Dr Pepper Snapple Group (also called Dr. Pepper/7up Inc.) was an American multinational

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company based in

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, and as of July 2018 it is a

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of the publicly traded conglomerate

Keurig Dr Pepper Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., formerly Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (1981–2014) and Keurig Green Mountain (2014–2018), is a publicly traded American beverage and coffeemaker conglomerate with headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts. Formed in ...

. Formerly Cadbury Schweppes Americas Beverages, part of

Cadbury Schweppes Cadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company fully owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods) since 2010. It is the second largest confectionery brand in the world after Mars ...

, on May 5, 2008 it was spun off from Cadbury Schweppes as Dr Pepper Snapple Group, with trading in its shares starting on May 7, 2008 on the

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as "DPS". The remainder of Cadbury Schweppes become

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, a confectionery group, on May 5, 2008. On July 9, 2018,

Keurig Green Mountain Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., formerly Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (1981–2014) and Keurig Green Mountain (2014–2018), is a publicly traded American beverage and coffeemaker conglomerate with headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts. Formed in ...

acquired Dr Pepper Snapple Group, and became

; the following day the merged company began trading anew on the NYSE as "KDP".

History

Beverage America and Select Beverages bottlers were purchased from the

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in February 1998. Snapple, Mistic and Stewart's (formerly Cable Car Beverage) were sold by Triarc Companies, Inc. to

in 2000 for $1.45 billion. That October, Cadbury Schweppes purchased

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from Triarc. In 2006 and 2007, Cadbury Schweppes purchased the Dr Pepper/Seven Up Bottling Group, along with several other regional bottlers. This allowed DPS to bottle many of its own beverages and combat the recent decision by many Pepsi and Coke bottlers who had dropped their Dr Pepper and Snapple products to promote new product additions from Pepsi and Coke. Some of the Dr Pepper/Seven Up brands are still licensed to Pepsi, Coke and independent bottlers in various regions of the United States and Canada. In November 2007, Cadbury Schweppes announced it would take the beverages unit public. In May 2008, Cadbury Schweppes

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its beverage holdings forming the Dr Pepper Snapple Group. Dr Pepper Snapple Group holds naming rights to the

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' practice facility, the

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, which is located in

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. It also retains non-alcoholic beverage rights to each facility's concessions as a result of the deals as well as sponsorships with the NHL franchise. In 2008, Dr Pepper Snapple Group purchased minority interest in Big Red, Inc, makers of Big Red,

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, Nesbitt's and other flavored drinks. In 2014, the company announced that it accomplished its goal of reducing use of

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(PET) in its

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s. Dr Pepper Snapple lowered the amount of PET in its bottles by over 60 million pounds between 2007 and 2014. On November 22, 2016, Dr Pepper Snapple announced plans to make a cash purchase of

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for $1.7 billion. It had previously purchased a minority stake in the company for $15 million in 2015. On January 29, 2018, Keurig Green Mountain announced it was acquiring the Dr Pepper Snapple Group in an $18.7 billion deal. The combined company would be named

and would trade publicly on the

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. Shareholders of Dr Pepper Snapple Group would own 13% of the combined company, while Keurig shareholder and Cadbury current owner

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owning 13 to 14%, and JAB Holdings owning the remaining majority stake. The buyout and merger was closed on July 9, 2018. Larry Young, President and CEO of the Dr Pepper Snapple Group, retired those positions and joined the board of directors of Keurig Dr Pepper.

Products

Dr Pepper Snapple Group
Retrieved September 15, 2012. *

7 Up 7 Up (stylized as 7up outside North America) is an American brand of lemon-lime-flavored non-caffeinated soft drink. The brand and formula are owned by Keurig Dr Pepper although the beverage is internationally distributed by PepsiCo. 7 Up co ...

(United States only; 7 Up rights are held by

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or its licensees in all other markets) *

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* Aguafiel *

* Big Red *

Cactus Cooler Cactus Cooler is an orange–pineapple flavored soft drink sold primarily in Southern California and the surrounding Southwestern United States. Distinguished by its orange, yellow, and green label with saguaro cacti, the soda is part of Keurig Dr ...

Canada Dry Canada Dry is a brand of soft drinks founded in 1904 and owned since 2008 by the American company Dr Pepper Snapple (now Keurig Dr Pepper). For over 100 years, Canada Dry has been known mainly for its ginger ale, though the company also manuf ...

(North America) (UK Schweppes/The Coca-Cola Company) * Canfield's (Chicago Area) * Clamato * Crush * Dejà Blue *

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* Dr Pepper (rights held by

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in most of Europe, by

in Poland, Australia, New Zealand and Canada), and by

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in Sweden. *

Hawaiian Punch Hawaiian Punch is a brand of fruit punch currently manufactured by Keurig Dr Pepper, originally invented in 1934 by A.W. Leo, Tom Yeats, and Ralph Harrison as a topping for ice cream. It was started from an original syrup flavor called Leo's Hawa ...

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* Mistic *

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Mr & Mrs T Mr & Mrs T is an American brand of drink mixers owned by Keurig Dr Pepper. (KDP). History Mr & Mrs T Bloody Mary mix was first sold by Herb and June Taylor in 1960. They had been in the sauce business and developed their mix to create consistent ...

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Nehi Nehi (pronounced "knee high") is a flavored soft drink that originated in the United States. It was introduced in 1924 by Chero-Cola/Union Bottle Works and founded by Claud A. Hatcher, a Columbus, Georgia grocer who began bottling ginger ale a ...

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(North America; brand owned by

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in the rest of the world) * Peñafiel *

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* ReaLemon * ReaLime * Rose's *

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* Snapple * Squirt * Stewart's Fountain Classics * Sun Drop * Sunkist (manufactured under license) * Tahitian Treat (Southeast US beverage) *

Venom Energy Venom Energy is an American brand of energy drink that is produced and distributed by Keurig Dr Pepper of Plano, Texas. It is one of the few energy drinks that uses a thick aluminum bottle. Venom Energy was released in 2002 in a more typical bev ...

Vernors Vernors is an American brand of ginger ale owned by Keurig Dr Pepper that was first served in 1866 by James Vernor, a Detroit pharmacist. History Vernors is the oldest surviving ginger ale, according to the company it was first served to ...

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References

External links

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{{Authority control Keurig Dr Pepper Companies formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange Food and drink companies established in 2008 American companies established in 2008 Drink companies of the United States Companies based in Plano, Texas Corporate spin-offs Food and drink companies based in Texas 2018 mergers and acquisitions