Britvic plc 's a British producer of soft drinks. They're the number two soft drinks producer (by volume and retail sales value) in the UK. It's listed on the London Stock Exchange and's a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index. History The Company was founded in the mid-nineteenth century in Chelmsford, Essex as the British Vitamin Products Company. It started producing fruit juices in 1938 and started marketing them under the Britvic name in 1949. In May 2007 the Company went on to buy the soft dr… (More on Britvic)