Pepsi Bottling to Distribute Select Cadbury Brands
The Pepsi Bottling Group Inc. (PBG) completes its acquisition of the distribution and bottling rights for select Cadbury Schweppes brands in Northern California from Nor-Cal Beverage Company Inc. Through this acquisition, PBG adds Dr Pepper, Squirt and Hawaiian Punch to its beverage portfolio in Amador, Calaveras, El Dorado, Mariposa, Merced, Placer, Sacramento, San Joaquin, Sierra, Solano, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tuolumne and Yolo Counties. Terms of the transaction, which closed in March 2007, were not disclosed.