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The price of Coca-Cola first exceeded 5¢ per serving in 1946 in Los
Angeles.
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In 1969, the code name, "Project Arden," was used for the introduction
of a new graphic look for The Coca-Cola Company. The result? A consistent
identity for packaging, advertising -- everything -- incorporating the
signature Dynamic Ribbon.
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Coca-Cola syrup was first shipped in used whiskey kegs and barrels -- but
they were repainted red to give them a distinctive mark.
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The greater Mexico City bottler produces the greatest volume of any Coca-Cola
bottler on the globe.
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The consumption of Coca-Cola classic in the United States exceeds each
of the following: bottled water, juices, powdered drinks, wine and distilled
spirits.
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It took 58 years -- until 1944 -- to sell the first billion gallons of
Coca-Cola syrup. Today, that billion gallon mark falls every 7-1/2 months.
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Cuba and Panama were the first two countries to bottle Coca-Cola outside
the United States.
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If the Coca-Cola company constructed a sign like the ones McDonald's uses
to count their millions of customers, by 1983 it would have read "over
1 trillion served."
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Coca-Cola trucks travel over 1,000,000 miles a day to supply consumers
with soft drinks.
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200 billion servings of Coca-Cola would fill 213,000 Olympic-sized swimming
pools.
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John Pemberton walked the first gallon of Coca-Cola syrup to Jacob's Pharmacy
on May 8, 1886. In the rain. Uphill. Both ways. allright... allright...
Today, the company and its bottlers rely on the largest commercial fleet
in the world.
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In 1894, the first syrup plant outside of Atlanta was opened in Dallas.
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If all the Coca-Cola vending machines in the U.S. were stacked one on top
of another, the pile would be over 450 miles high.
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In 1928, sales of bottled Coca-Cola surpassed fountain sales for the first
time.
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If all of the Coca-Cola sold in 1994 were in 8-ounce bottles laid end-to-end,
those bottles would reach to the moon and back 76 times.
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If all of The Coca-Cola Company products sold in 1994 were flowing over
Niagara Falls at its normal rate of 1.5 billion gallons per second, the
falls would flow for 3 hours.
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During 1886, sales averaged nine drinks per day (total -- not per person).
Most recently, sales of Company products were more than 411 million drinks
per day (total -- not per person).
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25 gallons of syrup were sold in 1886, compared to 1.6 billion gallons
in 1985.
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In 1886, Frank Robinson used his own pen and ink to script the first Coca-Cola
trademark. Today, Coca-Cola is the most recognized trademark in the world,
spoken in 80 languages.
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If one bottle could be made large enough to contain all the Coca-Cola ever
produced, it would be 6,365 feet high and 1,930 feet wide. A person of
proportionate size to the bottle would be a giant 10.9 miles tall and weigh
over two million pounds.
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If all the Coca-Cola ever produced was in normal bottles placed end-to-end,
they would wrap the earth 4,712 times.
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Coca-Cola is the world's most recognizable trademark...recognized by 94%
of the world's population.
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There are about 7,000 soft drinks from the Coca-Cola Company consumed every
second of every day.
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