When Pepsi Had a Navy

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When Pepsi Had a Navy

Post by Riddick » 06-27-2019 01:58 AM

They didn't set out deliberately to do it, and they never engaged in naval warfare, but at one time, the Pepsi Cola company once had 17 diesel attack submarines and a fleet of oil tankers. That made them, at the time, the sixth-largest navy in the world.

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It was part of a convoluted deal with the Soviet Union, which started when Pepsi marketing executive Donald M. Kendall managed to meet Nikita Khrushchev through his good friend, then-vice president Richard Nixon, at a cultural exchange exhibition.

How did that lead to Pepsi owning a fleet of ships and submarines? Read all about it here.
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Re: When Pepsi Had a Navy

Post by Doka » 06-27-2019 02:29 AM

That's a great article!

The Article woke up one of my more dead brain cells and reminded of one of the funniest movies ever made I may even have to watch it again! It was called "1 2 3". (1961) About Coca-Cola trying to get into The USSR, before Pepsi.

One of my favorite parts, " Otto is forced to listen endlessly to the song "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" during interrogation, he cracks and signs a confession that he is an American spy."

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Re: When Pepsi Had a Navy

Post by kbot » 06-28-2019 10:59 AM

That was a good story Riddick........
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