Word: colas
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...suit was against its onetime president, jut-jawed Charles Godfrey Guth, who in 1931 had bought for his own account a controlling interest in, Pepsi-Cola Co., a puny contender in the soft-drink market (annual sales about $33,000). By whirlwind promotion, including sales in Loft...
...stores, President Guth fizzed up its sales until by the end of 1935 he was able to report a net for the year of $464,000. Loft filed suit for his 237,500 shares (91%) of Pepsi-Cola stock, contending that it had been bought with Loft money, developed with Loft resources...
...Fair), it can expect at least 4,000,000 customers by October 30. At Aquacade rates (40? to 99?; average about 50?) that meant a gross to date of something over $1,500,000 (plus an additional $15,000 a week for plugging some 14 products, from Pepsi-Cola to opera glasses). Billy Rose has an equally remarkable way with costs -about $30,000 a week at the Aquacade-and Billy says he is clearing from the Aquacade after expenses as much as $80,000 a week. Although the Fair takes a cut ranging from 8% to 25% of gross...
...supper will be served from 11:30 to 1 o'clock, with plenty of Coca Cola and other beverages available at all times. The Committee feels that though food is abundant, its appeal is slight beside that of Ellington's music...
...Absent from the Conference were nine ailing bishops, including two Southern die-hards:-Bishops Collins Denny and Warren A. (Coca-Cola family) Candler. A Southern movement to spike the merger with a last-minute court action failed to materialize...