Fraser and Neave Limited (F&N)

The company was founded by John Fraser and David Chalmers Neave in 1883. The F&N story begins in 1883, in a registered office in the British colony of Singapore, when two partners in a printing business, John Fraser and David Chalmers Neave, signed their names on a document that brought the Singapore and Straits Aerated Water Company into existence. They established The Singapore and Straits Aerated Water Company to produce carbonated soft drinks.

In 1898 The Singapore and Straits Aerated Water Company went public as Fraser and Neave, Limited. The company had a capital of $350,000, $225,000 in shares and $125,000 in debentures. With 2,000 shares issued, of which 1,500 were offered to the public, the share issue was subscribed three-and-a half times.

In 1931 Fraser and Neave, Limited formed Malayan Breweries Limited in a joint venture with Heineken of Holland. The result of this joint venture was the much-loved and iconic Tiger Beer.

Fraser & Neave Limited secured the franchise of Coca-cola for Singapore and Malaysia in 1936 and they totally reinventing the carbonated beverage industry. In later years, the company acquired the rights to 7-Up, Fanta and Sunkist as well. In 1948, a separate subsidiary Lion Limited was formed to manage Coca-cola.

It was in 1965 Carnation International of Los Angeles joined Beatrice Food and F&N to form a manufacturing company, Premier Milk (Malaya) Sdn Bhd in Kuala Lumpur. The first F&N soft drinks factory in East Malaysia was also opened in Kuching.

In 2015 F&N secured a 22-year licensing agreement with Nestle for the manufacture and distribution of Nestle’s canned milk products in ASEAN.
Fraser and Neave Limited (F&N)

Tropicana Products

Tropicana Product is one of the world’s largest producers and marketers of fresh ready to drink orange juice.

The company’s primary products are pure and reconstituted orange and grapefruit juice, lemonade fruit punches and grape juice, most of which are distributed nationally.

Tropicana Pure Premium was founded in 1947 in Bradenton, Florida, by Anthony T. Rossi, with the goal of bringing Floridians the kind of orange juice found in Rossi’s home country of Italy. The line is so successful that in 1957 Rossi renames the company Tropicana Products, Inc.

Rossi began packaging and selling fresh fruit to department stores, hotels and restaurants through the United States. As the business grew, he moved to East Bradenton and supplying the ingredients for, among others things, the salads at New York’s fame Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.

Rossi produced frozen concentrated orange juice and in 1954 Tropicana engineers developed the process of flash pasteurization, which uses a lower temperature than regular pasteurization but heats the liquid for a longer period of time. This process preserves color and flavor, while still making the juice safe to drink.

By 1958 a convoy of refrigerated trucks transported goods nationally and the SS Tropicana was shipping 1.5 million gallons of juice to New York each week.

In 1978 Rossi retired and sold Tropicana to Beatrice Foods. Tropicana was purchased by Seagram’s in March 1988 for $1.2 billion, equal to about twenty times earnings.

Tropicana was acquired by PepsiCo in 1998. As part of its Tropicana brand, in 2010 PepsiCo introduced Tropolis, an 80-calorie fruit puree snack that comes in squeezable pouches.
Tropicana Products 

The History of Dr Pepper

The History of Dr Pepper
In 1885, in Waco, Texas, a young pharmacist called Charles Alderton invented the soft drink "Dr Pepper". Originating at Morrison’s Old Corner Drug Store, Dr Pepper was served first time on December 1 1885.

Morrison, owner of the drug store is credited with naming the drink "Dr Pepper" after a friend of his, Dr. Charles Pepper. Later in the 1950s the period was removed from the "Dr Pepper" name.

In 1891, Morrison and Lazenby formed the Artesian Manufacturing & Bottling Company, which later became the Dr Pepper Company. Under the direction of Mr. Lazenby Dr Pepper enjoyed steady growth in sales and began to spread in popularity across the country. Later Lazenby and his son in law, J.B O’Hara moved the company from Waco to Dallas in 1923.

Dr Pepper was introduced to United States at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition as a new cola. The Dr Pepper Company was incorporated in 1923 in Dallas. In the 1980's they merged with Seven Up, Inc. Corporate headquarters for Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc. remains in Plano, north of Dallas.

The Dr Pepper Company is the oldest major manufacturer of soft drink concentrates and syrups in the United States.
The History of Dr Pepper