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Show t Company Shows Fine p In Past Year litre to stay and doing a r-J business". That is the it of one of St. George's :t industries, the 7-Up Bot-! Bot-! Works of St. George, relished in this city March 37, the first home of this jjsiness was a rear room of fality Bakery with a floor 5 f 15 by 18 feet. At this 'lie bottling was done by and bottles capped by the ot power machine. Deliveries ' made in a little WiUys 1 One year later a room of 5' 30 feet was added plus tic machinery for bottling. ts at first were dis-:A dis-:A to these five southwest-CMMies southwest-CMMies of Utah and two Astern Arizona counties. At sft drinks, such as those W by 7-Up were still more Continued on page eight) 7-Up Bottling Co. (Continued from first page) or less of a luxury item in this section, but the possibilities looked look-ed good and the program of educating edu-cating the people has carried over. Instead of soft drinks being merely an occasional fancy treat at some roadside stand, they have become a daily commodity" states the manager, N. M. Lundberg, who figures he landed his business busi-ness here just at the right time. Orangeade, 7-Up, the company's special, and similar pop bottle drinks are purchased by the case and there is always a cold, appetizing ap-petizing drink in the refrigerator for meals, guests or parties. I During 1938 this growing business busi-ness opened up 300 new accounts and sent out that many coolers for handling their wares. This year they have opened an additional ad-ditional 27 accounts with coolers added, thus more than doubling their output and distribution in two years. On July 1, 1939 the 7-Up company com-pany of St. George took over the Birrell Bottling Co. in Cedar City along with the 7-Up franchise in that place. At present they own ! two trucks, one large, and one small in which they deliver 20 times as much per day as when they first opened business. 1 Wove Into New Plant ' Moving into their own new plant on the corner of Sixth East I and Tabernacle, May 1 of the present year, they have a floor space of 1800 feet, and business is increasing so rapidly they are planning on doubling the size of their plant in the near future. Their output includes nine flavors of soft drinks and five of mixers. Making their own syrups, in a 50-gallon stainless steel barrel, bar-rel, it is filtered into a glass barrel bar-rel and from there filtered again to the bottling machine. Both the conduit pipes and barrels are thoroughly sterilized every night and often three times during the day, depending on the changes in syrup flavors. This prevents the possibility of any bacteria growth. Supplied with complete scientific testing and sterilizing equipment, bottle washing and every phase of their product handling is the best possible from every viewpoint. view-point. Mr. Lundberg began the work single-handed but now employs five men regularly with two and three part time workers. He extends ex-tends a hearty invitation to citizens citi-zens and all who desire to visit his plant, saying, "There's always a cold drink for every visitor". |