Three young women drinking soda from a straw in black and white - Archive Photos/Getty Images Man cannot live on Coke or Pepsi alone. (Actually, they can't live on any soda alone.) Just because ...

degree of success through the years. Probably the most successful bottling works to operate in the Etowah County area was the Coca-Cola Bottling Works. This company opened in Gadsden and was one of ...

In a recent phone conversation with a regular reader — no, we didn’t text — he mentioned drinking Nehi soda. The thought brought back memories of “bygone days.” The CEO’s favorite was Nehi orange ...

A: Yes. In 1934, Robert Miller Grubb, a Nehi bottler in Dothan, was one of the first to bottle what is now known as Royal Crown or “RC” Cola. The new flavor was a reformulation of a cherry-flavored, ...

In 1923, a judge ruled in Coca-Cola’s favor, saying that Chero-Cola was in violation of Coke’s trademark. That meant Hatcher had to drop “cola” from his company’s name, thereby costing him valuable ...

Main Street once had two types of businesses. There were retailers who were supported by the surrounding neighborhoods including Jefferson Heights and others in South Chattanooga. There were also ...

* History: The company was founded in 1922 by Charles D. Little and business partner Joe S. Foster, former Chero-Cola employees who launched the company originally as the Good Grape Company. The ...