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Crisp; bottling, marion.(Focus: Influential Families)(Harry L. Crisp II)(Harry L. Crisp III)(Pepsi MidAmerica Co.)
Crain's Chicago Business, October, 2005 by Leaf, Brian
Byline: Brian Leaf Harry L. Crisp II, 70, CEO, Pepsi MidAmerica Co. Harry L. "Lee'' Crisp III, 36, president (son) Pop power: Poultry farmer Harry L. Crisp Sr. was mayor of Downstate Marion when he got a Pepsi franchise in 1935. Wisely, he exited the chicken business. Today Pepsi MidAmerica, which several years ago changed its name from Marion Pepsi Cola Bottling Co., is the largest privately owned Pepsi bottler in the U.S.
and ranks 18th on Beverage World's list of top bottlers, with estimated sales of $151 million and 644 employees. Pepsi MidAmerica serves parts of five states: Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Arkansas and Tennessee. Act II: When Harry Sr. died in 1975, Harry II took over. Like his father, Harry II took an interest in politics and...
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