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Introduction
The prototype Coca-Cola recipe was formulated at Pemberton's Eagle Drug and Chemical House, a drugstore in Columbus, Georgia, originally as a coca wine -
Development
Pemberton responded by developing Coca-Cola, essentially a nonalcoholic version of French Wine Coca -
First Bottling of Coca Cola
The first bottling of Coca-Cola occurred in Vicksburg, Mississippi, at the Biedenharn Candy Company in 1891 -
First Ad
The first outdoor wall advertisement that promoted the Coca-Cola drink was painted in 1894 in Cartersville, Georgia -
Original Bottles
The original bottles were Biedenharn bottles, very different from the much later hobble-skirt design of 1915 now so familiar -
New Bottle
It was then a few years later that two entrepreneurs from Chattanooga, Tennessee, namely; Benjamin F. Thomas and Joseph B. Whitehead, proposed the idea of bottling and were so persuasive that Candler signed a contract giving them control of the procedure for only one dollar -
50th Anniversary
By the time of its 50th anniversary, the soft drink had reached the status of a national icon in the USA -
Change Of Coke
On April 23, 1985, Coca-Cola, amid much publicity, attempted to change the formula of the drink with "New Coke". Follow-up taste tests revealed most consumers preferred the taste of New Coke to both Coke and Pepsi -
Coca Cola Classic
in April 2007, in Canada, the name "Coca-Cola Classic" was changed back to "Coca-Cola". The word "Classic" was removed because "New Coke" was no longer in production, eliminating the need to differentiate between the two -
Bottling Plant
Coca-Cola's bottling plant will be located in Yangon and is part of the company's five-year plan and $200 million investment in Myanmar
