Coca-Cola bottle proposal accumulates 1.1m likes on Facebook

It is the ultimate dream of any marketing manager – that a positive image associated with your brand gets catapulted around the internet – free of charge.

Coca-Cola was the latest beneficiary of such luck, after a young man proposed to his girlfriend on labels attached to bottles he popped in the fridge.

The bottle labels read; “Beautiful Eloise Will You Marry Me”

Donnie McGilvray‎,  commented under the picture: “I asked my girlfriend, Eloise to put the milk away in the fridge and this is what she saw.”

After posting the picture of Facebook, Donnie added: “Thanks Coca-Cola for all the help……….she said yes!!!”

By yesterday the ‘likes’ total was over  1.1 million.

The labels had been specially ordered from the company as part of its recent personalised ploy. Coca-Cola said: “All of us at Coca-Cola would like to extend our huge congratulations to Donnie and Eloise on their engagement. 

“We were thrilled to see that Donnie used our personalised iconic glass bottles in such a special and romantic way. That is exactly what Share a Coke is all about; creating moments of happiness with the people closest to you.

“We hope they share a very happy life together and will be sending them some special congratulatory bottles to celebrate.”