In July 2008, Houchens acquired juice maker Tampico Beverages.
This juice maker, $99!
The juice maker has facilities in Novosibirsk and the Moscow region town of Kotelniki.
Even though the company owned the largest juice maker in the world (Minute Maid), the guys in Atlanta never really cared about the stuff that didn't fizz.
The Astros made a wholesome switch to a juice maker a year later, and now they play in Minute Maid Park.
(Tropicana, another juice maker, has a relative bargain, paying only $46 million for 30 years, but then again, the Tampa Bay Devil Rays play there.)
Her father retired as the vice president for corporate planning and business development at Ocean Spray Cranberries, the juice maker in Lakeville, Mass.
Nearly all other juice makers--including Simply Orange and Tropicana--use a mix of domestic and imported citrus fruit.
Last month Triarc, the owner of the Royal Crown Company, entered into an agreement to buy the juice maker Mistic for $95 million.
The means to such an end, both juice makers believe, is adding more products.