Bottler caps century as a family firm.

• Position: CHARLOTTE

A century of family ownership at Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Charlotte likely will end soon. Somers, N.Y.-based Pepsi Bottling Group, the largest maker and distributor of Pepsi-owned drinks, agreed to buy the Charlotte bottler. Terms of the deal, expected to close in the fall, were not disclosed. Pepsi Charlotte, which distributes its products in eight counties around the Queen City, is the ninth-largest Pepsi bottler in the U.S. and employs about 400 in...