PepsiAmericas

PepsiAmericas, Inc.
Company typePublic
(As Illinois Central Industries and then IC Industries)

NYSE:  IC (until 1988)

(As Whitman Corporation)

NYSE:  WH (1988-2000)
IndustryBeverage distribution
HeadquartersMinneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Key people
Robert C. Pohlad, Chairman & CEO
ProductsPepsi
Sunny Delight
Hawaiian Punch
Lipton
Dr Pepper (for Dr Pepper Snapple Group)
Country Time Lemonade (for Dr Pepper Snapple Group)
Crush (for Dr Pepper Snapple Group)
Frappuccino (for Starbucks)
Revenue$4.5 billion USD (2007)
Websitewww.pepsiamericas.com

PepsiAmericas, Inc. was the world's second-largest bottler of Pepsi-Cola products, under contract with product owner PepsiCo. PepsiAmericas also held contracts to produce beverages for Dr Pepper Snapple Group and smaller regional brands. PepsiAmericas had 19 bottling plants in the United States and had a presence in 11 countries in Central/Eastern Europe and 5 countries in the Caribbean. PepsiAmericas was based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. PepsiCo acquired full ownership of the company in 2010, along with its largest bottler, Pepsi Bottling Group, combining the two into a wholly owned subsidiary, Pepsi Beverages Company