1943
Year 1943

Russell Arundel and his family started the Island Bottling Company in Nassau County on Long Island, New York. The family bottled and distributed Pepsi with only four trucks.

1955
Year 1955

Island Bottling Company goes public and renamed Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Long Island.

1967
Year 1967

The Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company changes its name to PepCom and makes its first acquisition in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.

1970s
Year 1970s

PepCom continues to acquire territories throughout the state of North Carolina.

1980
Year 1980

The Arundel Family sells PepCom to Suntory Holdings Limited, a privately-held family company in Japan known for their premium wine, beer, and spirits. The acquisition makes PepCom a private company once again.

1990
Year 1990

PepCom purchases Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Selma, North Carolina and continues to expand its operations in the state.

1999
Year 1999

Suntory and PepsiCo enter a joint venture and change the name from PepCom to Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC (PBV).

2002
Year 2002

PBV begins construction of its 290,000 sq. ft. production facility in Garner, NC. For the first time, North Carolina is able to produce and package Aquafina water. The production facility remains PBV’s largest with five production lines and producing 36 million cases per year.

2004
Year 2004

PBV acquires Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Salisbury, Maryland and begins distribution in Maryland, Delaware, and the Eastern Shore of Virginia.

2007
Year 2007

PBV acquires L.E. Farrell Pepsi in Burlington, Vermont.

2009
Year 2009

PBV acquires Nagel Beverage Company in Boise, Idaho and the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Conway, South Carolina, adding three distribution sites and a production facility to its operations.

2013
Year 2013

PBV swaps its Vermont and Idaho territories for Charlotte, NC and the surrounding area. Its New York territories are also sold.

2015
Year 2015

PBV opens a new state-of-the-art distribution facility in Harrisburg, North Carolina.

2017
Year 2017

PBV opens a new state-of-the-art distribution facility in Saint Pauls, North Carolina.

2019
Year 2019

PBV forms Ventures Food & Beverage and creates its own Nature’s Twist juice drink. Nature’s Twist is now sold in all Lower 48 States and Canada.

2021
Year 2021

PBV acquires Pepsi-Cola Roxboro, the Pepsi-Cola franchise bottler in Roxboro, NC.

Present
Year Present

PBV remains the largest privately-held bottler of some of the world’s most recognizable consumer brands, operating 17 production and distribution sites in North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware and serving millions of consumers.

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