Dr Pepper Snapple Group
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| Public | |
| Traded as |
NYSE: DPS S&P 500 Component |
| Industry | Beverage |
| Predecessor | Dr Pepper Seven Up |
| Founded | May 7, 2008 |
| Headquarters | Plano, Texas, U.S. |
Key people |
Larry Young (President and CEO) Martin Ellen (CFO) |
| Products |
Dr Pepper Snapple A&W 7 Up (U.S.) Schweppes Sunkist Canada Dry Mott's Hawaiian Punch Other beverages |
| Revenue | |
| Total assets | |
| Total equity | |
Number of employees | 19,000 (2010)[3] |
| Website | DrPepperSnappleGroup.com |
Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc. (formerly Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages) is an American soft drink company, based in Plano, Texas. On May 5, 2008, it was spun off from Britain's Cadbury Schweppes, with trading in its shares starting on May 7, 2008. Cadbury Schweppes plc went on to become Cadbury plc on May 5, 2008.[4][5]
History
Beverage America and Select Beverages bottlers were purchased from the Carlyle Group in February 1998.[6] Snapple, Mistic and Stewart's (formerly Cable Car Beverage) were sold by Triarc Companies, Inc. to Cadbury Schweppes in 2000 for $1.45 billion.[7] In October of that same year, Cadbury Schweppes purchased Royal Crown from Triarc.[8]
In 2006 and 2007, Cadbury Schweppes purchased the Dr Pepper/Seven Up Bottling Group, along with several other regional bottlers. This allowed DPS to bottle many of its own beverages and combat the recent decision by many Pepsi and Coke bottlers to drop their products. Some of the Dr Pepper/Seven Up brands are still licensed to Pepsi, Coke and independent bottlers in various regions of the United States and Canada.
In November 2007, Cadbury Schweppes announced it would take the beverages unit public. In May 2008, Cadbury Schweppes demerged its beverage holdings forming the Dr Pepper Snapple Group.
Dr Pepper Snapple Group holds naming rights to Dr Pepper Ballpark and the Dallas Stars' practice facility, the Dr Pepper Star Center, both of which are located in Frisco, Texas. It also retains non-alcoholic beverage rights to each facility's concessions as a result of the deals as well as sponsorships with the NHL franchise.
In 2008, Dr Pepper Snapple Group purchased minority interest in Big Red, Inc, makers of Big Red, NuGrape, Nesbitt's and other flavored drinks.[9]
In 2014, the company announced that it accomplished its goal of reducing use of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) in its plastic bottles. Dr Pepper Snapple lowered the amount of PET in its bottles by over 60 million pounds between 2007 and 2014.[10]
Affiliated companies
Here is the list of the Alternate Companies that are related to the Dr. Pepper Snapple Group.
Products
See List of Dr Pepper Snapple brands
The following products are available:[11]
- 7 Up (United States only; 7 Up rights are held by PepsiCo or its licensees in all other markets)
- A&W Root Beer
- Big Red
- Beefamato
- Cactus Cooler
- Canada Dry (North America)
- Clamato
- Country Time (Under license from Kraft Foods)
- Crush
- Dejà Blue Water
- Diet Rite
- Dr Pepper (rights held by Coca-Cola in most of Europe and by PepsiCo in Poland and Canada)
- Gini
- Hawaiian Punch
- Hires
- IBC Root Beer
- Margaritaville
- Mistic
- Mott's
- Mr and Mrs T
- Nantucket Nectars
- Nehi
- Orangina (North America; brand owned by Suntory in the rest of the world)
- Peñafiel
- RC Cola (North America)
- ReaLemon
- Rose's lime juice
- Schweppes
- Snapple
- Squirt
- Stewart's Fountain Classics
- Sun Drop
- Sunkist (manufactured under license)
- Tahitian Treat (Southeast US beverage)
- Venom Energy
- Vernors
- Welch's (Under license from Welch's)
- Wink
- Yoo-hoo
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. 2013 Annual Report Form (10-K)" (XBRL). United States Securities and Exchange Commission. February 20, 2014.
- 1 2 "Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. 2014 Q1 Quarterly Report Form (10-Q)" (XBRL). United States Securities and Exchange Commission. April 23, 2014.
- ↑ "2010 Form 10-K, Dr Pepper Snapple Group Inc.". United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
- ↑ "Cadbury starts solo against bid background". Reuters. May 2, 2008. Retrieved May 3, 2008.
- ↑ Cadbury plc Demerger. Archived September 6, 2010.
- ↑ "Cadbury Announces Deal". Beverage Digest (February 23, 1998 (Special Edition)): 1. February 1999. Retrieved July 17, 2008.
- ↑ Holson, Laura M. (September 18, 2000). "Cadbury to Pay $1.45 Billion For Snapple". New York Times (New York Times). Retrieved June 18, 2008.
- ↑ "Royal Crown Cola Company". New Georgia Encyclopedia. September 15, 2006. Retrieved June 18, 2008.
- ↑ "Dr Pepper Snapple Group Takes Minority Stake in Big Red, Inc." (Press release). August 25, 2008. Retrieved September 15, 2012.
- ↑ Johnson, Jim (August 15, 2014). "Sustainability report shows impact of lightweighting at Dr Pepper". Plastics News (Crain Communications Inc.). Retrieved December 22, 2014.
- ↑ Dr Pepper Snapple Group Retrieved September 15, 2012.
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