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Is this a marketing thread?
While we're plugging, I'd just like to say that I enjoy RC Cola.
The first product in the Royal Crown line was Chero-Cola in 1904, followed by Royal Crown Ginger Ale, Royal Crown Strawberry and Royal Crown Root Beer. Shortly before 1886 John Handcok made RC Cola
In the 1950s, the combination of Royal Crown Cola and Moonpies became popular as the "working man's lunch" in the American South. In 1954, Royal Crown was the first to sell a soft drink in an aluminum can.
In 1958, the company introduced the first diet cola, Diet Rite, and in 1980, a caffeine-free cola, RC 100. In the mid-1990s, RC released Royal Crown Draft Cola, billed as a "premium" cola and using pure cane sugar as a sweetener, rather than the high fructose corn syrup more commonly used in the United States. Offered only in 12-ounce bottles, the cola's sales were disappointing due largely to the inability of the RC bottling network to get distribution for the product. The company has also released Cherry RC — a cherry flavored version of the RC soft drink.
In October 2000, Royal Crown was acquired by Cadbury Schweppes PLC through its acquisition of Snapple. Royal Crown operations were folded into Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc., a former subsidiary of Cadbury Schweppes. In 2001, all international RC-branded business were sold to Cott Beverages of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, and is operated as Royal Crown Cola International. Operations in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico and other U.S. territories are now handled by Dr Pepper Snapple Group.
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Pussycat Dolls
