Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling

Started in 1947 as a seller of fruit gift boxes in Florida, Tropicana Products is one of the leading producers and marketers of juices and beverages in the United States. It offers products under the Tropicana Pure Premium, Tropicana Twister, Tropicana Smoothies, Tropicana FruitWise and Tropicana Pure Tropics brand names. Also known as Tropicana, the company provides lemon, mango and orange varieties and is licensed to sell the Dole brand of products from Dole Food Company. Tropicana Products offers a variety of information about juices and health benefits. The company is a division of PepsiCo, which provides a range of food and beverage brands and employs more than 195,000 people.

One of California s largest independent bottlers, Nor-Cal Beverage was established with the original Hires Root Beer franchise. The company has increased its product lines and distribution territories, including distributorships for Anheuser-Busch, Dr Pepper/Cadbury and RC Cola. To meet customer needs in Northern California, Nor-Cal Beverage has opened six branches. Each branch provides sales, customer service, vending service, food service, local delivery and equipment maintenance. The company owns and operates more than 460 vehicles that support its distribution services, fleet of tractor-trailers, automobiles, route trucks, service trucks and forklifts. In 1999, the company acquired a bottling plant in Anaheim, Calif., dedicated to the aseptic and chilled demands for Southern California. Nor-Cal Beverage was established as Hires Bottling Company in 1937.