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In 1969, owing to Dr Pepper's legal success as being determined a "non-cola" soft drink, then President & CEO W. W. "Foots" Clements was successful in persuading the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New York, the largest bottler and distributor of Coca-Cola in the world, to bottle and distribute Dr Pepper in the New York metropolitan area. [27]
Completed in 1906, the Artesian Manufacturing and Bottling Company, located at 300 South Fifth Street in downtown Waco, Texas, was the first building to be built specifically to bottle Dr Pepper and Dr Pepper was bottled there until the 1960s. The building now houses the Dr Pepper Museum, which opened to the public in 1991. The museum has three ...
Squirt – licensed by Dr Pepper/Seven Up to local bottlers; Starry – lemon-lime, similar to 7 up and Sprite – PepsiCo; Stewart's Fountain Classics; Steaz; Sun Drop – licensed by Dr Pepper/Seven Up to local bottlers; Sunkist – licensed by Dr Pepper/Seven Up to local bottlers; Sunny Select – sold at Save Mart Supermarkets/Lucky – No ...
Doctor Charles Taylor Pepper (December 2, 1830 – May 28, 1903) was an American physician and surgeon, who is often cited as the namesake for the soft drink brand Dr Pepper. Many stories on the origins of the drink's name exist, of which the Dr Pepper Museum has been unable to confirm or authenticate which one may be the true historical record.
Hot Dr Pepper began as a marketing tactic in 1958 to maintain sales during the colder months, the museum confirmed in the video's comment section. Read the original article on People.
[15] [16] Cadbury Schweppes' US-based beverage business (including RC) was spun off as "Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPSG)" in 2008. DPSG merged with Keurig Green Mountain in 2018 as Keurig Dr Pepper, the current owners of the RC Cola brand. In 2001, all non-US businesses were sold to Cott Beverages of Canada and operated as Royal Crown Cola ...
That soda, of course, was Dr Pepper, which was created in 1885 — one year before Coca-Cola came along. (The two brands have had a somewhat contentious history that included multiple lawsuits ...
Legally, Dr Pepper Snapple Group was the surviving company; it remained publicly traded and changed its name to Keurig Dr Pepper. [80] This created the third largest beverage company in North America. [81] [82] On July 10, shares in Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. [83] Its stock switched to NASDAQ in 2020. [84]