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RC Cola is underrated

Posted on 1/24/25 at 9:04 pm
Posted by FAT SEXY
California
Member since Jun 2020
712 posts
Posted on 1/24/25 at 9:04 pm
Even I sleep on it and I've always loved it. For some reason I just forget about it for long stretches of time. I'm not a huge soda drinker though.

I think it's better tasting than it's contemporaries.

Drinking one makes me think of my grandpa. He used to have his old 1950s icebox well stocked with these things.
Posted by Hat Tricks
Member since Oct 2003
28777 posts
Posted on 1/24/25 at 9:22 pm to
RC Cola is damn good for sure. My grandpa used to always have some too, as well as some Nehi Peach!
Posted by RichJ
The Land of the CoonAss
Member since Nov 2016
4216 posts
Posted on 1/24/25 at 9:26 pm to
I remember @ 4H camp at Camp Grant Walker, RC Cola & a Moonpie was the preferred evening snack…
Posted by livnthehighlife
Gonzales
Member since Jan 2012
442 posts
Posted on 1/24/25 at 9:36 pm to
Damn fine product that Coca-Cola suffocated out of the market.
Posted by LSUDad
Still on the move
Member since May 2004
60726 posts
Posted on 1/24/25 at 10:18 pm to
I had a few friends on the football staff at Baylor. I sent the DC a text, I needed a couple tickets. When to get a Coke, the girl said, no Coke. I said ok, Pepsi, her reply, no Pepsi, no cola I asked. They had RC, an it was good.
So an asked a coaching friend of mine about the RC only at the games.
He said the guy that had the RC franchise, was a big Baylor grad. He just about gives them the stuff. Maybe all of it.
Posted by c on z
Zamunda
Member since Mar 2009
129145 posts
Posted on 1/24/25 at 10:35 pm to
Don’t think I’ve had that in years.
Posted by AUHighPlainsDrifter
South Carolina
Member since Sep 2017
3179 posts
Posted on 1/24/25 at 10:45 pm to
Has a fascinating history. From their website...

RC Cola History

The Independent Soft Drink
Since its launch in 1905, RC Cola has been a soft drink that embodies individuality and entrepreneurial spirit. RC’s RC Colacrisp, clean taste distinguishes it from other colas, and has become a favorite of cola drinkers throughout America.

RC originated in Columbus, Ga., when a young pharmacist named Claud A. Hatcher decided to supply his family’s grocery store with drinks that he produced and bottled. Hatcher called his first line of beverages “Royal Crown,” and the first cola product “Chero-Cola.” Other early products included Royal Crown Ginger Ale, Royal Crown Strawberry and Royal Crown Root Beer.

Sales grew steadily and in 1912 Hatcher’s basement bottling activities grew into the Chero-Cola Co. Sixteen years later, he renamed the company Nehi Corporation, after the successful line of fruity beverages he had developed.

After Hatcher’s death in 1933, Vice President H.R. Mott took control of the company and quickly streamlined operations to make the company debt-free within the year. Part of Mott’s plan was the reformulation of the classic Chero-Cola into a more refreshing beverage. Chemist Rufas Kamm was given the responsibility of coming up with the new flavor, which took six months to perfect. The new cola was released to the public with the name of Hatcher’s original line of beverages: Royal Crown.

Royal Crown Cola was an instant sensation. RC Cola, as it is now called, was such a success that the company was eventually renamed Royal Crown Cola Co. By 1940, RC products were available in 47 of the 48 states.

RC continued to expand throughout the following decade and began to advertise more aggressively. Advertisements were inserted into publications such as Saturday Evening Post and Good Housekeeping, and endorsements by Hollywood stars such as Joan Crawford, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby were featured on billboards throughout the nation.

As RC continued to grow, it stayed true to its independent personality by producing innovation after innovation. In 1954, the company became the first to nationally distribute soft drinks in cans. Four years later, the company introduced the 16-ounce bottle.

In terms of beverages, RC produced the first low-calorie diet cola (Diet Rite), the first caffeine-free diet cola (RC 100) and the first diet cherry cola (Diet Cherry RC). Other RC innovations include the all-aluminum beverage can and Royal Crown Draft cola, a premium cola made with pure sugar cane.

The RC Cola brand was acquired in October 2000 by London-based Cadbury Schweppes plc. Today, RC Cola continues under the ownership of Plano, Texas-based Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages, the largest subsidiary of Cadbury Schweppes plc.

What’s in a name? RC Cola received its name from the people who matter the most: its consumers. When the reformulated product was released in 1934, the manufacturer named it “Royal Crown Cola.” As the soft drink became increasingly successful, consumers affectionately abbreviated the name to “RC.”
Posted by OK Roughneck
The Sooner State
Member since Aug 2021
14815 posts
Posted on 1/24/25 at 10:46 pm to
RC is one of my favorites but been a while since Ive had any. Heading to the store tomorrow.
Posted by roobedoo
hall summit
Member since Jun 2008
1223 posts
Posted on 1/24/25 at 10:48 pm to
The bottle caps used to have a removable coating that may reveal, 5 cents, 10 cents, or try again.

We would buy a RC and check the cap, then go behind the store and find plenty of caps. We regularly returned our empty bottle for a dime, plus additional caps with a prize to get another free RC.


Good times.
Posted by AUHighPlainsDrifter
South Carolina
Member since Sep 2017
3179 posts
Posted on 1/24/25 at 10:59 pm to
quote:


We would buy a RC and check the cap, then go behind the store and find plenty of caps. We regularly returned our empty bottle for a dime, plus additional caps with a prize to get another free RC.



I'm glad you mentioned that. I'd forgotten all about the caps.

I also remember back around the Summer of '87/88, 16 oz bottles of Coke were 35 cents, but you could return empty bottles and get a 10 cent credit so it would only cost you a quarter to get an ice cold bottle of Coke (made with real cane sugar). Those were the days.
Posted by Buck_Rogers
Member since Jul 2013
1988 posts
Posted on 1/24/25 at 11:37 pm to
Coke > RC >>>>>>>>>>>> Pepsi
Posted by hobotiger
Asbury Park, NJ
Member since Nov 2007
5297 posts
Posted on 1/25/25 at 12:52 am to
When my friend owned Carrollton Station, RC is what was on their soda guns at the bar
Posted by Bill Parker?
Member since Jan 2013
4988 posts
Posted on 1/25/25 at 1:02 am to
Friend's dad owned a RC distributor. He told me they kicked Walmart to the curb when they told them they'd pay net 90.

Been a fan ever since.
Posted by LSUDad
Still on the move
Member since May 2004
60726 posts
Posted on 1/25/25 at 1:20 am to
quote:

The bottle caps used to have a removable coating that may reveal, 5 cents, 10 cents, or try again. We would buy a RC and check the cap, then go behind the store and find plenty of caps


You use to be able to get into the movie theater with I think 8 RC bottle caps.
We’d go to the corner grocery, dump the caps in a paper bag, then sort them out.
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
107544 posts
Posted on 1/25/25 at 7:25 am to
I hardly ever drink soft drinks, but if I’m on a road trip I absolutely make a point of looking for it in a convenience store and will always buy it if I find it.

Sadly, it’s become harder and harder to find.
Posted by Stadium Rat
Metairie
Member since Jul 2004
9877 posts
Posted on 1/25/25 at 8:19 am to
Always loved it.

It got a big jump in sales after the "New Coke" debacle.

I thought it would have emerged as the new king of the hill if Coke had never come to their senses. It was a time when eveyone was actually paying attention to what their drinks tastes like, and a lot of people were deciding they liked RC best.
Posted by sstig
Houston
Member since Oct 2003
2876 posts
Posted on 1/25/25 at 10:31 am to
AHH those were the days. A cold 16oz. RC, take 2 big swigs then pour peanuts into the bottle. I'm smiling just thinking about it.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
108138 posts
Posted on 1/25/25 at 10:36 am to
Did RC during the New Coke debacle. Helped carry me until Classic was brought back.
Posted by 91TIGER
Lafayette
Member since Aug 2006
18874 posts
Posted on 1/25/25 at 12:20 pm to
Still have a 6 pack of these in the cave




Great memories years before this though. We would ride our bikes to the family store down the street to get a cold RC out of the machine for a quarter. Simple times of days gone by !

ETA;

glass bottles



in these old machines



This post was edited on 1/25/25 at 12:32 pm
Posted by SpotCheckBilly
Member since May 2020
7613 posts
Posted on 1/25/25 at 12:30 pm to
Nothing wrong with an RC Cola. I prefer to pair it with Lance Toast-chee crackers, but that's just me.

Six RC bottle caps could get kids into the Tiger theater for a Saturday matinee of old cartoons and black and white B movies when I was growing up.
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