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Coca-Cola history began in 1886 when the curiosity of an Atlanta pharmacist, Dr. John S. Pemberton, led him
to create a distinctive tasting soft drink that could be sold at soda fountains. He created a flavored syrup, took it
to his neighborhood pharmacy, where it was mixed with carbonated water and deemed “excellent” by those
who sampled it. Dr. Pemberton’s partner and bookkeeper, Frank M. Robinson, is credited with naming the beverage “Coca-Cola” as well as designing the trademarked, distinct script, still used today.
Prior to his death in 1888, just two years after creating what was to become the world’s #1-selling sparkling beverage, Dr. Pemberton sold portions of his business to various parties, with the majority of the interest sold to
Atlanta businessman, Asa G. Candler. Under Mr. Candler’s leadership, distribution of Coca-Cola expanded to
soda fountains beyond Atlanta. In 1894, impressed by the growing demand for Coca-Cola and the desire to
make the beverage portable, Joseph Biedenharn installed bottling machinery in the rear of his Mississippi soda
fountain, becoming the first to put Coca-Cola in bottles. Large scale bottling was made possible just five years
later, when in 1899, three enterprising businessmen in Chattanooga, Tennessee secured exclusive rights to
bottle and sell Coca-Cola. The three entrepreneurs purchased the bottling rights from Asa Candler for just $1.
Benjamin Thomas, Joseph Whitehead and John Lupton developed what became the Coca-Cola worldwide bottling system.
Available in: <http://www.worldofcoca-cola.com/coca-cola-facts/coca-cola-history/> Access in: agosto de 2014.
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