Lucozade for Sale (Business Cafe)

Ask your parents what they were given when they were ill and the answer will often be a dry bit of toast and a glass of Lucozade. Lucozade has been around since 1927, when a pharmacist in Newcastle formulated the drink in order to help his children fight colds or the flu. What he designed was an easily digestible glucose drink that would enable his children to gain energy when they were too ill to want any food. By 1938, the brand was purchased by Beecham and began to be distributed nationwide. Soon, it became renowned as a reliable source of recovery.

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