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"Pepsi-Cola hits the spot / Twelve full ounces, that's a lot / Twice as much for a nickel, too / Pepsi-Cola is the drink for you." [13] Coming at a time of economic crisis, the campaign succeeded in boosting Pepsi's status. From 1936 to 1938, Pepsi-Cola's profits doubled. [14] The stylized Pepsi-Cola wordmark used from 1951 to 1971.
Pepsi AM was a variant of Pepsi that contained 25% extra caffeine and was marketed as a morning boost/energy drink. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was introduced in test markets in August 1989, but was discontinued in October 1990 due to poor sales and reception.
He coined the name "Pepsi-Cola" in 1898 marketing the drink from his pharmacy in New Bern, North Carolina. As his drink gained popularity Bradham founded the Pepsi-Cola Company in 1902 and registered a patent for his recipe in 1903. [6] The company was incorporated under Delaware General Corporation Law in 1919.
Both Coca-Cola and Pepsi can trace their origins back to the 1890s, and the two sodas seemed to be able to peacefully co-exist until nearly a century later. But in the 1980s, the companies began...
Find: Mountain Dew, Corn Flakes and 9 Other Beloved Brands With a Twisted History. ... Pepsi. The company's namesake, Pepsi-Cola was actually first sold as “Brad’s Soda” as far back as 1893 ...
Alfred Nu Steele (April 24, 1901 – April 19, 1959) was an American soft drink businessman who was the president and later chairman of the board of Pepsi-Cola Company from 1950 until his sudden death in 1959.
In 2000, Whitman Corp., a Pepsi bottler, purchased PepsiAmericas and took the acquired company's name. [2] Whitman was founded as the Illinois Central Railroad. [3] It later diversified out of railroads and into Pepsi bottling, going by the names Illinois Central Industries in 1962, IC Industries in 1975 and Whitman Corp. in 1988.
June 14, 2024 at 5:10 AM. For well over a century, The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) and Pepsico (NASDAQ: PEP)-- or the Pepsi-Cola Company as it was previously called -- have been locked in a ...