Vermont Creamery’s processing facilities look a little bit different today than they did 38 years ago when the company was founded as a two-person artisan operation (see the processor profile).
On April 23, 1985, Coca-Cola Co. famously announced that it was trading in its Coca-Cola (aka Coke) soft drink’s nearly century-old secret formula for a new, sweeter one. Certain taste tests had shown that many consumers preferred the sweeter taste of Pepsi, so “New Coke” was the company’s answer to that particular problem.