Sunny Delight Beverages
Sunny Delight Beverages Co, the creator of SunnyD (formerly known as Sunny Delight), was spun off from Procter & Gamble in 2004. The company is currently owned by Harvest Hill Beverage Company. The original predecessor of Sunny Delight Beverages Co., Sunny Delight, was founded in 1963 in Florida by Howard Dick and Phil Grinnell. In 1966, it was purchased by a Coca-Cola bottling operation who later, in 1982, sold it and its now parent company, Doric Foods, to the bottler’s parent, The Coca-Cola Company.
In the late 1990s, SunnyD expanded into both Canada and Europe. In 2004, Sunny Delight Beverages Co. was established when J. W. Childs, a Boston-based private equity firm, acquired Sunny Delight brands from Procter & Gamble. Through the 2000s, the company expanded its product offering launching the Elations brand in 2007 and acquiring Veryfine and Fruit20 from Kraft in the same year. In 2009, it acquired Bossa Nova from that brand’s founder. Sunny Delight Europe was sold to Orangina Schweppes in 2011 and in 2016 J. W. Childs sold Sunny Delight Beverages Co. to Brynwood Partners.
- Founded: 1963
- Headquarters: Ohio, United States
- Website: https://sunnyd.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SunnyD
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sunnyDofficial/