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Pepsi Philippines
Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. (PCPPI) () is a Philippines-based company engaged in the bottling and distribution of PepsiCo beverages in the Philippines since 1989. History On October 16, 1946, John Clarkin acquired a franchise to bottle and distribute Pepsi-Cola in the Philippines, establishing Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of the Philippine Islands Ltd. (later renamed Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of the Philippines, Inc.). Clarkin was a former executive of the Pepsi-Cola Company who came to the Philippines as a member of the US Air Force during the close of World War II. In the beginning, the company imported Pepsi-Cola until 1947, when its first bottling plant was established in Quezon City. After Clarkin returned to the United States in 1957, Pepsi-Cola International took over the Philippine operations. In 1983, the Philippine operations became a branch of PepsiCo's New York office - PepsiCo, Inc. (Philippine branch) - and operated until 1985. Between 1985 and 1989, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Subsidiary
A subsidiary, subsidiary company, or daughter company is a company (law), company completely or partially owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the subsidiary company. Unlike regional branches or divisions, subsidiaries are considered to be distinct entities from their parent companies; they are required to follow the laws of where they are incorporated, and they maintain their own executive leadership. Two or more subsidiaries primarily controlled by same entity/group are considered to be sister companies of each other. Subsidiaries are a common feature of modern business, and most multinational corporations organize their operations via the creation and purchase of subsidiary companies. Examples of holding companies are Berkshire Hathaway, Jefferies Financial Group, The Walt Disney Company, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Citigroup, which have subsidiaries involved in many different Industry (e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Guoco Group
Guoco Group Limited (, ) is an investment holding company. The principal activities of its subsidiaries and associated companies include investment and treasury management, property development and investment, stock and commodity broking, insurance, investment advisory, fund management as well as banking and finance, operating principally in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and Mainland China, etc. It is part of the Hong Leong Group, a conglomerate in Malaysia. Guoco Group is incorporated in Bermuda and headquartered in Hong Kong. See also *Dao Heng Bank Dao Heng Bank Group Limited (former stock code: ) () was a bank holding company in Hong Kong and it had two major subsidiaries before being Takeover, acquired, Dao Heng Bank Limited and Overseas Trust Bank Limited. Dao Heng Bank Limited was est ... References External links * Companies listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Financial services companies of Hong Kong {{HK-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lipton
Lipton is a brand named after its founder, Sir Thomas Lipton, Tom Lipton, who started an eponymous grocery retail business in the United Kingdom in 1871. The brand was used for various consumer goods sold in Lipton stores, including tea from 1890 for which the brand is now best known. The Lipton brand today is owned by Lipton Teas and Infusions after CVC Capital Partners acquired the business from Unilever in 2022. Unilever retained use of the Lipton brand for tea in India, Nepal, and Indonesia as well as for ready to drink beverages globally, such as Lipton Ice Tea, which are sold by a joint venture between Unilever and PepsiCo, and not associated with Lipton Teas and Infusions. Unilever continues to produce instant soup mixes under the Lipton name in North America, which is also not associated with Lipton Teas and Infusions. History Origins In 1871, Thomas Lipton (1848–1931) of Glasgow, Scotland, used his small savings to open his own shop, and by the 1880s the busine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tropicana Products
Tropicana Brands Group ( ) is an American fruit-based beverage company. It was founded in 1947 by Anthony T. Rossi in Bradenton, Florida. Between 1998 and 2021, it was a subsidiary of PepsiCo. In August 2021, 61% of Tropicana was sold along with the rest of PepsiCo's juice brand portfolio for $3.3 billion to French investment fund PAI Partners. PepsiCo retained the remaining 39% of the companies ownership. History Establishment Tropicana traces its roots to Anthony T. Rossi, a native of Sicily in Italy, who immigrated to the United States in 1921 when he was 21. He drove a taxi, was a grocer in New York (state), New York, then worked as a farmer in Virginia. He then moved to Florida in 1940, where he farmed, and was a restaurateur. His first involvement with the Florida citrus industry was creating fresh fruit gift boxes. These were sold in Macy's and Gimbels department stores, all in the city of New York City, New York. In 1947, Rossi settled in Palmetto, Florida, and bega ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Milkis
Milkis () is a South Korean soft drink produced by Lotte Chilsung, a South Korean beverage company. It combines many of the common elements of traditional carbonated beverages such as sugar and carbonated water with milk to create a creamy taste; its label proclaims "New feeling of soda beverage". As of 2024, U.S.-market Milkis cans state "Korea's No.1 Cream Soda Cream soda (also known as creme soda) is a sweet soft drink. Generally flavored with vanilla and based on the taste of an ice cream float, a wide range of variations can be found worldwide. History and development A recipe for cream soda written ...". Milkis is available in orange (fruit), orange, strawberry, mango, melon, banana, peach, apple, and classic (regular) flavors; the classic flavor is also featured as a glaze in pastries. It is a popular beverage in South Korea, and it is available worldwide. History Milkis launched in 1989 with a huge marketing campaign, notably with the appearance of Hong Kong actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mug Root Beer
Mug Root Beer (sometimes stylized as MUG Root Beer) is an American brand of root beer that was originally produced in 1940 under the name Belfast Root Beer. It is now produced by New Century Beverage Company of San Francisco, California, which was acquired by PepsiCo in 1986. History Mug Root Beer was originally sold under the name Belfast Root Beer in 1940 by the Belfast Beverage Company in San Francisco, California. The company had been known for making sparkling water and ginger ale since 1877. Belfast Beverage Company was purchased around 1925 by New Century Beverage Company, which had successfully launched Crush Soda in 1918. In 1936, New Century Beverage Company was granted permission to franchise Pepsi-Cola products, and about four years later, it launched Belfast Root Beer. An advertisement for Belfast Root Beer appears as early as 1947. According to the San Francisco Examiner, the catchphrase, 'You haven't tasted Root Beer like this in years!' filled 1950s newspap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mirinda
Mirinda ( ) is a brand of soft drink that was created in Spain in 1959 and has been distributed globally by PepsiCo since 1970. Its name comes from the Esperanto translation of "admirable" or "amazing". It is available in many fruit varieties, like orange, apple, strawberry, among others. It is part of a beverage area often referred to as the flavour segment, comprising carbonated and non-carbonated fruit-flavoured beverages. The orange flavour of Mirinda now represents the majority of Mirinda sales worldwide following a major repositioning of the brand towards that flavour in the early 1990s. American beverage company PepsiCo acquired the Mirinda brand in 1970 and markets it primarily outside the United States. It competes with The Coca-Cola Company, The Coca-Cola Company's Fanta and Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Dr Pepper Snapple Group's Crush (soft drink), Crush with flavour brands localized to individual countries. Mirinda is available in multiple formulations of flavour, carbona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew, stylized as Mtn Dew in some countries and colloquially known as Dew in some areas, is a soft drink brand owned by PepsiCo. The original formula was invented in 1940 by Tennessee beverage Bottler (company), bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman. A revised formula was created by Bill Bridgforth in 1958. The rights to this formula were obtained by the Tip Corporation of Marion, Virginia. William H. "Bill" Jones of the Tip Corporation further refined the formula, launching that version of Mountain Dew in 1961. In August 1964, the Mountain Dew brand and production rights were acquired from Tip by the Pepsi-Cola company, and the distribution expanded across the United States and Canada. Between the 1940s and 1980s there was only one variety of Mountain Dew, which was citrus-flavored and caffeinated in most markets. Diet Mountain Dew was introduced in 1988, followed by Mountain Dew Red, which was introduced and discontinued in 1988. In 2001, a cherry-flavored variant called ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
7 Up
7 Up (stylized as 7UP worldwide) or Seven Up is an American brand of Lemon-lime drink, 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 except the UK where it is distributed by Carlsberg Britvic, PepsiCo's designated UK distributor. History 7 Up was created by Charles Leiper Grigg, who launched his St. Louis–based company The Howdy Corporation in 1920. Grigg came up with the formula for a lemon-lime soft drink in 1929, and the product was launched two weeks before the Wall Street Crash of 1929. An oft-repeated story is that the drink was originally called "Bib-Label Lithiated Lemon-Lime Soda," but some have argued that there is little to no evidence that a drink with this name actually existed. The drink did, however, claim to contain lithium citrate, a mood-stabilizing drug, initially. It was one of a number of patent medicine products popular in the late-19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Tunasan
Tunasan () is a barangay in Muntinlupa, Philippines. It is the southernmost barangay of Metro Manila, located in the southern section of the city bordering the province of Laguna. The total land area of the barangay is , the largest in the city. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 61,374. Tunasan is south of Manila. It borders Poblacion, Muntinlupa to the north, Laguna de Bay to the east, the San Pedro barangays of San Antonio and Cuyab to the south, the Las Piñas barangay of Almanza Uno to the west, and the Dasmariñas barangay of Salapan to the southwest. Etymology Tunasan got its name from a medicinal plant locally called ''tunas'' (''Nymphaea nouchali''), which was abundant on the Tunasan River and the shoreline of Laguna de Bay. There are also three legends or myths that possibly explain the origin of Tunasan's name: * Tunasan was apparently named after Datu Tuna Asomal, who was registered as the area's landowner according to a document called ''Torrens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cheetos
Cheetos (formerly styled as Chee-tos until 1998) is a crunchy corn- cheese puff snack brand made by Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo. Fritos creator Charles Elmer Doolin invented Cheetos in 1948, and began national distribution in the United States. The initial success of Cheetos was a contributing factor to the merger between The Frito Company and H.W. Lay & Company in 1961 to form Frito-Lay. In 1965 Frito-Lay became a subsidiary of The Pepsi-Cola Company, forming PepsiCo, the current owner of the Cheetos brand. In 2010, Cheetos was ranked as the top selling brand of cheese puffs in its primary market of the U.S.; worldwide the annual retail sales totaled approximately $4 billion. The original Crunchy Cheetos are still in production but the product line has since expanded to include 21 different types of Cheetos in North America alone. As Cheetos are sold in more than 36 countries, the flavor and composition is often varied to match regional taste and cultural preferenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Santo Tomas, Batangas
Santo Tomas, officially the City of Santo Tomas ('), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city in the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 218,500 people. Santo Tomas got its name from Spanish language, Spanish for Thomas Aquinas, Saint Thomas Aquinas, a Catholic saint whose patronal feast day is celebrated every March 7. It is also the hometown of Philippine Revolution and Philippine–American War hero Miguel Malvar, the last Filipino general to surrender to the Americans. History Santo Tomas was founded in 1666, with Manuel Melo as its first head. Originally, it was composed of a large ''poblacion''. When the Spanish friars arrived, their first and foremost objective was to construct a church near the river to satisfy their inclination for water. Thus, the present site of a Roman Catholic church was chosen near the San Juan River (Calamba), San Juan River. As year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
