Buffalo Rock Pepsi Cola

The Lee family started Buffalo Rock Company in 1901, and it has been an iconic part of the beverage industry ever since. James C. Lee, III serves as Executive Chairman, and is a 4th generation Lee family member. Jimmy is a civic-minded leader and involved in the community, things he also expects of leadership throughout his company.

The mission of the Buffalo Rock Company is to be the premier provider of beverages and food products. We have 10 divisions inclusive of 2,100 employee-partners who are committed to this mission.
We value…

• Consumers who buy our products
• Customers who sell our products
• Employee-Partners who make it all happen (recognition and reward)
• Personal development and continuous learning
• Empowerment, personal responsibility and accountability
• Continuous improvement in everything we do
• Innovation and agility to meet market needs and achieve competitive advantage
• Fact based decisions
• A safe and productive work environment
• Communities in which we live and work

With over 120 years of experience in the beverage industry, Buffalo Rock has been recognized throughout the years as an innovator and has won numerous industry awards; namely the Donald M. Kendall Bottler of the Year Award (the highest honor bestowed upon Pepsi bottlers) as well as Beverage Industry’s Bottler of the year (the highest recognition bestowed in the industry).

Buffalo Rock is the largest single family owned Pepsi bottler in the United States. In addition, as part of Keurig Dr Pepper’s Pepsi system, Buffalo Rock is the 2nd largest Dr Pepper bottler, and largest Sunkist and Canada Dry bottler. 

Some interesting facts about our company:

• We manufacture and sell almost a billion containers of product annually
• Our local facilities include 14 distribution centers that encompass over 1.4 million square feet on approximately 190 acres
• We service a population base of over 6.5 million and have 15,000 retail customers
• We have 80,000 pieces of equipment (Vendors, Cooler, Fountain units) in the marketplace
• Our fleet is approximately 1,800 units
• Our production facility houses 8 production lines under one roof
• We produce 12oz cans at speeds of 1,100 cans per minute and produce 20oz bottles at speeds of 900 bottles per minute
• 85% of everything we sell, we manufacture in Birmingham, Alabama
• The average tenure within our company is more than twice that of the national average
• 10% of our Employee-Partners are veterans of the US Armed Forces

We are proud to be a neighborhood company, made up of dedicated men and women who strive to be the best each and every day.