North Korea and Cuba are the only places you can't buy Coca-Cola. No matter where you go, it's comforting to know you can always enjoy a Coca-Cola. Well, almost anywhere. While this fizzy drink is sold practically everywhere, it still hasn't (officially) made its way to North Korea or Cuba, according to the BBC.
Coca Cola, the best-selling soft drink in history, is one of the brands that has a presence in practically every part of the world. However, this soft drink cannot be bought or sold in three countries in the world: Cuba, North Korea and Russia.
There are two countries where you won't find the carbonated drink in stores – at least officially. Due to ongoing trade embargoes and sanctions, there are currently no legal avenues to buy Coca-Cola in Cuba and North Korea.
In a rush to safeguard the health of their publics, the governments of Spain and France banned the sale of Coca-Cola soft drinks. However, other nations near Belgium, including Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, did not ban sales of Coke products.
Today, the popular assertion is that Cuba and North Korea are the only two countries where Coca-Cola is not officially sold.
When Coca-Cola first came to China in 1927, it was a big hit. But in 1949, when communist leader Mao Zedong took over, Coke, along with other imported goods from the West, was banned. It didn't return until 1979, and by then many Chinese people had never tried it.
Coca-Cola launched its plant in cuba in 1906, two years later, in 1962, the Cuban Revolution started and the production of Coca-Cola was stopped. Castro's government seized the assets of foreign companies, so production of Coca-Cola was banned, since then Coca-Cola has ceased trade with Cuba.
Pepsi or Coca-Cola can still be obtained, although not in large supermarkets, but rather in subway shops and small tobacco shops. After Feb. 2022, both American corporations stopped selling their brands to Russia, and Russia was forced to replace them with local substitutes.
On Friday, India's Supreme Court demanded that Coca-Cola reveal its secret recipe — guarded for the past 120 years — so that the allegations of high pesticide levels could be verified with further tests. Coca-Cola pulled out of India in 1977 after the government insisted that it reveal the formula.
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Coca-Cola says it sells 1.8 billion servings of the drink every day. But for the last six decades, none has been in Burma. That's because of US trade sanctions on the military junta which ruled the country from 1962 to 2011, BBC reported.
It is unlikely Coke and Pepsi will be sold in North Korea until more significant world political problems and tensions are resolved. Cuba did not sell Coke and Pepsi for a long time due to restrictions on what could be traded in and out of the country.
Yes, you can buy Coke and Pepsi in Cuba.
The Coca-Cola Company was barred from the Egyptian market in 1966 under the Arab boycott of Israel and firms conducting business with Israel. The company responded by mobilizing its influence in the American government to assist in negotiations.
The Sun understands no UK supermarket has yet banned any of Coca-Cola's brands - which include Monster, Oasis, Smart Water, Innocent and Powerade - but other products have been. Sainsbury's last week revoked all products that are fully sourced from Russia.
Coca-Cola confirm they will not ban Coke Zero after online rumours spread. After an online rumour began to circulate about Coca-Cola taking Coke Zero off the UK's supermarket shelves, the company themselves have cleared up what's really going on. It's here to stay.
India's southern state of Kerala has banned the Indian subsidiaries of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo from manufacturing and selling soft drinks. Several Indian states have already banned the sale of Coke and Pepsi at schools and colleges after scientists found they were contaminated by pesticides.
So far, seven Indian states have banned the sale of Coke, Pepsi, Sprite and other brands from Coca-Cola and PepsiCo at government-run schools, colleges and hospitals after a New Delhi-based research group said last week that the soft drinks have pesticides levels that far exceed national standards.
Thums Up (sic) is an Indian brand of cola. It was introduced in 1977 to offset the withdrawal of The Coca-Cola Company from India. The brand was later bought by Coca-Cola who re-launched it in order to fight against Pepsi to capture the market.
Coca‑Cola is one of the most well-known international brands in China. We have more than 15 brands and offer over 50 beverage choices to Chinese consumers, who enjoy 150 million servings across the country every single day.
Russia's McDonald's replacement, Vkusno & tochka, opened a year ago. The chain can't sell iconic McDonald's items like the Big Mac and has created substitutes instead. Its CEO told Reuters that it has sold more than 24 million "Big Hits," its Big Mac dupe, since opening.
Which US companies have left Russia during the War? The Ukraine war, which broke out in February, kicked off an exodus of companies from Russia. Notably, the very day in March that Pepsi announced its decision, Coca-Cola, McDonald's, and Starbucks proclaimed their departures as well.
There is a common myth that there are two countries, namely Cuba and North Korea, that you cannot buy Coke, but time for some myth-busting. You can buy coca-cola in both Cuba and North Korea.
– Beer production in Cuba is far from meeting the country's growing demand in stores, inns and hotels, due to the large increase in tourism, a demand that can only be met by building a new brewery, the island's producers said.
It's one of the world's most recognised b... According to the BBC, Coca-Cola isn't sold in Cuba or North Korea because of trade embargos against both of the countries — North Korea has had an embargo since 1950, and Cuba since 1962.