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To: Sporke

http://www.popvssoda.com/countystats/total-county.html


18 posted on 05/14/2011 9:58:16 AM PDT by Fresh Wind ('People have got to know whether or not their President is a crook.' Richard M. Nixon)
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To: Fresh Wind

Thank you, that was quite interesting. :)


39 posted on 05/14/2011 10:16:28 AM PDT by Sporke (USS-Iowa BB-61)
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You probably know that Coca-Cola got its start early in the 1900s in Pharmacy and small department store lunch counters in the South. Besides lemonade or tea, a “Coke” was about the only soft drink available.

To reach more of the public, it began to be bottled and distributed through general stores in a 6 1/2 oz. bottle.

Competitors emerged, and Pepsi began to compete at labor intensive work site lunch counters in hot climates with its ten oz. serving. It offered more cool beverage and sugar for the same price.

Therefore, the brand of drink took on a class distinction in the South, which is reflected today by ordering by brand. Other locations, North and West simply saw the drinks as ‘pop’ or ‘soda’ without volume, taste, or origin discrimination.

50 posted on 05/14/2011 10:27:12 AM PDT by PeaRidge
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