Is there any connection between the sorority Alpha Omicron Pi and the colors of Coca-Cola?!
Answers: The sorority Alpha Omicron Pi claims that an early bottler of Coke, whose daughters were Alpha Omicron Pis, began using the colors red and white for Coke bottles, as those are the colors of that sorority. Is there any truth to this?
The Coke-AOII reference has been circulating a long time. In fact, there's no real proof either way. The rumor has it that the family bottling coke in Georgia at the time it began to sell commercially had a daughter in Alpha Omicron Pi. The fraternity color is Cardinal (red), and is often used in conjunction with white. As the story goes, the bottler chose these two colors for the coke label when the product moved from soda shops to being bottled and sold in commercial settings.
While there is no definite proof that AOII is the reason for the color choice, it is true that that particular family had a daughter in the sorority prior to the time of the creation of the label. It's an interesting correlation that has been on many a "AOII fun fact" sheet. Hope this helps!
Not according to the history on the website.
