxwell House, Pepsi, and Visa.

Ellis Johnson

Ellis L. Johnson, Coca-Cola chair professor for Georgia Tech's School of ISyE

Fanta

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

Federal University of Campina Grande

Multinational companies like Honda, Motorola, Coca-cola and Alumar, recruite new graduates every six months for their companies in Brazil.

Fictional brand

Sometimes a specific brand is needed because of its prior associations; e.g. the Coca-Cola machine scene in Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove would not work with any other real or fictional brand (except possibly Pepsi).

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.

Frigoglass

The company's customer base consists of the Coca-Cola Company Bottlers (Coca-Cola Hellenic, Coca-Cola Enterprises, BIG, Coca-Cola Amatil, Coca-Cola Sabco), Brewers (Heineken, SABMiller, Carlsberg, ABInbev, Efes), Pepsi and Dairy companies (Nestle, Danone) and many others.

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

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.

Jerry Perenchio

The company sold to Coca-Cola in 1985 (who at the time was the parent of Columbia Pictures, now owned by Sony) for $485 million in Coke shares which later doubled.

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.

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.

Minute Maid

In Argentina, a traditional juice manufacturer, Cepita, that came to bankrupt in 2001, was purchased by the Coca Cola Company and became operational again.

Sekretagent Productions

The company eventually produced two 3D spots, one of which was a joint effort with Coca-Cola Zero, Mentos, and Eepybird of YouTube fame.

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.

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.

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).