Delighting everyone in East and Central Africa with refreshments
About Crown Beverages Limited
our story
Crown Beverages Limited is Uganda’s oldest beverages company. The company’s range of carbonated soft drinks includes Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Mirinda Fruity, Mirinda Orange, Mirinda Pineapple, Mirinda Green Apple, Evervess Tonic and Nivana Water in three varieties namely, Tangerine, Strawberry, still and sparkling. The products are available in returnable glass bottles and plastic/PET bottles.
Crown Beverages Limited is 100% Ugandan owned and has a good corporate social responsibility record, with major investments in sports, education, music, health, entertainment, plastic recycling, and other community initiatives.
In 2019, Crown Beverages Limited beat 200 other companies world over, to win the PepsiCo global bottler of the year award, the highest annual regional recognition conferred upon PepsiCo’s best bottling partner from PepsiCo Europe and Africa.
The collaboration of a supportive board, a collaborative PepsiCo franchise team and a motivated, innovative, and fast thinking team of employees have seen the factory grow from the Nakawa plant to the new bigger supplementary plant in Kakungulu that guarantees to boost production capacity.
Crown Beverages Limited also received the excellent taxpayer award for the financial year 2017/18 in its recognition as a top taxpayer by Uganda Revenue Authority.
OUR HISTORY
Crown Beverages Limited was initially a state-owned parastatal under the name, Lake Victoria Bottling Company Limited. It started its operations in early 1950's
Privatised under the United Nation’s Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) of privatisation. The new owners named it Crown Bottlers Limited on acquisition from government with all shareholders who acquired it from government being indigenous Ugandans.
The owners of Crown Bottlers Limited entered a joint venture with International Pepsi Cola Bottling Investments Limited (IPCBI) from South Africa in which IPCBI acquired 51% shares and assumed management of the company.
In October 2001 the Ugandan shareholders acquired the majority shares (51%) and assumed full management of the company. The Ugandan shareholders carried out radical restructuring measures and appointed a new management team that has over the years overseen the recovery of the company through proper corporate governance. Crown Beverages Limited is a franchisee, bottling all its products under authority of Pepsi International INC Purchase NY.
Crown Beverages Limited was initially a state-owned parastatal under the name, Lake Victoria Bottling Company Limited. It started its operations in early 1950's
Privatised under the United Nation’s Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) of privatisation. The new owners named it Crown Bottlers Limited on acquisition from government with all shareholders who acquired it from government being indigenous Ugandans.
The owners of Crown Bottlers Limited entered a joint venture with International Pepsi Cola Bottling Investments Limited (IPCBI) from South Africa in which IPCBI acquired 51% shares and assumed management of the company.
In October 2001 the Ugandan shareholders acquired the majority shares (51%) and assumed full management of the company. The Ugandan shareholders carried out radical restructuring measures and appointed a new management team that has over the years overseen the recovery of the company through proper corporate governance. Crown Beverages Limited is a franchisee, bottling all its products under authority of Pepsi International INC Purchase NY.
our reach
vision
Delighting everyone in East and Central Africa with refreshments
mission
We produce and distribute refreshments to delight our consumers and provide a robust return to our stakeholders through continual process improvement.
core values
Consumer focused
Distributors & Suppliers Partners
Quality First
Integrity & Good corporate governance
Social & environmental responsibilities
People are key
Message from the
Chief Executive Officer
Welcome to Crown Beverages Limited!
As you navigate our website, I hope you learn more about the qualities that make Crown Beverages Limited a formidable player in Uganda’s soft drinks industry, a reliable business partner and a wonderful place to build a career.
As a business, we;
- Produce and distribute refreshments to delight our consumers in East and Central Africa
- Acknowledge that consumers are our strength and survival, and therefore tailor our operations to suit their needs and expectations.
- Take pride in having distributors and suppliers as our partners and we commit to maintaining a mutually beneficial relationship with them, as well as other business associates.
- Aim at achieving the highest international quality standards in all we do.
- Emphasize and pursue integrity in all our dealings and operations and will not compromise on generally acceptance corporate governance.
- Are committed to our social and environmental responsibilities.
- Foster an enabling environment that builds teamwork, trust and respect.
- Value people and empower them through learning and development, while recognising and rewarding performance.
The story of Crown Beverages Limited began with Lake Victoria Bottling Company, which started bottling PepsiCo products in 1951. In 1993, it was privatized and renamed Crown Bottlers Limited. By 1997, a South African firm acquired a majority stake, renaming it Crown Beverages Ltd. In 2001, local investors Amos Nzeyi, Chris Kayoboke, and Dr. Margaret Kigozi took full control of the company.
With significant investments in new bottling and packaging lines and ongoing expansion, including a new site in Kakungulu, Crown Beverages has seen remarkable growth. Today, it is a leading employer and taxpayer in Uganda, reflecting strong market loyalty and increasing sales.
Explore our website to learn more about Crown Beverages Limited and discover why we are passionate about what we do.
Sincerely,
Hilda Mbabazi, CEO
Board of Directors
Amos Nzeyi
Chairperson
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Amos Nzeyi
Chairperson
Margret Kigozi
Director
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Margret Kigozi
Director
Chris Kayoboke
Director
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Chris Kayoboke
Director
Julius Kayoboke
Director
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Julius Kayoboke
Director
Executive Management Team
Hilda Mbabazi
Chief Executive Officer
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Hilda Mbabazi
Chief Executive Officer
Stephen Emorut
Head of Finance
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Stephen Emorut
Head of Finance
Daniel Namanya
Plant Manager - Nakawa
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Daniel Namanya
Plant Manager - Nakawa
Rhona Kyikansemeza
Head Of Human Resources
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Rhona Kyikansemeza
Head Of Human Resources
Naris Twinomuhwezi
Plant Manager - Kakungulu
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Naris Twinomuhwezi
Plant Manager - Kakungulu
Leaticia Mukakibibi
Head Of Procurement
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Leaticia Mukakibibi
Head Of Procurement
Joram Bamwine
Head Of Quality Assurance And Food Safety
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Joram Bamwine
Head Of Quality Assurance And Food Safety
Rogers Anguzu
Commercial Manager
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Rogers Anguzu
Commercial Manager
Semion Kizza
Head Of Information Systems
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Semion Kizza
Head Of Information Systems
Edgar Atuhaire
Head Of Sales
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Edgar Atuhaire
Head Of Sales
James Bukulu
Head Of Warehouse And Stores
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James Bukulu
Head Of Warehouse And Stores
our culture
This year, we have embarked on an all-inclusive journey that is not only making culture transformation a big part of our business strategy but also a rewarding venture for all its key stakeholders.
We are a large organization with Territory Sales Managers and depots all over the country but are being brought together under the journey name, I AM CROWN – Committed, Responsible, an Owner, a Winner, Noble.
We are a big family made up of different tribes, professional skills, and personalities but there is unified awareness of our individual contributions to the business. We are guided every day, by our culture pillars; Compliance, Accountability, Professionalism, One team one goal, Commitment and Inclusive Leadership.
Our everyday policy is a policy of supervision and attention to the quality of our products and services.
In fact, everyone at Crown Beverages Limited is committed to quality and the efficient quality system facilitates national and international competitiveness, ensures a high reputation for our products and a strong credibility with our clients and suppliers.
Our process approach is a customer-oriented management model and our quality system is totally integrated and combines:
- Requirements of business process management
- Highest product safety and quality assurance principles and environmental management requirements.
- We manage our safety policy in accordance with UNBS and PepsiCo international standards as well as customer requirements.
Our concern for the environment has expanded from a local approach to the corporate level with a focus on plastic recycling and waste management.
- In accordance with Crown Beverages Limited Ethical Policy, any Supplier, service provider or distributor who is approached by any Crown Beverages Limited employee or related party with request for or indication of (whether directly or indirectly) a kickback or who has reason to believe he/she has been unethically treated due to refusal or failure to provide a kickback shall promptly report incident through whistleblower@pepsi-cola.co.ug or by calling the +256 0312 343208 to enable Crown Beverages Limited resolve the incident.
- Crown Beverages Limited prohibits the payment of bribes and the payment of any facilitation payments in connection with its business operations. Crown Beverages Limited may terminate the agreement for the default, if the Contractor/Supplier breaches this clause or any applicable anti-bribery laws in performing its obligations.
- Crown Beverages Limited encourages all contractors/Supplier/Partners that in the execution and performance of their duties pay any bribe or facilitation payment or commit any conduct that constitutes an offence under relevant anti-bribery laws.
In its 28 years of existence, Crown Beverages Limited has produced refreshments whose brands names have become a household necessity in the region and have achieved remarkable market share. The Crown Beverages Limited brand portfolio consists of different brands, each with its own target group. The trust we’ve built for years, is now our strongest reference that allows us to build deeper relationships with our customers.
We are proud that our refreshments have been brightening up homes, parties, events and we are even prouder of the trust our loyal customers have shown us over this time. By monitoring trends and consumers’ desires, we have developed a range of new drinks and have made changes on several others. In this way, we want to let our customers know that Crown Beverages Limited is always innovating with the customer needs in mind.