Poland Spring Water

On February 26th, 2010, PepsiCo completed its mergers with PAS and PBG to strengthen its North American beverage business. The North American bottling operations of PAS and PBG are now an operating unit of PepsiCo known as Pepsi Beverages Company. PBC operates in the United States, Canada and Mexico and encompasses approximately 75 percent of PepsiCo's North American beverage volume. PBC's diverse portfolio includes some of the world's most widely recognized beverage brands, including Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Sierra Mist, Aquafina, Gatorade, SoBe, Lipton and Amp Energy. PBC also manufactures and distributes third-party brands in key local markets such as Dr Pepper, Crush, Rock Star and Muscle Milk. The operating unit is headquartered in Westchester County, New York.

Empire Distributors is a wholesale distributor of wine, spirits, beer and bar beverages in the Southeastern United States. Empire distributes hundreds of products from several alcoholic beverage producers, such as Samuel Adams, Hornsby, Wild Turkey, Courvoisier, Hiram Walker, Grey Goose, Kahlua, Jagermeister, Napa Valley Vineyards, Ballatore, Gallo of Sonoma, Carlo Rossi, Livingston Cellars and Turning Leaf. Empire also provides services, such as special event promotion, a print shop, product training and warehousing. In 1940, Max E. Kahn started Empire Distributors in Atlanta with two trucks, eight brands and 149 accounts. The company began as a small spirits wholesale business and became a large corporation with branches throughout the Southeastern U.S.