beverages founded 1901 headquarters birmingham alabama usa key people james c. lee iii chief executive officer matthew dent president and chief operating officer roger barker chief financial officer products pepsico products food services revenue 550 million usd 2015 number of employees 2 100 2015 1 website http www.buffalorock.com buffalo rock company is an independent pepsi bottler based in birmingham alabama . it was founded in 1901 . in addition to bottling pepsi products the company produced grapico in 1981 a grape flavored soft drink and a ginger ale under its own brand name . buffalo rock ginger ale is considerably darker in color and has a stronger ginger content than is customary . some customers use the term ginger cola to describe the taste . buffalo rock and grapico are sold throughout alabama parts of georgia and the panhandle of florida . in 2005 buffalo rock introduced a soft drink called dr. wham . dr. wham is sold in buffalo rock markets where the company does not have the territorial rights to sell dr pepper including markets such as huntsville alabama montgomery alabama columbus georgia and pensacola florida . a complete listing of markets that carry dr. wham is on the buffalo rock website . see also edit list of bottling companies references edit http www.bizjournals.com birmingham blog 2015 06 the birmingham 25 meet birminghams largest private.html g13 external links edit buffalo rock website grapico official website buffalo rock ginger ale official site buffalo rock ginger ale on bhamwiki.com v t e ginger ale and ginger beer a treat ale 8 one barritt s blenheim boylan buffalo rock bundaberg canada dry catawissa crabbie s dr. brown s faygo fentimans fitz s foxon park polar red rock reed s schweppes seagram s sprecher stewart s stoney sussex golden vernors vess white rock this alabama related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this food and or confectionery corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this soft drink related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title buffalo rock & oldid 723229443 categories companies based in birmingham alabamaprivately held companies based in alabamacompanies established in 1901ginger alepepsico bottlersalabama stubsfood company stubssoft drink stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 june 2016 at 20 19 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view