Coca-Cola was born first.
May 8, 1886? John Pemberton wanted to invent a drink that many people who needed nutritional supplements would enjoy drinking. That day, he was stirring the prepared drink and discovered that it had a refreshing, calming effect and relieved headaches. He added the liquid to syrup and water, then added ice cubes.
However, when pouring the second cup, the assistant accidentally added soda water. Partner Frank M. Robinson inspired the name from the two ingredients of the syrup. They are the leaves of Coca (Coca) and the fruit of Kola (Kola). In order to be consistent, Robinson changed the K of Kola to C, and then added a horizontal line between the two words, and Coca-Cola was born.
August 28, 1898, was the day Pepsi-Cola was born. PepsiCo, the predecessor of PepsiCo, was founded in 1898. Pepsi-Cola merged with Frito-lay, the world's largest manufacturer and seller of snack foods, in 1965 to form PepsiCo.
PepsiCo made a major strategic adjustment in October 1997 and separated the restaurants that own Pizza Hut, KFC and Taco Bell from the company to become an independent listed company. , namely Tricon Global (now called YUM!).
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The merger of Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola is pure fiction:
On December 22, a picture became the focus of the Internet and became a hot search topic . The protagonist of the picture is a beverage can, which is printed with both the Coca-Cola LOGO and the Pepsi-Cola LOGO. Related news states that this is a new product launched by Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola together.
However, careful netizens discovered that the Pepsi-Cola LOGO on this can is from the 2007 version. As early as 2009, Pepsi-Cola had already changed its new LOGO.
On December 23, the relevant person in charge of Coca-Cola responded that the rumor of the merger of Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola, which became a hot search on the Internet on December 22, was just a fun prank by a foreign designer. Although the merger was a fiction, supporters of both sides believed it to be true and attacked each other on the Internet.
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