tobago cott see copyright music organisation of trinidad and tobago . cott corporation type public traded as tsx bcb nyse cot industry beverage founded 1952 headquarters mississauga ontario canada number of locations 33 beverage manufacturing and fruit processing facilities including 20 in the united states five in canada six in the united kingdom and one in mexico as well as one vertically integrated global concentrate manufacturing facility in columbus ga. 1 area served worldwide except u.s.a. key people chairman david t. gibbons president and ceo jerry fowden cfo jay wells products soft drinks sports drinks energy drinks teas and water services private label revenue 2.25 billion operating income 109.7 million net income 47.8 million total assets 1.6 billion total equity 622.9 million number of employees 3 960 2 subsidiaries see below website www.cott.com the cott corporation is a supplier of private label carbonated soft drinks distributing to canada the united states mexico the united kingdom and europe . in addition to producing private label beverages for retailers cott also has portfolio of its own brands including cott rc excluding the united states where it is part of dr pepper snapple group ben shaws stars & stripes vintage and vess soft drinks ready to drink teas sparkling and flavoured waters sports and energy drinks juice drinks and smoothies . newer cott brands include orient emporium gl 7 red rain energy and after shock energy . contents 1 history 2 products 3 acquisitions 4 corporate governance 4.1 key executives 4.2 board of directors 5 subsidiaries 5.1 cott beverages inc. 6 see also 7 references 8 external links history edit cott beverage corporation was founded in 1923 by solomon cott a polish immigrant and his son harry in port chester new york . harry pencer a clothier from montreal canada began to import cott sodas into quebec canada in 1952 . in 1955 pencer acquired the canadian rights to the cott label and established cott beverages canada ltd. to bottle the cott line of sodas . from 1976 to 1991 cott expanded its distribution throughout canada and back into the us and into europe . 3 during the 1960s and 1970s labels for its products were printed with the slogan it s cott to be good . vess beverage assets and its division vess specialty packaging company was purchased in 1994 . 4 in 1969 the name was changed to cott beverages ltd. and in 1991 to cott corporation . 5 from 1992 to 1996 cott was headed by heather reisman founder of indigo books & music . in october 2000 concord beverages with its vintage brand seltzer water was acquired from honickman group . 6 in april 2007 cott was said to be considering a bid for cadbury schweppes soft drinks business . 7 in 2007 in conjunction with the premiere of the the simpsons movie cott partnered with 7 eleven to produce buzz cola a fictional soda found in the the simpsons television series . 8 in late february 2008 cott was served notice by its key customer wal mart that shelf space for some soft drinks made by cott for them would be reduced . 9 nearly a year later in january 2009 wal mart informed cott it was terminating a 10 year old exclusive supply contract under which cott had been exclusively supplying the company with store branded soft drinks . 10 notwithstanding the termination of the exclusive supply contract cott continues to supply wal mart under annual non exclusive supply agreements . in july 2010 cott announced its acquisition of cliffstar corporation a us supplier of store branded beverages . 11 in november 2014 cott corporation announced it had agreed a deal to acquire u.s. direct to consumer bottled water and coffee distributor dss group inc for a fee of 1.25 billion . 12 products edit this section needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . february 2011 learn how and when to remove this template message red rooster is a mixed fruit flavour energy drink brand aimed at the same market sector as red bull . 13 it is packaged in slim 250 ml 8.8 imp fl oz ; 8.5 us fl oz cans or in 1 litre 35.2 imp fl oz ; 33.8 us fl oz bottles . it is available for purchase in the united kingdom uk in morrisons iceland total s.a. farmfoods asda and the co op uk in mace dunnes stores in ireland and in match supermarkets in hungary . citation needed asda originally launched it under the in house brand name of blue charge . 14 macb is a brand of flavored water mainly sold in scotland . flavors include kiwi and banana and strawberry and apple . the drink is currently the main sponsor of scottish premiership football team partick thistle . 15 cott s 24 the series is the name given to the 440 and 500 ml 15.5 and 17.6 imp fl oz ; 14.9 and 16.9 us fl oz can version of the product . it is sold mostly in uk discount stores . the name of the drink comes from the american television series 24 . the drink s advertising slogan is every second counts which ties into the real time nature of the television series . it is formulated with 32 milligrams 0.0011 oz of caffeine per 100 millilitres 3.5 imp fl oz ; 3.4 us fl oz . a diet version is now being introduced in some uk stores . blue charge is the brand name of an energy drink produced in the uk by cott for asda 14 as an alternative to such products as red bull and powerade . 13 marketed as an energy drink to combat mental and physical fatigue it contains per 250 ml 8.3 u.s. fl . oz . serving about 27 g of sugar glucose sucrose 1000 mg of taurine 600 mg of glucuronolactone b complex vitamins and 80 mg of caffeine . the caffeine in one serving is less than that found in an average cup of coffee typically 100 mg 250 ml cup or twice as much as found in a can of coke 40 mg 330 ml can around 80 mg per can . a diet version has been available since the beginning of 2003 . diet blue charge is sweetened with aspartame as opposed to sucrose and glucose as found in original blue charge . the drink is described as tasting of fruit flavours and an alternative cranberry flavour is available . it is commonly used by the british youth and student culture as mixer in alcoholic drinks such as with vodka . the ingredients in blue charge similar to those used in red bull are carbonated water sugar glucose fructose syrup citric acid taurine 0.4 % natural flavourings acidity regulator sodium citrates fruit and vegetable concentrates apple carrot hibiscus glucuronolactone caffeine inositol vitamins niacin pantothenic acid vitamin b6 riboflavin vitamin b12 preservative potassium sorbate . 16 the drink has a high caffeine content 30 mg 100ml . 16 cola is a carbonated cola flavored soft drink produced by cott s tampa fl plant and sold in some wal mart stores . outside the united states cott distributes rc cola . most products produced by cott are certified kosher . any certified product in the us or canada carries a kosher symbol on the label . acquisitions edit in 2012 cott purchased sangs soft drinks based in macduff scotland . 17 in june 2016 cott purchased eden springs for 525 million from rhone group . 18 corporate governance edit key executives edit jerry fowden president & ceo jay wells chief financial officer gregory leiter chief accounting officer senior vice president corporate controller and assistant secretary carlos baila chief procurement officer marni morgan poe vice president general counsel and secretary board of directors edit david t. gibbons chairman of the board eric rosenfeld lead independent director president and chief executive officer of crescendo partners l.p mark benadiba corporate director george a. burnett chief executive officer alta colleges inc. stephen h. halperin partner goodmans betty jane scheihing hess corporate director gregory monahan managing director of crescendo partners l.p mario pilozzi corporate directorl andrew prozes global chief executive officer lexisnexis group graham savage corporate director subsidiaries edit subsidiary state of incorporation holdings cott holdings inc. delaware & nova scotia 100 % cott usa corp. georgia 100 % cott beverages inc. georgia 100 % northeast retailer brands llc delaware 51 % cott vending inc. delaware 100 % cott international trading ltd. barbados 100 % bcb international holdings cayman islands 100 % bcb european holdings cayman islands 100 % cott retail brands limited united kingdom 100 % cott europe trading limited united kingdom 100 % cott beverages limited united kingdom 100 % cott beverages inc. edit subsidiary state of incorporation holdings interim bcb llc delaware 100 % northeast retailer brands llc delaware 51 % cott vending inc. delaware 100 % 19 see also edit krating daeng list of bottling companies red bull red bull cola rac 124 references edit form 10 k . sec.gov . retrieved 2014 01 25 . yahoo finance cott corp. profile . finance.yahoo.com december 30 2012 . retrieved on april 30 2013 . history of cott corporation fundinguniverse . fundinguniverse.com . retrieved on july 24 2012 . company new ; cott buys missouri bottler for 27.4 million . new york times june 1 1994 . retrieved on july 24 2012 . cott corporation march 7 2001 . form 10 k filing for the sec . retrieved september 16 2011 . cott corporation has acquired honickman group s concord beverage to strengthen u.s. presence ; earnings excluding one time gain triple in the 7th profitable quarter . findarticles.com . retrieved on july 24 2012 . http search.ft.com ftarticle querytext cott & y 0 & aje true & x 0 & id 070414000567 cott reports q2 results pdf . cott corporation . july 19 2007 . retrieved march 23 2008 . cott stock goes flat after wal mart cuts shelf space . cbc news . february 26 2008 . 1 archived january 30 2009 at the wayback machine . friend david july 8 2010 . analyst applauds cott s acquisition . the star . toronto . canada s cott corp to buy u.s. based water coffee distributor press release . reuters . 6 november 2014 . a b jonny bowden 2008 . the 150 most effective ways to boost your energy . fair winds . p. 65 . retrieved august 27 2011 . a b cott unveils first uk energy drink with cola flavour marketing news marketing magazine . marketingmagazine.co.uk . 2011 . retrieved august 27 2011 . http www.macb.co.uk partick thistle a b blue charge ingredients . asda . retrieved august 12 2011 . soft drinks maker sangs bought by us firm cott beverages . bbc news . 2012 03 09 . http www.edensprings.com june 2016 ex 21.1 list of subsidiaries of cott corporation . secinfo.com . retrieved on july 24 2012 . external links edit official website crown and cott innovate excitement for new 24 ctu stimulation drink brand in uk cott mexico v t e energy drinks monster beverage bpm energy burn formula 50 full throttle lift plus monster mother nos rac 124 relentless tab energy vault von dutch pepsico amp energy josta mountain dew rockstar sting energy drink independent bacchus f bawls cocaine coolah energy crunk demon energy desperta ferro ej 10 emerge four gay fuel hell energy joose lipovitan lost energy m 150 nae danger oronamin pimp juice pussy red bull red rooster semtex shark street king tiger v venom xs energy other battery retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title cott & oldid 739213210 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangecompanies listed on the toronto stock exchangefood and drink companies of canadadrink companies of canadasoft drinkscanadian brandsamerican brandscompanies established in 1952s & p