Pepsi Of Florence

Name

Pepsi Of Florence

Legal name

Pepsi of Florence

Website

https://pepsi-florence.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1940

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Beverage Distribution and Vending Services

NAICS

Soft Drink Manufacturing (312111), Bottled Water Manufacturing (312112), Soft Drink and Ice Manufacturing (31211)

SIC

Bottled & Canned Soft Drinks & Carbonated Waters (2086), Beverages (2080)

akta.pro primary industry

Carbonated Beverage Contract Manufacturing (CSD, Seltzer, Sparkling) (AFAFAIAK)

akta.pro secondary industries

Private Label Bottled Water Manufacturing (AFAFACAI), Still Soft Drinks & Flavored Waters (Non-Carbonated) (AFAFABAB)

Keywords

• Beverage distribution
• Vending solutions
• Micro market services
• PepsiCo bottling
• Vending equipment services

Headquarters

HQ city

Florence

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Beverage Product Sales: Sale of PepsiCo and partner brand beverages including soft drinks, sports drinks, water, tea, coffee, and energy drinks through vending and direct distribution.
2. Vending Equipment Services: Vending machine sales, installation, and maintenance services. Includes 24/7 repair support and equipment configuration for customer needs.
3. Micro Market Solutions: Custom micro market installation and support for break room unattended retail environments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Pepsi of Florence is a locally owned PepsiCo beverage bottler and distributor that supplies the full PepsiCo product line along with partner brands to businesses in the Florence, South Carolina market. The company sells, installs, and services vending equipment (coolers, fountain units, snack machines, brewing equipment) and offers turnkey micro market solutions for workplace break rooms with 24/7 equipment support.

Product overview

Pepsi of Florence is a locally owned PepsiCo beverage distributor and vending solutions provider with over 85 years of operation. The company operates as a beverage and vending distribution business rather than a technology product company. Its portfolio consists of: (1) PepsiCo and partner brand beverages across five categories - Soft Drinks (Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, Canada Dry, Sunkist, Brisk), Sports Drinks (Gatorade, Gatorlyte, Propel), Water (Aquafina, LIFE WTR, Evian, bubly), Tea & Coffee (Lipton, Pure Leaf, Starbucks), and Energy (Celsius, Rockstar, MTN DEW Rise Energy, Alani Nu, Neon Zebra) plus snacks; (2) Vending equipment sales and services including glass-front merchandisers (G49c, G26c), fountain units (G10f, G7f), snack machines (Bevmax Narrow, Bevmax Media), custom vending options, and brewing equipment (Lipton, TB3Q); (3) Micro market turnkey solutions for break room unattended retail. Equipment services include 24/7 support with various payment options including cash, cards, Apple Pay, and Google Pay.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• PepsiCo and Partner Brand Beverage Distribution
• Vending Equipment Sales and Services
• Micro Markets

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• PepsiCocoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPepsi of Florence represents the entire product line of PepsiCo as an authorized bottler and distributor. PepsiCo is one of the world's leading food and beverage companies.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Pepsi Bottling Ventures: Largest independent Pepsi bottler in the U.S., operating across multiple southeastern and mid-Atlantic states including the Carolinas. Directly comparable as a PepsiCo contract bottler and distributor with similar product portfolio, vending equipment services, and micro market offerings.
• Reyes Holdings / Reyes Beverage Group: Large independent Coca-Cola and beer distributor (operating as Great Lakes Coca-Cola and other regional entities) with beverage distribution, vending, and foodservice delivery. Comparable business model combining brand-bottler franchise rights with vending and equipment services.
• Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United: One of the largest Coca-Cola bottlers in the U.S., serving multiple states with soft drinks, water, juice, sports drinks, and vending/fountain services. Directly competes with Pepsi of Florence for fountain and vending accounts in overlapping geographies.
• Coca-Cola Consolidated: Largest independent Coca-Cola bottler in the U.S., operating across the Southeast including the Carolinas. Comparable as a major-cola contract bottler with full product portfolio, vending equipment distribution, and micro market solutions.
• Canteen (Compass Group): National vending, micro market, and unattended retail operator serving corporate, education, healthcare, and industrial accounts. Competes directly with Pepsi of Florence's micro market and vending offerings in B2B break room deployments.
• Performance Food Group: Large foodservice distributor that is both a customer of Pepsi of Florence (micro market deployment) and a competitor for vending and unattended retail contracts at corporate break rooms. Comparable as a foodservice-adjacent channel with overlapping GTM.
• Five Star Food Service: Regional convenience store and vending services operator in the Southeast U.S. with micro market, vending, and food service offerings. Direct competitor for vending and micro market accounts across the Carolinas and adjacent markets.

Regional players

• Polar Beverages: Independently owned regional beverage manufacturer and distributor based in New England with carbonated soft drinks, seltzers, and water. Comparable as a family/independent beverage company with multi-generation operating history, though in a different geography.
• Coca-Cola Bottling Company HIGH COUNTRY: Independent Coca-Cola bottler serving western North Carolina and parts of the Carolinas with full soft drink portfolio and vending services. Comparable as a regional, family-owned contract bottler, though in adjacent rather than directly overlapping geography.

Broad incumbents

• Keurig Dr Pepper: Major publicly traded beverage conglomerate owning Dr Pepper, Canada Dry, Snapple, and Keurig brewing systems. Dr Pepper and Canada Dry are products Pepsi of Florence distributes, making KDP a major supplier/partner and a broad incumbent in the same product categories.

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks1 record

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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