Leading Edge Brands


Leading Edge Brands is a soft drink marketing and manufacturing company based in Temple, Texas.
Leading Edge Brands is part of the McLane Group, which is headed by Drayton McLane, Jr.,. LEB's CEO is Webb Stickney, and its products are distributed in the United States, the Caribbean, Mexico and the South Pacific.
Leading Edge Brands was founded in 1997 when the Kist and Flavette soda brands were purchased from the Monarch Beverage Company. The Frostie Root Beer brand was purchased from Monarch in 2000 and sold in 2009. The company had sales of $36.8 million in 2006.
In 2009, Interstate Distributors in Detroit, Michigan purchase the Frostie and Kist brands.

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