CCSI Plastic Crowncap Database - Brewer/Bottler
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Brewer/bottler #468 | | | | | | | | | | Extra info | Big Red was founded in 1937 in Waco by Grover C. Thomsen and R.H. Roark. The two created the soft drink, Sun Tang Red Cream Soda which is generally classified as an American variety of cream soda that is almond in flavor, and it is the original "red cream soda." The name was changed to "Sun Tang Big Red Cream Soda" in 1959, and to "Big Red" in 1969 by Harold Jansing, then president of the San Antonio bottling plant, after hearing a golf caddy refer to the soda by that name.
In 2007, Big Red Ltd. was purchased by Gary Smith with the backing from Citigroup Venture Capital and Goldman Sachs. Gary Smith now serves as the Chairman and CEO of Big Red and All Sport, Inc. In 2008, Dr Pepper Snapple Group purchased a minority interest in Big Red, Inc. Dr Pepper distributes almost 80% of the product that Big Red sells annually. Although the production facility is still in Waco, Texas, in 2009 Big Red relocated their corporate headquarters to Austin, TX. |
| | | | | | Other names used for this Brewer/bottler | Name 1 | The Perfection Co. Ltd |
| | | Extra info | 1974 to present |
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