Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co of Central Va
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• Family-owned & operated since 1908 • Oldest Pepsi franchise • Serving Central Virginia
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481 Hillsdale Drive
Charlottesville, VA
22901
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Our Story
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Central Virginia (PCVA) is the operator of the oldest recorded Pepsi-Cola Bottling franchise in the United States and is licensed to manufacture and sell its products within a specified region in the State of Virginia. PCVA also bottles and distributes a variety of other carbonated and non-carbonated beverages between its four locations in Virginia.
Our (longer) Story
From pushcarts to modern transportation, Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Central Virginia (PCVA) has withstood the test of time. As a cornerstone of the Central Virginia Community, PCVA has been a leading business and employer since its inception by Samuel Ambrose Jessup in 1908.
Samuel Jessup was born in Stokes County, North Carolina in 1877. After his father’s death in 1891, Samuel moved to Southern Virginia where he embarked on a path that would lead to a lifetime of entrepreneurship, eventually transitioning into the soft drink business. In 1908, Mr. Jessup made the move to Charlottesville, Virginia seeking educational opportunities for his children that were not available to him as a young man. Mr. Jessup decided that Pepsi-Cola would provide the best future for his family and he obtained on December 28, 1908, what is now the oldest written and recorded franchise.
