~ Edwin C. “Cookie” Rice ~ Creepy Coca~Cola CEO ~

Ozarks Coca-Cola Dr Pepper Bottling Co. employs approximately 330 people and offers production, warehouse services and delivery and equipment services. Edwin C. Rice, Sr. and his family moved from Kentucky to Springfield in March 1920 to purchase the Electric Bottling Company. Electric’s principal product line was seltzer and Farmer Beverages, a soft drink line that included Orange, Grape, Root Beer, Lemon, Peach, Ginger Ale and Strawberry flavors. During that time, Coca-Cola was just a small portion of th