CCSI Cork Crowncap Database - Brewer/Bottler
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 Brewer/bottler #2720 | | | Name | Cantrell And Cochrane, Ltd. (Dublin, Ireland) |
| | | | | | | | | Extra info | The company was started in 1852 in Belfast by Dr. Thomas Cantrell, apothecary and surgeon. However, the history can be traced back to 1769 to A & R Thwaites and Co. which subsequently became a constituent company within the C & C Group.
Dr. Cantrell formed a partnership with Alderman Cochrane (later Sir Henry and Lord Mayor of Dublin) thereafter trading as Cantrell & Cochrane Limited. This partnership lasted until 1885 when Dr. Cantrell retired. In 1869 they opened a factory in Dublin and created the foundation of a business that was to become a thriving international industry.
In 1871 the Belfast business moved to a new premises at Cromac Building, Victoria Square and the company continued to expand and establish an extensive export trade to many parts of the world.
Changing world conditions around the 1914 - 1918 war created difficulties in the export market which led the company to concentrate on the home market. Following this change of direction factories were set up in London, Stockport and Glasgow with service depots throughout Great Britain.
The First World War threatened the firm’s large and valuable American trade, so a factory was established in New York.
In 1925 Cantrell & Cochrane was sold to E & J Burke, bottlers of Guinness in America, and Ernest Cecil Cochrane stepped down as chairman.
The end of Prohibition in the United States damaged the Cantrell & Cochrane export trade.
In 1950 E & J Burke was acquired by Guinness.
By 1953 the American subsidiary, with a factory at Englewood, New Jersey, had been sold to National Phoenix Industries.
In 1956 Cantrell & Cochrane Belfast moved to its current premises in Castlereagh Road, Belfast.
In 1968 Guinness merged Cantrell & Cochrane with the Irish soft drinks operations of Allied Breweries (now called Allied Domecq) to form C&C. The merger was a result of an arrangement by which Allied Breweries and Guinness acquired the Cantrell & Cochrane.
A particularly famous product in Ireland is C&C Club Orange, a carbonated orange soft drink developed in the 1930s. Other flavours were subsequently developed, such as Club Lemon and Club Rock Shandy (an orange and lemon blend). With C&C's increasing emphasis on alcoholic beverages, the Club range of soft drinks was sold to Britvic Ireland early in the 21st century.
In 1937 William Magner acquired the rights to produce the Bulmers Cider brand in the Republic of Ireland from H. P. Bulmer. C&C introduced Magners cider in 1999, as they only held rights to Bulmers in the Republic of Ireland and wanted to expand into the United Kingdom.
Cantrell & Cochrane (Dublin) had close to 60 percent of the Irish soft drinks market by 1974. Drinks were produced at a modern factory at Ballyfermot, Dublin.
In 1997 C&C employed 1,600 people.
In 1998 Allied Domecq acquired the 49.6 percent stake of C&C it did not own from Guinness for £270 million.
In 1999 Allied Domecq sold C&C to BC Partners for £580 million.
C&C Group became a public company from 2004. C&C sold its non-alcoholic drinks business to Britvic in 2007.
Former C&C drinks are still sold by Britvic in Ireland under the “Club” brand.
The former American subsidiary still operates from New Jersey, and its products include C&C Cola and C&C Ginger Ale. |
| | | | | | | Other names used for this Brewer/bottler | | | | Name 2 | Cantrell & Cochrane Ltd. (Belfast, Northern Ireland) |
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