Cheyenne Bradford, vice president and director of operations of Pepsi in Selma, shows off photos of the company’s historic moments over the past 65 years in the city. He started out as a salesman on a route truck and will have 41 years with the company this September. Photo by Fred Guarino.
Cheyenne Bradford, vice president and director of operations of Pepsi in Selma, shows off photos of the company’s historic moments over the past 65 years in the city. He started out as a salesman on a route truck and will have 41 years with the company this September. Photo by Fred Guarino.
Pepsi celebrated 65 yearsof operations in Selma in July with freehot dogs, soft drinks, gamesand a live broadcast by DixieCountry.
The building at 1400 WestHighland Ave. was constructedin 1954 and was outfittedwith mixing and bottlingequipment as well as a warehouseand office space. Thecompany operated as a bottlingplant until the late 1970sand now serves as a distributioncenter.
Pepsi in Selma was started byLeon Seymour along with hispartner Bob Hagler. The plantcontinued to operate under theleadership of Leon Seymour’sson, John Seymour, and nowunder John’s son, GordonSeymour.
Cheyenne Bradford, vicepresident and director of operations, said the SelmaPepsi operation boasts severalemployees who have morethan 30 years of service withthe company.
“We do a lot of things forthe community,” Bradfordsaid. “We’re involved in justabout everything that goeson. And that’s a good thing.We’re involved with all theschools.”
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