December 5, 2023

Profile of a public company in Florida

Cott Corp. is King of Pop

Private label beverage company Cott Corp is back from the brink. Now what?

Lilly Rockwell | 7/1/2012

Cott history:

1923: Cott bevergesPolish immigrant Solomon and son Harry Cott found Cott Beverage Corp. in Port Chester, N.Y. They make carbonated fruit sodas in flavors such as raspberry and orange.

1952: Harry Pencer discovers Cott beverages and begins importing them to Canada.

1955: Pencer licenses the rights to Cott sodas in Canada, creating Cott Beverages Ltd.

Cott beverges1986: Cott goes public, trading on the Toronto and Montreal stock exchanges

1990s: Cott enters the U.S. and U.K.

2002: After trading on Nasdaq since 1992, Cott moves to the New York Stock Exchange and expands into Mexico.

Cott beverges

Florida Business News

Florida News Releases

Florida Trend Video Pick

Largo Central Park comes alive with dazzling holiday lights
Largo Central Park comes alive with dazzling holiday lights

Largo Central Park came alive Sunday night with over two million dazzling LED lights lighting up holiday carnival rides.

Video Picks | Viewpoints@FloridaTrend

Ballot Box

Do you believe that home values in Florida have finally peaked?

  • Absolutely!
  • No way!
  • The jury's still out...
  • Other (Let us know in the comment section below)

See Results

Florida Trend Media Company
490 1st Ave S
St Petersburg, FL 33701
727.821.5800

© Copyright 2023 Trend Magazines Inc. All rights reserved.