Business View Magazine - August 2023

94 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 8 Getting fizz-ical Whilst of course the company’s bottling component dates to World War II, Browning Harvey Ltd as a business dates to 1865, when it was established by Alexander J. Harvey. But before him came Scottish immigrant Gilbert Browning, in the early 1860’s. The two men headed up competing businesses. But by 1931, their heirs decided it made better business sense to join forces and go into a joint venture. Thus Browning Harvey Ltd was created, and you might say this soda business has been a gas ever since! Williams says the company manufactures Pepsi, Aquafina, Crush, Dr. Pepper, 7up and Schweppes. “Some products we sell but don’t manufacture would include Rock Star and Gatorade,” he adds. The company also produces a multitude of other popular mouthwatering beverages including White Cream Soda, Red Cream Soda, Grape Crush, Lime Crush and two unique flavours only produced in Newfoundland, Pineapple Crush and Birch Beer Crush. Lunden notes that despite the company’s august age, Browning Harvey Ltd has no problems staying current with the latest developments in the business world. “We do try to keep up with the times and evolve as necessary with technology,” she says. Lunden cites the company’s 55,000-square- foot warehouse located some four and a half hours from St. John’s in Grand Falls-Windsor. “We mainly try to keep up and adapt as much as we can,” she says. “Gary has been phenomenal in helping us and setting us up with a new plan for equipment as needed. We attend meetings in Europe to see this equipment, to see what actually flows and to see if it will work with our warehouse.