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| Founded | 2004 |
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| Founder | Procter & Gamble |
| Headquarters | , United States |
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| Parent | Harvest Hill Beverage Company |
Sunny Delight Beverages Co. is the creator of SunnyD, formally known as Sunny Delight. It spun off from Procter & Gamble in 2004. The company is owned by Harvest Hill Beverage Company.
History
[edit]The original predecessor of Sunny Delight Beverages Co., Sunny Delight, was founded in 1963 in Florida by Howard Dick and Phil Grinnell. In 1966, it was purchased by a Coca-Cola bottling operation, which later, in 1982, sold it and its now parent company, Doric Foods, to the bottler's parent, The Coca-Cola Company.[1]
Doric Foods was then sold in 1983 to a joint venture between Charterhouse Group International and American Fruit Co., creating Sundor Brands Inc. Sundor was acquired by Procter & Gamble in 1989. In the late 1990s, SunnyD expanded into both Canada and Europe.[1]
In 2004, Sunny Delight Beverages Co. was established when J. W. Childs, a Boston-based private equity firm, acquired Sunny Delight brands from Procter & Gamble. The company launched the Elations brand in 2007 and acquired Veryfine and Fruit2O from Kraft in the same year. In 2009, it acquired Bossa Nova from that brand's founder.[1] Sunny Delight Europe was sold to Orangina Schweppes in 2011[1] and in 2016 J. W. Childs sold Sunny Delight Beverages Co. to Brynwood Partners.[2]
On April 3, 2025, Brynwood Partners announced that it had reached a definitive agreement to sell its portfolio company, Harvest Hill Beverage Company, whose portfolio included the Sunny Delight brand, to Castillo Hermanos, a Guatemalan multinational diversified business group.[3]
Operations
[edit]The company’s main headquarters are located in Blue Ash, Ohio, with a head count of 615 employees. It operates five manufacturing plants located in the United States.
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 "Sunny Delight Beverages Co. History". Sunny Delight Beverages. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017.
- ↑ Coolidge, Alexander (January 14, 2016). "Firm acquires Sunny Delight". The Enquirer. USA Today Network. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ↑ https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/brynwood-partners-entered-into-an-agreement-to-sell-harvest-hill-beverage-company-to-castillo-hermanos-302420168.html