Organisation: Pepsi Bottling Group

As of February 26, 2010, The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. was acquired by Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Company, Inc. The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (PBG) operates in the carbonated soft drinks and other ready-to-drink beverages industry. The company manufactures, sells, and distributes Pepsi-cola beverages. It offers carbonated soft drinks and non-carbonated beverages under various brands, including Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Diet Pepsi Max, Wild Cherry Pepsi, Pepsi Lime, Pepsi ONE, Mountain Dew, Diet Mountain Dew, Amp Energy, Mountain Dew Code Red, Sierra Mist, Sierra Mist Free, Aquafina, Aquafina FlavorSplash, G2 from Gatorade, Propel, Crush, Tropicana juice drinks, Mug Root Beer, Trademark Dr Pepper, Lipton, SoBe, SoBe Adrenaline Rush, SoBe Life Water, Starbucks Frappuccino, Dole, Muscle Milk, and Rockstar. The company also sells its beverages under Pepsi Light, Pepsi Max, 7UP, KAS, Tropicana, Aqua Minerale, Mirinda, IVI, Fiesta, Fruko, Yedigun, and Tamek brands. In addition, it offers its products under brands comprising Belight, Manzanita Sol, Squirt, Garci Crespo, Aguas Frescas, Electropura, e-pura, Jarritos, and Sangria Casera. The company’s customers include chain food stores, super centers, mass merchandisers, chain drug stores, club stores, military bases, small independently owned shops, and foodservice businesses. PBG sells its products through direct store distribution and distribution through wholesalers in the United States, Canada, Spain, Greece, Russia, Turkey, and Mexico. The company was founded in 1999 and is based in Somers, New York.