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Britvic plc is a British producer of soft drinks.

The Company was founded in the mid-nineteenth century in Chelmsford, Essex as the British Vitamin Products.

It started producing fruit juices in 1938 and started marketing them under the Britvic name in 1949.

The Company changed its name to Britvic in 1971.

1986 Britannia Soft Drinks acquired Britvic Soft Drinks, thereby bringing Britvic together with Canada Dry Rawlings and R. White's Lemonade brands.

1987 Britannia acquired the major part of the soft drinks arm of Beecham Group forming Britvic Corona, thereby acquiring Tango

1987 Owned the UK and Ireland franchises of Pepsi and 7 Up.

1998 launched J2O.

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 By 1981 was part of  [[Showerings, Vine Products and Whiteways]] Ltd, a subsidiary of [[Allied Lyons]]
-Britvic merged with [[H. D. Rawlings|Canada Dry Rawlings]] so acquiring the [[R. Whites|R. White's]] Lemonade brand.
+[[Britannia Soft Drinks]] acquired [[Britvic Soft Drinks]], thereby bringing Britvic together with [[H. D. Rawlings|Canada Dry Rawlings]] and [[R. Whites|R. White's]] Lemonade brands.
-It acquired [[Tango]] from [[Beecham Group]] in 1987 and since that year it has also owned the UK and Ireland franchises of Pepsi and 7 Up.
+Britannia acquired the major part of the soft drinks arm of [[Beecham Group]] forming [[Britvic Corona]], thereby acquiring [[Tango]]
-bought [[Keen Robinson and Co|Robinson's]] from [[Reckitt and Colman]]
+Owned the UK and Ireland franchises of Pepsi and 7 Up.
+Bought [[Keen Robinson and Co|Robinson's]] from [[Reckitt and Colman]]
 launched J2O.