It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke ( a registered trademark of The Coca-Cola Company in the United States since March 27, 1944 ).

The Coca-Cola Company also sells concentrate for soda fountains to major restaurants and food service distributors.

The Coca-Cola Company has, on occasion, introduced other cola drinks under the Coke brand name.

An example of an in rem case is United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola ( 1916 ), where the defendant was not The Coca Cola Company itself, but rather " Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola ".

This was quoted as one of the main reasons that The Coca-Cola Company broke away from their contract with the local brewer Pripps and started Coca-Cola Drycker Sverige AB instead.

* 1889 – The Coca-Cola Company, then known as the Pemberton Medicine Company, is originally incorporated in Atlanta, Georgia.

Targets included three Ford showrooms ; Peugeot and IKA-Renault showrooms ; Goodyear and Firestone tire distributors, the pharmaceutical manufacturers Riker and Eli Lilly, the Union Carbide Battery Company, the Bank of Boston, Chase Manhattan Bank, the Xerox Corporation, and the soft drink companies, Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola.

which is owned by the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Northern New England, a subsidiary of the Kirin Brewery Company, based in Tokyo.

On three separate occasions between 1922 and 1933, the Coca-Cola Company was offered the opportunity to purchase the Pepsi-Cola company, and it declined on each occasion.

In 1985, The Coca-Cola Company, amid much publicity, changed its formula.

By most accounts, Coca-Cola was India's leading soft drink until 1977 when it left India after a new government ordered The Coca-Cola Company to turn over its secret formula for Coke and dilute its stake in its Indian unit as required by the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act ( FERA ).

In 1993, The Coca-Cola Company returned in pursuance of India's Liberalization policy.

In 2005, The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo together held 95 % market share of soft-drink sales in India.

He met privately with Michael Bloomberg for 10 minutes, then met with CEO's, including Douglas N. Daft ( Coca-Cola Company ), Gerald M. Levin ( AOL Time Warner Inc .), Maurice R. Greenberg ( American International Group, commercial insurer ), and Dean O ' Hare ( Chubb Corporation, insurer ).

In December 2008, the FDA gave a " no objection " approval for GRAS status to Truvia ( developed by Cargill and The Coca-Cola Company ) and PureVia ( developed by PepsiCo and the Whole Earth Sweetener Company, a subsidiary of Merisant ), both of which use rebaudioside A derived from the Stevia plant.

* Sprite ( soft drink ), the brand name of a lemon-lime beverage produced by The Coca-Cola Company

* In March 2011, HP Enterprise Services announced that Coca-Cola FEMSA signed a five-year technology outsourcing services contract valued in excess of $ 100 million to build and manage an HP Converged Infrastructure.

On May 3, 2006, the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, Cadbury Schweppes, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and the American Beverage Association announced new School Beverage Guidelines that will voluntarily remove high-calorie soft drinks from all U. S. schools.

The Coca-Cola Company announced in early 2002 that Vanilla Coke would be introduced initially in the United States with distribution starting May 15, 2002, followed by a rollout in Canada.

In November 2005, after slumping sales, The Coca-Cola Company announced that Vanilla Coke would be discontinued in North America and Great Britain by the end of the year.

In 2010, in a bid to counteract falling sales and bans on bottled water, The Coca-Cola Company announced they would be distributing Dasani water in new packaging made of 30 % plant based materials.

By 1895 Candler announced to shareholders that Coca-Cola was served in every state in the United States.

In 2005, the Coca-Cola Company announced it would produce a sucralose-containing formulation of Diet Coke known as Diet Coke with Splenda, but that it would continue to produce the aspartame version as well.

In June 2010, the Seahawks severed their association with Jones Soda and announced that they had signed a five-year agreement with Coca-Cola.

On 30 September 2009, Coca-Cola announced they would end their sponsorship deal with the Football League at the end of the 2009 – 10 season.

On September 3, 2008, Coca-Cola announced its intention to make cash offers to purchase China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited ( which has a 42 % share of the Chinese pure fruit juice market ) for US $ 2. 4bn ( HK $ 12. 20 per share ).

On 26 September 2007, Coca-Cola Amatil announced it was making a conditional takeover bid for 100 % of the companies shares.

In early 2010, Coca-Cola announced new images of new packaging that it would be re-branding Mello Yello to resemble the packaging in 1979.

Coca-Cola announced on August 29th, 2012 that they had extended their sponsorship of the National Hot Rod Association's Professional Drag Racing Series, with Mello Yello replacing Full Throttle Energy Drink as the title sponsor of the series beginning in 2013.

Another major international breakthrough came in 2009 when a remixed version of K ' naan's single " Wavin ' Flag " was announced as the official Coca-Cola theme song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

On May 15, 2007, SunTrust announced that it had sold 4. 5 million shares, or 9 %, of its 48. 2 million shares of Coca-Cola.

With Candler and Walker soon at odds with Charley Pemberton, his father announced that it was the rights to the Coca-Cola name but not the formula that he had conveyed to the son.

On 21 October 2010, Coca-Cola announced that Malvern Water would cease production and the Colwall plant would be sold off to property developers.

On April 24, 2008, it was announced that Coca-Cola would change sponsorship of the National Hot Rod Association professional classes from POWERade to Full Throttle.

After the team failed to qualify for the Coca-Cola 600, the partnership dissolved, and Shepherd failed in each of his attempts to qualify for a Cup race that season.

On 22 May 2009, in partnership with The Coca-Cola Company, illy launched a line of coffee-flavoured energy drinks called illy issimo.

In 2007, Little Caesars ended its partnership with Coca-Cola, opting for Pepsi products instead, except in Canada.

* Support My School Campaign: On Januarydasd 24, 2011 NDTV in partnership with Coca-Cola India, CAF and UN-Habitat launched the " Support My School " campaign.

After De Vos left Wigan for Ipswich Town, Jackson again formed another sound partnership with Ian Breckin and helped Wigan to their second promotion in three years when they finished runners-up in the Coca-Cola Championship in 2004 – 05.

Israel Beer Breweries entered the market in as a partnership between Carlsberg Group and the local Coca-Cola company.

A Big Mac combo meal with French fries and Coca-Cola served at a McDonald's in Louisvile, Kentucky.

The most common of these is Diet Coke, with others including Caffeine-Free Coca-Cola, Diet Coke Caffeine-Free, Coca-Cola Cherry, Coca-Cola Zero, Coca-Cola Vanilla, and special versions with lemon, lime or coffee.

Coca-Cola is a major international brand, and is associated with the United States.

The cola brands with the greatest global volumes are Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

to compete with Coca-Cola and Kola.

Fausto Rodriguez, a young messenger, later recalled that Captain Russell came in and ordered Bacardi ( Gold ) rum and Coca-Cola on ice with a wedge of lime.

However, there are some problems with Bacardi's account, as the Spanish-American war was fought in 1898, Cuba's liberation was in 1898, and the Rough Riders left Cuba in September 1898, but Coca-Cola was not available in Cuba until 1900.

Meanwhile, Columbia University's liberal faculty members became disenchanted with the university president's ties to oilmen and businessmen, including Leonard McCollum, president of Continental Oil ; Frank Abrams, chairman of Standard Oil of New Jersey ; Bob Kleberg, president of King Ranch ; H. J. Porter, a Texas oil producer ; Bob Woodruff, president of Coca-Cola ; and Clarence Francis, General Foods chairman.

Kazakhstan franchising began with the emergence of a " Coca-Cola " factory, opened to sublicense a Turkish licensor of the same brand.

Innovative and sometimes controversial marketing campaigns have kept it as the number one selling soft drink in Scotland, where it competes directly with global brands such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi.

Coca-Cola Drycker Sverige AB produced its own julmust, albeit very slyly with The Coca-Cola Company's name occupying only a small space on the label.

Distribution area from Polar overlaps with Coca-Cola of Northern New England in Massachusetts ; for example, Shaw's Supermarkets and Stop & Shop are generally supplied by Polar while Market Basket uses CCNNE.

In 1997, after his sponsorship with Coca-Cola ended, NASCAR driver Jeff Gordon signed a long term contract with Pepsi, and he drives with the Pepsi logos on his car with various paint schemes for about 2 races each year, usually a darker paint scheme during nighttime races.