1954 mergers and acquisitions

Britvic Ltd is a British producer of soft drinks based in Hemel Hempstead, England. It produces soft drinks under the Britvic name, including the famous Britvic Orange, as well as several other brands. The original Britvic Company was founded during the 1930s as the British Vitamin Products Company, but had initially been started in a chemists in Chelmsford during 1850. In 1968 it became part of Allied Breweries, before being merged into Britannia Soft Drinks, a company jointly owned by Allied, Bass and Whitbread in 1986.

US record label; specialized first in bebop jazz, then in contemporary classical music