Grape Nehi
In older movies you can sometimes hear the characters referring to drinking “Grape Nehi.” I always wondered what happened to this drink that was once so popular.
Nehi, a flavored soft drink, actually had many flavors including Grape, Orange, Root Beer, Lemonade, Peach, Strawberry, Fruit Punch, Wild Red, Pink Lemonade, Chocolate, Blueberry and Blue Cream. Whew! It was founded by Claude Hatcher who began bottling ginger ale and root beer in 1905. This developed into Union Bottle Works in 1924. The Nehi Corporation name was later used in 1928 after the popularity of the soft drinks. The name of the company was changed in 1955 to Royal Crown Company after its RC Cola product.
Today, Nehi is a brand of Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages. You can still get these delicious sodas online.
I remember it was Radar’s favorite on M*A*S*H. I had an orange NEHI on vacation, at the old fashioned general store in town.
January 24th, 2007 at 12:14 amI found your blog because of the little picture you chose to put on your square.
That’s what first impressions are all about
Re: your post: I always think of Nehru, for some reason. As in nehru collars.
What-ever!
January 24th, 2007 at 11:56 pm