About PBV
History
In 1943, the Arundel family started bottling and distributing Pepsi with only four trucks in Nassau County on Long Island. The name was Island Bottling Company until 1955 when the company went public and was renamed "Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Long Island."
In 1967, the company made its first acquisition in Rocky Mount, North Carolina. Other territories were later acquired in North Carolina and the name was changed to PepCom to better reflect the total business interests of the primary shareholders, the Arundel family ("Pep" for Pepsi-Cola and "Com" for Communication, since they were also in the radio and newspaper business). Throughout the seventies, PepCom continued to acquire territories throughout North Carolina.
In October 1980, the Arundels sold PepCom to Suntory, Ltd., a privately held (family) company, making PepCom a private company once again. Suntory has worldwide businesses including liquor, beer, wine, bottled water, restaurants, and pharmaceuticals, in addition to our soft drink business. Suntory is also the master franchisee of Pepsi-Cola for Japan and owns the franchises for Subway and Häagen-Dazs.
PepCom continued to invest heavily in the business. On October 1, 1991, PepCom purchased PCBC of Selma, North Carolina. In the spring of 1999, we completed the construction of a new warehouse and separate Vending Service Center on 42 acres of property in Southeast Raleigh.
On July 11, 1999, Pepsi Bottling Ventures, LLC was born when we concluded our merger with PepsiCo, gaining “Anchor Bottler” status, and merged the then current PepCom with Pepsi-Cola’s Winston-Salem, Greensboro, Statesville, Elkin, and Wilmington territories, making it the third largest Pepsi-Cola bottler in the U.S. Shortly thereafter, the Goldsboro and Boone, NC franchises were added to our company.
In the Summer of 2002, PBV began operation of a state-of-the-art, 290,000 sq. ft. production facility next to our Warehouse in Southeast Raleigh. This facility has the capacity to produce more than 1 billion containers of soft drinks per year and, for the first time in North Carolina, produce and package Aquafina.
In August 2004, PBV acquired Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Salisbury, MD, located on the Delmarva Peninsula. This acquisition enabled PBV to branch into new territories in Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.
In November 2008, PBV acquired L.E. Farrell Pepsi of Burlington, VT. They have a distribution facility in Burlington and service 11 of 14 Vermont counties.
In February 2009, PBV acquired Nagel Beverage Company of Boise and the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Twin Falls, Idaho. This added two more distribution sites and a manufacturing facility.
With the acquisition of Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Conway-Myrtle Beach, Inc., PBV remains the nation’s largest privately-held Pepsi-Cola bottler, operating 28 bottling and distribution facilities in North Carolina, New York, Maryland, Delaware, Vermont, Idaho, and South Carolina and serving over nine million consumers. We remain in continued pursuit of additional Pepsi-Cola territories and acquisitions, and we look forward to our growth and development!