![]() 1965 - Pepsi unveils the "Ya-Hooo!" Mountain Dew promotion.SeptemPepsi purchases the Tip Corporation, and with it the Mountain Dew name and rights.The Tip Corporation grants its first franchise to Kingston, North Carolina's Pepsi-Cola Bottler.1962 - Herman Minges (another co-owner of Tip) also merges Tri-City Lemonade with Mountain Dew in an effort to compete with a local brand called SunDrop Cola.( This is the creation of the current flavor Mountain Dew has used to this day.) 1960 - Bill Bridgforth then merges his Tri-City Lemonade flavor with the Mountain Dew formula, replacing the 7-Up flavor it had been using.He, along with Bill Jones (one of the Tip Corporation's co-owners) developed a new drink called Tri-City Lemonade. 1959 - A man named Bill Bridgforth is made plant man-manager of Tri-City Beverage in Johnson City, Tennessee.He then sells the Mountain Dew brand to it. 1957 - Ally Hartman becomes co-owner of the Tip Corporation along with four other men.This is the first time Pepsi notices Mountain Dew's potential. 1955 - A Pepsi bottling plant in Fayetteville, North Carolina begins bottling Mountain Dew.These bottles read "by Barney and Ally" because they were originally ordered in 1951, but were stored in a warehouse until then. 1955 - Hartman Beverages begins producing the second set of ACL Mountain Dew.These are the first ACL (Applied Color Label) bottles of Mountain Dew, which read: "by Charlie, Jim and Bill." 1955 - Mountain Dew becomes available commercially. ![]()
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