Where is minute maid made

Bloomberg News. The Houston-based division of the Coca-Cola Co. The office closure does not mean that employee jobs have been impacted. Smith: Who's running hardwood show for Rockets? Podcast: Texans mercifully have week off, Astros offseason talk. Though Minute Maid may have started as a brainchild of the Citrus Belt in the heart of Florida, today it is very much at home at the gateway to the Kawarthas in Peterborough.

When was Minute Maid invented? Meanwhile, employees who move to Atlanta will be integrated into Minute Maid's new headquarters facilities near Georgia Tech. Minute Maid has more than different flavors across products led by its iconic orange juice, lemonade and apple juice, while its portfolio extends to punches that include Hi-C.

The move comes after Coke suffered its worst annual dropoff in volume of products sold since the s amid a pandemic that took away major revenue generators at restaurants, public venues and festivals. But in a show of optimism, Coke said in its Q4 earnings report that it expects earnings to match or exceed those of In December, Coke announced a restructuring included laying off 2, workers, or 17 percent of its global workforce.

Minute Maid has a curious history — from launching after World War II, getting name brand recognition in the early s thanks to the singer Bing Crosby, and a decade later, purchased by the soda giant Coca Cola. Today, Minute Maid is a recognized brand available both in the United States and sold throughout the world. The U. Army decided to partner with them to create orange juice in a dehydrated form.

The NCR created a new company, called Florida Foods Corporation, and soon after received a government contract to create powdered orange juice and open a plant in Florida via FundingUniverse. Before they could get everything up and running, however, the war ended and the contract was suspended via FundingUniverse. Fox, was undeterred. Fox realized there was a business opportunity to sell the product directly to consumers, not just the government, but he made some changes. The company opted to give it a go by making orange juice in the form of frozen concentrate, instead of the original idea of orange juice powder.

The company began as Florida Foods Corporation. Their frozen concentrate product hit the shelves and began selling in April , but within a month, the company changed its name to Vacuum Foods. The name was inspired, in part, by the "vacuum process" of removing around 80 percent of the water and allowing the customer to reconstitute the juice with water at home, according to Minute Maid.