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PepsiCo moved Tropicana into Chicago so all of its juice brands would be consolidated into one Chicago-based unit. [37] Until 2004, Tropicana Products was headquartered in the four-story Rossi Office Building in Bradenton, Florida. In 2004, the building, which was completed in 2002, was offered for $20 million.
Beatrice Foods Company was a major American food conglomerate founded in 1894. [1] [2] One of the best-known food processing companies in the U.S., Beatrice owned many well-known brands such as Tropicana, Krispy Kreme, Jolly Rancher, Orville Redenbacher's, Swiss Miss, Peter Pan, Avis, Milk Duds, Samsonite, Playtex, La Choy and Dannon.
The Wasserstrom Company is a restaurant supplier based in Columbus, Ohio with distribution centers located across North America. [2] The Wasserstrom Company is a family-owned and operated business that was founded in 1902 by Nathan Wasserstrom. [3]
The main brands distributed under this division include Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Gatorade, 7 Up (outside the U.S.), Tropicana Pure Premium orange juice, Starry, SoBe Lifewater, Tropicana juice drinks, AMP Energy, Naked Juice, and Izze. Aquafina, the company's bottled water brand, is also marketed and licensed through North America Beverages. [52]
All locations have a full-service dairy counter where customers can purchase ice cream by the scoop, sundaes, and milkshakes, with some locations offering a limited seating area as well. Since 2001, many locations have sold gasoline under the Mobil brand, but are now supplying their own fuels via purchasing through independent wholesalers.
CSX pulling the Tropicana Juice Train across Manatee River near Bradenton Riverwalk in 2018. Tropicana Products was founded in 1947 in Bradenton, Florida by Anthony T. Rossi, an Italian immigrant, growing from 50 employees to over 3,000 in 2003.
A site in New Buffalo, Michigan, near the Indiana border, was selected in May 1996, [81] but reports that the tribe was considering a casino in South Bend or Elkhart continued to surface. [ 82 ] [ 83 ] By 2001, the tribe said it had no plans for a casino in Indiana. [ 84 ]
In 1970, Tropicana orange juice was shipped in bulk via insulated boxcars in one weekly round-trip from Florida to Kearny, New Jersey. By the following year, the company was operating two 60-car unit trains a week, each carrying around 1 million US gallons (3,800 m 3) of juice. In 1978, Rossi retired and sold Tropicana to Beatrice Foods.