The first carbonated beverage was created in 1783 when Swiss-born watchmaker and amateur scientist Jacob Schweppe refined and patented his own process of creating mineral water. His achievement was exceptional, but getting the carbonation into the water was only half the challenge. Keeping it in there was the tricky part. Schweppe's true stroke of genius came from his development of a bottle that could retain the carbonation. The soft-drink business was born. In 1793, he addedmore...
Our brands are pretty famous, so maybe we are bit spoiled to be around their celebrity each day, but even we were star-struck when actors Edward Norton and Woody Harrelson visited our Houston bottling plant to tour BioViper.What is Bioviper™? No, it’s not the next big movie featuring these two Hollywood stars, but an innovative way to treat the wastewater created when making our products.more...
At Dr Pepper Snapple Group, we are known for our flavors. The 50-plus brands in our unmatched portfolio set us apart from our peers, providing the variety our customers and consumers want and the great taste and refreshment they enjoy. We have six of the top 10 non-cola soft drinks, and 13 of our 14 leading brands are No. 1 or No. 2 in their flavor categories. Like a proud parent, we like to recognize the accomplishments of the outstanding brands that make up our company.more...
With summer fast approaching, we’ll soon be looking for ways to cool down and beat the heat. June, July and August will see many of us making that familiar afternoon pilgrimage to our favorite drive-thrus to sip on some ice-cold, liquid refreshment.more...
We are committed to doing good things for our environment – it’s what we’ve said each year in our sustainability report, and it’s why we’ve worked to make our bottles more eco-friendly over the years.For example, in 2008 we changed the height of the threaded bottlenecks on our 2-liter and 20-oz bottles. This simple change, called the 1881 Standard, has saved 15 million pounds of plastic over the last five years and helps us to manufacture the lightest 2-liter bottle in North America.more...
