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90 unusual facts about Coca-Cola


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 Chalmers

Chalmers is known for his love of Coca-Cola, claiming to drinking anywhere from 6-12 cans a day in Flip's skateboard video Sorry.

Alex Steinweiss

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

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.

Awake Is the New Sleep

The song "We're All in This Together" was used on several television advertisements in Australia and New Zealand, including Coca-Cola and The Salvation Army Community Services.

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.

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.

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.

Budak Kelantan

Before going to Jaha's home, Libokbong mentioned to Jaha about going to his friends house to buy some drugs.Buchek was offered an excessive amount of cough syrup added with Coke by Jaha, but refused as he never took drugs in a whole of his life but finally accepted it after Jaha says he will not drink it if Buchek is not.

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.

Cal Murphy

His father, William Murphy, a senior executive with Coca-Cola, moved the family to Vancouver.

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.

Club Social y Deportivo Yupanqui

Yupanqui gained some notoriety in Argentina after a Coca-Cola television advertisement where it was referred to as the club with the least fans in Argentina.

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.

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.

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".

Emmet O'Brien

O'Brien enjoyed racing in Denmark and had a succsefull end to the championship finishing with two podiums and third place in the Valvoline Finale just behind series champions Jan Magnussen and Michel Nykjaer, O'Brien was representing Coca-Cola in Denmark and carried the striking livery of the Burn Energy brand on his BMW 320si.

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.

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.

Gemelli Diversi

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

Genaro Vázquez Rojas

Diez was the owner of a Coca-Cola concession, proprietor of "Yoli" soft drink factories, Chancellor of University of Huerrero, and ex-mayor of Taxco.

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.

Golden Lions

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Macau Pass

Macau Pass, Coca-Cola and Circle K Convenience Stores Macau Division have decided to introduce the "Coca-Cola 60 Years Limited Edition Macau Pass".

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).

Mark Schaefer

In the mid-1990s he became a marketing director for Alcoa where he worked with global brands such as Coca-Cola and Anheuser-Busch.

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.

Max Keith

Max Keith (pronounced "Kite") was the head of Coca-Cola GmbH, the major bottler of Coca-Cola during the Nazi period of German history.

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.

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.

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.

NASCAR Racing 2002 Season

NR2002 has all 23 tracks on the 2002 NASCAR schedule, including a fictional track named Coca-Cola Superspeedway.

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.

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).

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.

Preciziei metro station

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

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.

Richard Jacobson

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

Rider, Reaper

After killing a raider briefly stunned by a thrown can of Coca-Cola, Ryan quotes the company's then-slogan, "nothing like the real thing."

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 Pompei

Well known for its innovative approach towards retail design, the firm has collaborated with a wide spectrum of clients including Anthropologie, California Academy of Sciences, Coca-Cola, Fortune, Harley-Davidson, Herman Miller, Kiehl's Since 1851, Kmart, Levi's, MTV, Old Navy, Rubin Museum of Art, Sony, Té Casan, The Discovery Channel, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, and Urban Outfitters.

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.

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.

Shakermaker

The song illustrates Noel Gallagher's habit of borrowing from the past: the chords are a simple twelve-bar blues progression (albeit with the V (F#) raised to a flat-VII (A)) and the melody for the verse was originally taken from "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)" (the song made famous from its use on Coca-Cola adverts in the 1970s) by Roger Cook, Roger Greenaway, Bill Backer and Billy Davis.

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.

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.

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.

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

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 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.

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.

Truesdale, Missouri

Notable companies in Truesdale are Cascade Plastics, Oldcastle Glass, Warrenton Oil, Coca-Cola, River City Steel, Metso Minerals and Truesdale MFA.

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.

WGTZ

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

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.


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.

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.

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.

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.

Cascade Brewery

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

Cavan Cola

It was popular in Cavan, and at the peak of its popularity (late 1980s/early 1990s), the product often outsold global brands (like Coke and Pepsi) in shops in County Cavan and County Leitrim and the surrounding area.

Century Theatres

Since the summer of 2010, they are mostly equipped with Coca-Cola Freestyle.

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.

Cholula Hot Sauce

Cholula is served as the "Official Hot Sauce" in concessions at motorsports events including the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach and Coca-Cola 600.

Coca-Cola Cup

Football League Cup in England, known as the Coca-Cola Cup from 1992–98

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.

Cyriac Roeding

He later co-founded the mobile marketing firm 12snap in Munich, London and Milan, which worked with Coca-Cola, McDonald's, Nokia, L'Oreal and others and won the first Lion Awards for mobile creative concepts in Cannes.

Don Naylor

His work at McCann Erickson extended to producing commercials for Coca-Cola bottlers all over the south and occasionally nationwide.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Green Coca-Cola Bottles

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

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.

Lilet

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

María Moliner

It is held under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and the collaboration of the Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces and, since 1992, with the collaboration of the Coca-Cola España Foundation.

Martín von Hildebrand

Since the 1950s, however, the Colombian Amazon and its indigenous peoples have suffered from waves of colonistion and exploitation: peasant refugees during the time of 'La Violencia'; colonists following in the wake of petroleum exploration; economic booms for rubber extraction, gold mining and the illicit processing of coca; government and aid-agency sponsored resettlement and development programs.

Masquerade Show

Its release was preceded by the pop single "Suteki ni Dancing" (trans. Dancing Is Great), used for an advertising campaign by Coca-Cola.

Memory Lane: The Best of McFly

The album was preceded by the release of the new single, "Love Is Easy", and includes four other new tracks, "Do Whatcha", "Down Down", "Mess Around You" and "Cherry 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.

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.

Rohan Sajdeh

Before being recruited to BCG, Sajdeh worked in positions at Enron India, Coca-Cola Amatil, and the Lend Lease Corporation.

Saul Tepper

Additionally, his illustrations appeared in advertising for major companies such as General Electric, Coca-Cola, General Motors, Mobil and Texaco.

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.

Steven Stamkos

In late 2013, he played the leading role in a web commercial for Coca-Cola Zero named Shawn Warford's Moment Zero.

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.

U.S.-Russia Business Council

There are over 300 members, including Alfa-Bank, Boeing, Cargill, Chadbourne & Parke, Citigroup, Coca-Cola, Ford, Procter & Gamble, and other leading businesses, banks, law firms, accounting firms and organizations.

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.