This mostly forgotten cola was a pioneer in the industry. Now it's hardly on shelves in the U.S., though it enjoys popularity ...

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 ...

Royal Crown Cola has been marketed through the years with many campaigns. A notable one in the 1940s featured actress Lizabeth Scott with “RC tastes best, says Lizabeth Scott” next to her photo.

Royal Crown Cola Co. asked the Federal Trade Commission to invoke sanctions against Pepsi-Cola and Coca-Cola for alleged ”predatory pricing” by their company-owned bottling plants.

On Aug. 6, 1968 — just two years after Dr. Robert Cade and other scientists at the University of Florida created Gatorade — Royal Crown Cola announced it would produce carbonated cola and ...

Nine years later, Chero-Cola was reformulated and reintroduced as Royal Crown Cola. This time it stuck and the company changed from Nehi Inc. to Royal Crown Cola Co . in 1951 (as I knew it).

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