here . for other uses see dpsu disambiguation . this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . january 2013 learn how and when to remove this template message dr pepper seven up industry beverages fate acquired predecessor dr pepper incorporated and the 7 up company successor cadbury schweppes plc nyse csg 2006 and later dr pepper snapple group 2008 founded 1986 1986 defunct 2006 2006 headquarters plano texas products beverages non alcoholic website dpsu.com dr pepper seven up inc. dpsu was a plano texas based 1 soft drink manufacturing company created by the merger of dr pepper inc. and the 7 up company on may 19 1986 . the merger was a result of the independent bailouts of both companies 2 and the subsequent ftc blockage of a dr pepper merger with coca cola . 3 the dpsu merger resulted in the breakup of international branding rights held by the two independent companies . dr pepper seven up inc. was purchased by cadbury schweppes plc and the carlyle group on march 2 1995 after the conglomerate became debt ridden and insolvent . it sold for about us 1.7 billion plus about us 870 million of dr pepper seven up debt . this made cadbury schweppes the largest soft drink company in the world not to be named after a cola beverage . in early 2006 cadbury schweppes purchased the remainder of dr pepper seven up inc. and dr pepper seven up bottling group from the carlyle group . all dr pepper seven up inc. assets were absorbed into cadbury schweppes americas beverages which included mott s beverages and snapple beverages . dr pepper seven up bottling group was merged with other cadbury acquired bottlers and renamed cadbury schweppes bottling group . in may 2008 cadbury schweppes spun off cadbury schweppes americas beverages into an independent company called the dr pepper snapple group and renamed itself to cadbury plc. 4 references edit faq . canada dry . retrieved on june 25 2009 . ny times . retrieved on june 4 2015 . ftc archive . retrieved on june 4 2015 . cadbury plc demerger . retrieved on december 29 2009 . external links edit dallas fort worth portal companies portal food portal dr pepper seven up archive dr pepper website 7 up website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dr pepper seven up & oldid 711583507 categories manufacturing companies established in 1986companies disestablished in 2006dr pepper snapple groupcompanies based in plano texas1986 establishments in texashidden categories articles needing additional references from january 2013all articles needing additional referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters 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 in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutsch edit links this page was last modified on 23 march 2016 at 19 13 . 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