Sunny Delight Beverages facts for kids

Sunny Delight Beverages Co. is the company that makes your favorite drink, SunnyD! This company used to be part of a bigger company called Procter & Gamble. In 2004, it became its own company. Today, Harvest Hill Beverage Company owns Sunny Delight Beverages Co.

How SunnyD Started

The idea for Sunny Delight, which is now called SunnyD, began in 1963. Two people named Howard Dick and Phil Grinnell started it in Florida.

A few years later, in 1966, a company that bottled Coca-Cola bought Sunny Delight. Then, in 1982, The Coca-Cola Company itself bought Sunny Delight and its parent company, Doric Foods.

In 1983, Doric Foods was sold again. This time, it became part of a new company called Sundor Brands Inc. Later, in 1989, Procter & Gamble bought Sundor. By the late 1990s, SunnyD drinks were sold in Canada and Europe.

In 2004, Sunny Delight Beverages Co. became a separate company. A company called J. W. Childs bought the Sunny Delight brands from Procter & Gamble. During the 2000s, Sunny Delight Beverages Co. started selling more kinds of drinks. They launched the Elations brand in 2007. They also bought the Veryfine and Fruit20 brands from Kraft that same year. In 2009, they bought the Bossa Nova brand too.

In 2011, the part of the company that sold Sunny Delight in Europe was sold to Orangina Schweppes. Then, in 2016, J. W. Childs sold Sunny Delight Beverages Co. to Brynwood Partners.

Where the Company Works

The main office for Sunny Delight Beverages Co. is in Blue Ash, Ohio. About 615 people work there. The company also has five factories in the United States where they make their drinks.

Being a Responsible Company

Sunny Delight Beverages Co. tries to be a good company in three main ways: helping the environment, making smart business choices, and helping people.

Helping the Environment

In 2013, Sunny Delight Beverages Company worked hard to protect the environment:

• They used 37 million fewer pounds of packaging materials since 2005. This included 26 million fewer pounds of cardboard.
• Most of their delivery trucks (94.5%) were part of the SmartWay Transport Partnership. This program helps trucks use less fuel and create less pollution.
• In Los Angeles, they used trucks that run on compressed natural gas (CNG). This saved about 320,000 gallons of diesel fuel each year.
• They reduced their carbon footprint by 23% compared to the year before.
• They used 13% less water for each product they made.
• They reused or recycled 3.1 billion gallons of water in 2013.
• They used 4.4% less energy for each product.

Smart Business Choices

Sunny Delight Beverages Co. aims to make more money by being careful with resources. They also try to make their products taste better, be healthier, and have better packaging.

• Recycling their materials helps them earn money.
• They introduced three new products to help sales:
  • SunnyD pouches, which are good for lunchboxes.
  • SunnyD Chillers, for when people are really thirsty.
  • Sparkling Fruit2O, which is a fizzy drink with fruit flavors.
• They started using more "aseptic packaging." This special way of packaging helps keep drinks fresh without needing preservatives.

Helping People and Communities

In 2013, Sunny Delight Beverages Co. also worked on helping their employees and local communities.

For their employees' health:

• They gave employees up to $300 a year for staying healthy or improving their health.
• They created fun contests using fitness trackers to encourage exercise.

For local communities:

• They gave $744,000 in money and products to over 100 groups across the country.
• Through their SunnyD Book Spree program, they gave 234,000 books to classrooms. Since 2009, this program has donated over $6 million worth of books.
• They partnered with the "Blessings in a Backpack" program. This helped provide 85,000 meals to school children who needed food on weekends.

Products You Might Know

• SunnyD
• Fruit Simple
• Elations
• Veryfine
• Fruit2O