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A look at how DCs are using equipment and
services to rev up their operations
Though it’s been in business for more than 80 years,
Nor-Cal Beverage Co. hasn’t lost its fizz. Quite the
contrary, in fact. The Sacramento, Calif.-based bottling company has grown from a small family operation that bottled about 25,000 cases of drinks per year
to one that produces more than
that number each day. Nor-Cal is
now one of the largest independent
beverage co-packers west of the
Mississippi, bottling, co-packing,
and distributing sodas, teas, juices,
energy drinks, and sparkling water
for the largest beverage makers in
the world, including Coca-Cola and
AriZona Beverages.
While that kind of growth is great
for the bottom line, it can create
capable of supporting its rapid growth.
