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Sunny Delight Beverages Co.
Founded2004; 20 years ago (2004)
FounderProcter & Gamble
Headquarters,
United States
Key people
  • John Childs (chairman)
  • William B. Cyr (president and CEO)
  • William Schumaker (COO and CFO)
  • Michael Burton (VP)
  • John R. Crosetti (SVP US Sales)
ParentHarvest Hill Beverage Company

Sunny Delight Beverages Co. is the creator of SunnyD, formally known as Sunny Delight. It spun off from Procter & Gamble in 2004. The company is owned by Harvest Hill Beverage Company.

History

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The original predecessor of Sunny Delight Beverages Co., Sunny Delight, was founded in 1963 in Florida by Howard Dick and Phil Grinnell. In 1966, it was purchased by a Coca-Cola bottling operation, which later, in 1982, sold it and its now parent company, Doric Foods, to the bottler's parent, The Coca-Cola Company.[1]

Doric Foods was then sold in 1983 to a joint venture between Charterhouse Group International and American Fruit Co., creating Sundor Brands Inc. Sundor was acquired by Procter & Gamble in 1989. In the late 1990s, SunnyD expanded into both Canada and Europe.[1]

In 2004, Sunny Delight Beverages Co. was established when J. W. Childs, a Boston-based private equity firm, acquired Sunny Delight brands from Procter & Gamble. The company launched the Elations brand in 2007 and acquired Veryfine and Fruit2O from Kraft in the same year. In 2009, it acquired Bossa Nova from that brand's founder.[1] Sunny Delight Europe was sold to Orangina Schweppes in 2011[1] and in 2016 J. W. Childs sold Sunny Delight Beverages Co. to Brynwood Partners.[2]

Operations

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The company’s main headquarters are located in Blue Ash, Ohio, with a head count of 615 employees. It operates five manufacturing plants located in the United States.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Sunny Delight Beverages Co. History". Sunny Delight Beverages. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017.
  2. ^ Coolidge, Alexander (January 14, 2016). "Firm acquires Sunny Delight". The Enquirer. USA Today Network. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
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