Bob's-Cola

Bob's-Cola, a beverage company and bottler located in the Midwest and Southeastern United States was founded in 1940. Over the next decade Bob's-Cola evolved from a storefront soda shop to a major regional bottler. On May 17th, 1947 Bob's-Cola opened a "state-of-the-art" $250,000 bottling plant at 865 Lee Street in Atlanta, Georgia - not far from the original soda shop. The bottling plant included both production and distribution and such amenities as a kitchen and rooftop garden.

There was no 'Bob' in Bob's-Cola. The founder, Benjamin J. Frink choose the name because, "it was a good name, an easy name to remember." The company bottled a variety of flavors include Bob's-Cola, Swanee, Bubble-Up, and Jo-Jo chocolate drink.

The cola company did not survive long after B.J. Frink's death in 1951. By the mid-1950s the company was sold and the bottling plant was later razed for a mass transit station. More information can be found at http://www.bobs-cola.com. A site run by descendents of Benjamin J. Frink.

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* [http://www.bobs-cola.com] - bobs-cola.com. History and multimedia information including a radio broadcast from the 1947 Lee Street grand opening.