County of factory: Franklin County
Location of factory: Mo Hwy 100 & Hickory St., New Haven
Phone: (573) 237-3076
"Pepsi Cola Bottling Co New Haven is located in New Haven, MO, United States and is part of the Soft Drink Manufacturing Industry. Pepsi Cola Bottling Co New Haven has 80 total employees across all of its locations and generates $9.08 million in sales (USD). There are 2 companies in the Pepsi Cola Bottling Co New Haven corporate family." ~ Dun & Bradstreet
"Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of New Haven officially began operation on March 1, 1937.
"On the first day of the company’s sales in New Haven, it sold just 12 cases. But by 1939, gross sales hit over $82,000.
"The early years were challenging, not just because of the Great Depression, production issues converting the Pepsi concentrate to a finished syrup, a thin profit margin (selling 12 ounces for a nickel when the competition was selling 6 ounces for the same price).
"It also was hard because Pepsi didn’t have the name recognition yet. To promote sales, route salesmen often handed out samples to proprietors and also added a few bottles to their orders just so they could see how well they sold.
"A national advertising campaign by the Pepsi Cola Company and gimmicks like skywriting ads also were successful. Skywriters performed in New Haven several times, the first in 1946.
"In the 1950s, the Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of New Haven continued to do well. Sales had increased and the bottling plant needed to be expanded, but it wasn’t long before the company needed more space and newer equipment to keep up with demand.
"By winter 1958, the company had the capacity to bottle 4,000 cases a day, but there was no more room for expansion of the downtown plant.
"In 1964, the company began plans for a new plant — its current location." ~ The Missourian,
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