DR. Pepper
Current marketing factor
Brand History
Dr Pepper was created at Morrison¡¯s Old Corner Drug store in Waco Texas in 1885, making it the oldest soft drink in the United States. It was first created by Charles Alderton, a pharmacist, when he mixed several fruit flavored carbonated beverages. After creating a flavor he liked his boss test-tasted it and decided to serve it at their soda fountain. Popularity grew and soon other soda fountain operators wanted to sell it so Morrison began producing syrup for the drink. Robert Lazenby a beverage chemist and proprietor of The Circle ¡°A¡± Ginger Ale Company tasted the drink and offered to produce the syrup at his bottling plant. In 1904 Lazenby and his son-in-law J.B O¡¯Hara introduced Dr Pepper at the Worlds Fair, giving 20 million people a chance to taste it (Dr Pepper/Seven Up). As Dr Pepper continued to grow, Morrison and Lazenby created a new firm, the Artesian Mfg. & Bottling Company, which later became the Dr Pepper Company. In 1923 the growing company moved from Waco to Dallas. In 1986 Dr Pepper Company merged with The Seven-Up Company. Cadbury Schweppes acquired Dr
Pepper/Seven Up, Inc. in 1995. It is currently the largest beverage division of the London based non-cola global beverages firm (Dr Pepper Packet).
Market Size
198,602,000 total adults
127, 979,000 consumers of non-cola carbonated beverages
28,065,000 consumers of Dr Pepper
Dr Pepper drinkers represent 14 % of the total market
(Simmons Choice 3)
Geographic Breakdown
NE 10.5% of Dr Pepper drinkers;
2,958,000 people
Midwest 20.7% of Dr Pepper drinkers;
5,808,000 people
3
South 46.6% of Dr Pepper drinkers;
13,080,000
West 22.2% of Dr Pepper drinkers;
6,219,000
(Simmons Choic ...