Cott Announces Acquisition of Home and Office Bottled Water Delivery Business Serving Florida, Georgia and South Carolina
(firmenpresse) - TORONTO, ON and TAMPA, FL -- (Marketwired) -- 09/28/15 -- Cott Corporation (NYSE: COT) (TSX: BCB) today announced that its DS Services Business Unit has acquired the home and office bottled water delivery business of Consolidated Water Group. The business acquired serves customers located in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina and has significant overlap with its DS Services Business Unit''s current footprint. The acquisition supports Cott''s previously announced objective of strategic acquisitions where synergies with its existing business can be leveraged. Consolidated Water Group will add thousands of new customers to Cott''s growing DS Services business.
Cott is one of the world''s largest producers of beverages on behalf of retailers, brand owners and distributors, and has one of the broadest home and office bottled water and office coffee services distribution networks in the United States, with the ability to service approximately 90 percent of U.S. households, as well as national, regional and local offices.
Cott produces multiple types of beverages in a variety of packaging formats and sizes, including carbonated soft drinks, 100% shelf stable juice and juice-based products, clear, still and sparkling flavored waters, energy drinks and shots, sports drinks, new age beverages, ready-to-drink teas, beverage concentrates, liquid enhancers, freezables and ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages, as well as hot chocolate, coffee, malt drinks, creamers/whiteners and cereals. Cott''s large manufacturing footprint, broad distribution network, substantial research and development capability and high-level of quality and customer service enables Cott to offer its customers a strong value-added proposition of low cost, high quality products and services. In addition, Cott is now a national direct-to-consumer provider of bottled water, office coffee and water filtration services offering a comprehensive portfolio of beverage products, equipment and supplies to approximately 1.5 million customer locations through its network of over 180 warehouse, branch and distribution facilities and daily operation of over 2,200 routes.
With over 9,000 employees, Cott operates approximately 60 manufacturing facilities and 180 distribution facilities in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Mexico. Cott also develops and manufactures beverage concentrates, which it exports to approximately 50 countries around the world.
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Datum: 28.09.2015 - 04:30 Uhr
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