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7UP Gold
Food

7Up Gold: The Short-Lived Soda That Nobody Saw Coming

Mickey Yarber

7Up Gold arrived in 1988 like a fizzy curveball, a dark spiced soda from a brand known for clarity, creating one of the strangest, boldest, and most short lived experiments in soft drink history.

OK Soda
Food

OK Soda: Coca-Cola’s Most Ironic Experiment

Mickey Yarber

OK Soda was Coca‑Cola’s bold attempt to bottle Gen X cynicism, a strange, self‑aware experiment in anti‑marketing that fizzled fast but left behind one of the most fascinating cult legends in soda history.

Hot Dr. Pepper
Food

Hot Dr. Pepper: The Forgotten Christmas Tradition

Mickey Yarber

When the chilly days of the 1960s rolled in, the Dr Pepper Company faced a challenge. Soda sales tended to dip in winter, as people reached for warm drinks instead of cold ones. To solve

Coke MagiCan
Food

The Failed Coke MagiCan Promotion of 1990

Mickey Yarber

In the ’80s and ’90s, America had some of the best contests. We had Publisher’s Clearing House where you could win huge fake checks. We had McDonald’s Monopoly which took just as long and was

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