Morning start: Did you know there are only two countries that don’t sell Coca-Cola? (2024)

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Morning start: Did you know there are only two countries that don’t sell Coca-Cola? ›

Fun Fact of the day:

Bottling operations begin in Canada, Cuba and Panama, becoming the first three countries outside the United States to bottle Coca‑Cola.

With more than 500 brands available in more than 200 countries, Coca-Cola is the largest beverage manufacturer and distributor in the world, one of the largest corporations in the United States, and one of the most successful brands in marketing history.

In 2013, Coca-Cola brought its product to Myanmar after relations between Myanmar and the international community began to improve. Today, the popular assertion is that Cuba and North Korea are the only two countries where Coca-Cola is not officially sold.

After the Cuban Revolution, led by Fidel Castro, halted the production of Coca-Cola in 1962. The new Cuban government started seizing American firms. Coca-Cola moved out and never returned. Even now the United States holds the commercial, financial and economic embargo against the Republic of Cuba.

Fun Fact of the day:

North Korea and Cuba are the only places you can't buy Coca-Cola.

The origin of Coca‑Cola in the USA

On May 8, 1886, Dr. John Pemberton sold the first glass of Coca‑Cola at Jacobs' Pharmacy in downtown Atlanta. Serving nine drinks per day in its first year, Coca‑Cola was new refreshment in its beginning.

7Up is not owned by Coca-Cola. The lemon-lime soda brand is currently owned by Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP) and is distributed internationally by PepsiCo. The brand has had several different corporate owners over its history. Sprite is Coca-Cola's competitor to 7UP.

How? Coca-Cola announced it was leaving the Russian market back in March 2022 as part of the global response to the invasion of Ukraine. Coca-Cola HBC, the Greek-owned company that bottled and sold co*ke in Russia, switched to a new brand, Dobry Cola.

MacDonald's is Coca-Cola's biggest customer, and the two companies maintain a symbiotic relationship from 1955. As MacDonald's expaneded globally, it often used Coca-Cola's offices as a base of operations to get up and running. Over the years, the companies created a system for delivery.

Why was Coca-Cola banned in India? ›

The Coca-Cola Company started operating in India in 1950. However, in 1977, they withdrew operations from the country in protest of regulations and legislation by the Government of India limiting the dilution of equity of multinational corporations.

“Sales of Pepsi's products have traditionally been stronger in the region, due in part to an Arab League-imposed boycott on Coca-Cola in 1967/68, which began when the firm decided to open a bottling plant in Israel. The freeze on co*ke sales did not end until 1991.

But through it all, Irn-Bru still outsells the mighty Coca Cola to this day and has dominated the Scottish soft drink market for over a century. For more stories about Small Brands That Outsell The Big Boys, click or tap the "Listen" tab above to hear the full Under the Influence episode.

Coca-Cola's first trial

In 1909, the Pure Food and Drug Act passed, and the United States government seized 40 barrels and 20 kegs of Coca-Cola syrup because they considered the added caffeine to be a harmful ingredient.

There are deep historical, political, and legal reasons behind the ban that keeps Cubans out of the hands of American aficionados but in short, Cuban cigars are illegal in the United States due to the longstanding embargo against Cuba, which was initiated in the early 1960s by President John F. Kennedy.

Following the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, Kennedy imposed travel restrictions on February 8, 1963, and the Cuban Assets Control Regulations were issued on July 8, 1963, again under the Trading with the Enemy Act, in response to Cuba hosting Soviet nuclear weapons.

We began building our global network in the 1920s. Our global growth expanded during World War II when Coca‑Cola President Robert Woodruff believed that every American service man and woman should have a co*ke at their disposal, no matter where they were or the cost to the company.

More than 200 countries. It's actually quite difficult to think of a country where it's not available.

The first export of Coca-Cola was to Cuba in 1899. It wasn't until the 1920s, that international expansion of the brand began to take off.