“We specialize in Italian food. Complete Italian dinner for $1.00”

Gatorade thirst quencher is a brand of sports drink currently manufactured
by PepsiCo that is distributed in over 80 countries. It was first developed
in 1965 by researchers at the University of Florida, to replenish the
combination of water, carbohydrates, and electrolytes the school’s
athletes lost while sweating during rigorous competitions. The name 
was derived from nickname of the university’s athletic teams, the
“Gators”, The drink was originally produced and marketed by Stokely-
Van Camp.

University of Florida football player testing a sample of Gatorade in
1965 with one of the products inventors, James R. Cade.

Another use for Gatorade

1960

1966

Burger King began in 1953 as Insta-Burger King, a Jacksonville, Florida-
based restaurant chain

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Clara was reportedly dropped from the Wendy’s commercials by the vice
president of the company because she appeared in a Prego pasta sauce
commercial in 1985 saying… “she found the beef”!