PepsiCo Purchases Two Biggest Bottlers

PepsiCo decided to gain more control of its products and wanted to lower costs. As a result, the company made a $6 billion offer on Monday to purchase the shares of Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas.

Pepsi Bottlers (Image: Flickr)

Pepsi Bottling Group is the biggest bottler of Pepsi products on earth. Headquartered in New York, the company has more than 600 locations. It has exclusive rights to many territories around the world including Spain, Russia, Mexico, Turkey, Washington D.C., most of Canada and more than 50 of the states in America.

PepsiAmericas is the planet’s second biggest Pepsi bottler. It’s headquartered in Minnesota and has nearly two dozen bottling plants in the U.S. It has a major presence in Eastern and Central Europe and the Caribbean.

After buying Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas, it’s now estimated that Pepsi will own approximately 80% of the Pepsi bottling market.