DeKalb CEO Welcomes New Pepsi Bottling Group Facility; Move Will Boost PBG's Business in Metro Area.DECATUR, Ga. -- It's a warehouse that The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (PBG PBG abbr. porphobilinogen ) says "changes the game" for the Company in Atlanta. DeKalb County DeKalb County stands for the following Counties in the United States of America:
Vernon Jones was born on October 31, 1960, in rural North Carolina. , and PBG's Southeast Business Unit Senior Vice President and General Manager Jim Keown will cut the ribbon at the new sales and distribution warehouse at 1644 Rock Mountain Boulevard, Stone Mountain on Monday, May 22, at 11:00 a.m., followed by a celebration luncheon. "DeKalb County is excited to have an international partner like The Pepsi Bottling Group serving our community," said Vernon Jones, DeKalb County's Chief Executive Officer. "PBG is the world's largest manufacturer, seller and distributor of Pepsi whose name is synonymous with synonymous with adjective equivalent to, the same as, identical to, similar to, identified with, equal to, tantamount to, interchangeable with, one and the same as quality. PBG is consistent with our progressive business mission and we are excited they chose DeKalb as one of their facility sites." "This is a very exciting time for PBG in Atlanta," said Kelvin Buncum, Vice President and General Manager of PBG's Atlanta/North Georgia Market Unit. "PBG makes customer service a priority - and this new warehouse will help us provide even better service to our customers in the eastern part of the city." The DeKalb Office of Economic Development has been working with PBG since first quarter 2005, primarily in expediting the permitting process to ensure the facility opened in a timely manner. PBG'S new warehouse will serve customers in the eastern portion of the Atlanta metropolitan area The Atlanta metropolitan area, commonly referred to as metro Atlanta in Georgia, is the ninth-largest metropolitan area in the United States and consists of up to 28 counties in Georgia. . It will employ approximately one hundred people, most of whom will be transferred from the Company's Chattahoochee Avenue facility in Atlanta. The entire Pepsi-Cola portfolio of beverages will be distributed from the Stone Mountain warehouse including but not limited to: Pepsi-Cola, Diet Pepsi Diet Pepsi is a low-calorie carbonated cola, introduced in 1964 as a variant of Pepsi-Cola with no sugar. Its current formula in the United States contains only the artificial sweetener aspartame, but the current Canadian formulation contains both aspartame (124mg/355ml) and , Sierra Mist, Mountain Dew, Aquafina bottled water, Dole 100% juices, Tropicana juice drinks, Lipton Iced Teas, MUG Root Beer Mug Root Beer is a brand name of root beer made by the Pepsi company. Mug was first produced by the Belfast Beverage Company in San Francisco, California during the early 1950s. Its name was changed to Mug Old Fashioned Root Beer. , SoBe fruit drinks and teas, Starbucks Frappuccino and Starbucks Doubleshot. The warehouse will also distribute Sunkist and Dr Pepper. The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (www.pbg.com) is the world's largest manufacturer, seller and distributor of Pepsi-Cola beverages with operations in the U.S., Canada, Greece, Mexico, Russia, Spain and Turkey. |
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