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Pepsi was first invented in 1893 as "Brad's Drink" by Caleb Bradham, who sold the drink at his drugstore in New Bern, North Carolina. [3] It was renamed Pepsi-Cola in 1898, "Pepsi" because it was advertised to relieve dyspepsia [4] [3] [5] (indigestion) and "Cola" referring to the cola flavor. [5]
Also in 1903, he moved his Pepsi-Cola production out of his drug store and into a rented building nearby. In 1905, Bradham began selling Pepsi-Cola in six-ounce bottles (up until this time he sold Pepsi-Cola as a syrup only), and awarded two franchises to North Carolina bottlers. Bradham's Pharmacy in New Bern, North Carolina
Five years later, he changed his soda’s name from “Brad’s Drink” to “Pepsi-Cola” and founded the Pepsi-Cola Company in 1902. Read: The Classic Brands You Love Are In Trouble.
The Cola wars are the long-time rivalry between soft drink producers The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo, who have engaged in mutually-targeted marketing campaigns for the direct competition between each company's product lines, especially their flagship colas, Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Beginning in the late 1970s and into the 1980s, the competition ...
The warehouse chain has served Pepsi as part of its beloved $1.50 hot dog combo in all of its locations since 2013, when it switched from Coca-Cola after 27 years. Costco in San Antonio, Texas on ...
Pepsi briefly took the top spot in the 1980s during Coca-Cola's New Coke fiasco, according to Beverage Digest. However, Pepsi fell back to second place and has stayed there for nearly 40 years.
PepsiCo's flagship product, Pepsi Cola, has been engaged in a rivalry for generations with Coca-Cola; it is commonly referred to as the cola wars. Although Coca-Cola outsells Pepsi Cola in the United States, PepsiCo within the North American market is the largest food and beverage company by net revenue.
Coca-Cola lovers for more than a decade were forced to wash down their $1.50 hot dogs at Costco’s food courts with Pepsi. But Costco plans to bring back Coca-Coca at its food court soda ...