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EVOLUTION of FLAVOR
No. 1  avored carbonated so drink (CSD) company •
in the U.S., with six of the top 10 non-colas
More than 75 percent of sales driven by brands that •
are No. 1 or No. 2 in their  avor categories
Added to the S&P 500 on Oct. 6, 2008•
Consumers enjoy 150 million 8 oz. servings of •
our brands each day, adding up to nearly 55 billion
servings a year
Approximately 20,000 employees across North •
America and the Caribbean
Broad and  exible route to market with company-•
owned direct store delivery (DSD) and warehouse
delivery operations supported by 24 manufacturing
facilities and more than 200 distribution centers, as
well as third-party DSD
About 11 percent of DPS sales come from operations •
in Mexico, Canada and the Caribbean
DPSat-a-
GLANCE
Cadbury and Schweppes
merge, forming Cadbury
Schweppes, plc.
1969
Snapple is invented
in Brooklyn
1972
Cadbury Schweppes
acquires Duffy-Mott Co.,
Canada Dry and the
Sunkist soda license
1980-1989
Cadbury Schweppes
acquires Dr Pepper/Seven Up
Companies, Inc.
1995
Snapple Beverage
Corp. acquired
2000
Dr Pepper/Seven Up, Inc.,
Mott’s LLP, Snapple Beverage
Corp. and Bebidas Mexico form
Cadbury Schweppes Americas
Beverages
2003
*Adjusted income from operations and earnings per share (EPS) fi gures
for 2008 exclude restructuring, impairment charges and other one-time
items, which totaled $1.13 billion and $3.08 per share, respectively.
2008 revenue had no adjustments. See page 13 for a detailed
reconciliation of the excluded items, as well as the rationale for
the exclusion.
Our top 12 brands annually generate more than $10 billion in estimated
retail sales throughout North America and the Caribbean.