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Brown Bottling Group was founded in 1971 as Pepsi Cola of Southern Mississippi. Brown Bottling Group is a franchise distributor for Pepsi Cola and Cadbury Beverages representing the top selling products in virtually every category of the beverage industry covering soft drinks, juices, sport drinks, water, coffee and tea. Pepsi Cola of Southern Mississippi operated a bottling and sales plant in Jackson and sales distribution centers in Meridian and Hattiesburg. In the beginning times were hard, profits were low, but with persistence the company began to grow, new brands and packages were added to the product line, new advertising trials ...

Brown Bottling Group was founded in 1971 as Pepsi Cola of Southern Mississippi. Brown Bottling Group is a franchise distributor for Pepsi Cola and Cadbury Beverages representing the top selling products in virtually every category of the beverage industry covering soft drinks, juices, sport drinks, water, coffee and tea. Pepsi Cola of Southern Mississippi operated a bottling and sales plant in Jackson and sales distribution centers in Meridian and Hattiesburg. In the beginning times were hard, profits were low, but with persistence the company began to grow, new brands and packages were added to the product line, new advertising trials and new business. With growth came expansion, and in 1985 the company purchased eight acres in the Hawkins Field Industrial Park and developed a separate facility for its food service division. In 1988, Bill Brown was promoted to President of the company. He reorganized operations and changed the name from Pepsi Cola of Southern Mississippi to Brown Bottling Group to better position the company for growth. Bill continued the company`s expansion by establishing a corporate office now located on Highland Colony Parkway in Ridgeland, MS. Management, marketing, accounting and human resources were relocated away from the sales and warehouse divisions. Growth continued in 1989 when Brown Bottling purchased the franchise rights for McComb and Natchez adding 16 more counties to the service area. Taking care of the beverage needs of Mississippi largest customer base is a big job. It takes the combined efforts of all 350+ employees working together to make Brown Bottling Group Mississippi`s preferred refreshment provider. Our people stock it, sell it, deliver it, and display it. It takes all of us, from the warehouse to the front office, every employee doing their best work. Our employees are very loyal and are directly responsible for its great sales growth history. Brown Bottling Group has an outstanding commitment to the communities we serve. The company lends its considerable support in time, product and funding to diverse programs throughout the franchise area. From community-wide celebrations like Pepsi Pops, the Port Gibson Heritage Festival, the Atwood Music Festival, the Hattiesburg Arts Festival, the Iron Horse Festival in McComb and the Sunkist Swim Team to our on-going work with our adopt-a-schools. Brown Bottling Group is truly a total beverage company, our commitment to providing the best product by the best trained employees at a fair price guarantees our success.

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