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November 06, 2014

Coca-Cola signs on as official sponsor for Green Bay Packers

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Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke . Originally intended as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th century by John Pemberton, Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa Griggs Candler, whose marketing tactics led Coke to its dominance of the world soft-drink market throughout the 20th century.

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The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The Packers compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) North division. They are also the third-oldest franchise in the NFL,[7] organized and starting play in 1919.[8]

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The Packers have formed an exclusive partnership with The Coca-Cola Company, as Coca-Cola becomes the official soft drink of the Packers and Lambeau Field. Under the deal, Coca-Cola will have exclusive pouring rights at Lambeau Field and will receive signage throughout the stadium, including on the JumboTron, in the concourse area and in the Lambeau Field parking lot. Coca-Cola will also sponsor the Packers' Junior Power Pack Clinics, a series of youth football camps, as well as the Women Love Football program, which educates women about football. Coca-Cola Classic is the official soft drink of the NFL (Packers). In Green Bay, Mike Hoeft writes Coca-Cola "has shut out rival RC Cola ... Gone is the RC product line of Diet Rite, Dr Pepper and 7-up. In its place are Coke products, including Coca-Cola Classic, Diet Coke and Sprite." Packers Marketing Dir Jeff Cieply said that soft-drink sales "have climbed as more choices are offered." Cieply also said that concession stands may add Coca-Cola products Mr. Pibb and Mello Yello. Cieply: "We'll continue to tinker with the menu and figure out what people want" (Green Bay PRESS-GAZETTE, 10/5).
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