In 1890, a pharmacist and chemist named John J. McLaughlin opened a small plant in Toronto, Canada, to manufacture soda water. He sold the soda water to drugstores as a mixer for fruit juices and flavoured extracts. Over 100 years later and Canada Dry is still going strong.
From the commercials in the 60s through the Miami Vice style commercials in the 80s through to the current advertising campaigns, Canada Dry has always pitched itself as the ‘adult soft drink’.

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