Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED, INC. and the City of Quincy, Florida celebrated a partnership that has lasted more than 100 years during an unveiling ceremony of a restored, historic Coca-Cola mural in… Read More
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Happy Birthday Alabama!
The 3-year celebration of the State of Alabama Bicentennial culminated with a daylong celebration on Saturday, December 14th in Montgomery including a parade of Alabama people, places and history, exhibits, concerts and… Read More
Coca-Cola UNITED Supports Historic Inaugural Event
On Tuesday November,12, 2019, Steven L Reed was inaugurated as the first African American Mayor of Montgomery, Alabama, a city that once served as the capital of the Confederacy. Coca-Cola UNITED is… Read More
An Epic Transformation 1,281 Days
From 2013 through 2017, Coca-Cola UNITED’s growth was nothing less than transformational. Over the course of four years, beginning with the acquisition of Oxford, Alabama, in March of 2014, and ending… Read More
Meet Mary Alexander: The First African-American Woman to Appear in Coca-Cola Advertising
A Humble Trailblazer: Meet Mary Alexander, the First African-American Woman to Appear in Coca-Cola Advertising Just like Coca-Cola, this story remains timeless. The story of the radiant Mary Alexander is woven into… Read More
Who Was the Coca-Cola Sprite Boy? | HuffPost
By Heather Taylor, Icon Researcher & Blogger at Advertising Week Source: Huffington Post If you didn’t know any better, you might assume that Coca-Cola’s “Sprite Boy” was a brand mascot created for one of… Read More
The Relationship between your local bottler and The Coca-Cola Company
The Coca-Cola bottling system grew up with roots deeply planted in local communities. As was true a century ago, strong locally based relationships between Coca-Cola bottlers, customers and communities are… Read More
The History of Coca-Cola … by The Coca-Cola Company Coca-Cola® originated as a soda fountain beverage in 1886 selling for five cents a glass. Early growth was impressive, but it was only when… Read More