The Pepsi Bottling Group is one of the leading manufacturers, sellers and distributors of Pepsi-Cola beverages in the world. The company offers products of various brands, including Sierra Mist, Mountain Dew and Mirinda. It provides Diet Pepsi, Pepsi Lime, Wild Cherry Pepsi and Pepsi Vanilla. The Pepsi Bottling Group also offers bottled water, including Aquafina Flavorsplash and Aquafina Sparkling beverages. Its varieties of tea include Lipton Brisk and Lipton Iced Tea. The Pepsi Bottling Group also sells Gatorade, Starbucks Frappuccino and Starbucks Doubleshot. The company provides several juices, such as Tropicana Twister and Tropicana Pink Lemonade. It maintains more than 100 plants and over 540 distribution centers worldwide. Headquartered in Somers, N.Y., The Pepsi Bottling Group maintains a location in Gainesville, Fla.
Coca-Cola Bottling Company, located in Gainesville, Fla., is a regional plant that bottles and distributes numerous Coca-Cola brand beverages, including Coca-Cola, Dr. Pepper, Minute-Maid, Sprite, Fresca, Frutopia, Mello Yello, Nestea and Powerade. The company manufactures most of its finished products from syrups and concentrates that it buys from The Coca-Cola Company and other licensors. It is a member of Coca-Cola Enterprises, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company. CCE s bottling territories in North America are located in 46 states in the United States, the District of Columbia and all 10 provinces of Canada. The Gainesville plant is also a member of The Florida Coca-Cola Bottling division, which is located in Tampa, Fla. The Coca-Cola Bottling Company, parent bottling company to all others, was chartered in Tennessee on November 30, 1899.
