<P> Edwards Baking provides Burger King with prepackaged pies and pie - style desserts while providing oversight and assistance with the chain's dessert products . BK is one of Edwards' major national contracts, where the company provides Burger King with assistance in marketing programs, point - of - purchase advertising materials, market research, and other resources . Edwards has a full - time staff assigned to Burger King's headquarters in Miami . Before Edwards became Burger King's primary baked goods supplier, the chain had a contract with Awrey Bakeries of Livonia, Michigan, for its line of pre-packaged breakfast products . Burger King sold a line of Awrey products including danish, doughnuts, and birthday cakes . </P> <P> Traditionally Burger King has sold soft drinks from the Coca - Cola Company in its home market . In 1983, PepsiCo garnered the $444 million beverage supplier contract from its rival, and, in the midst of extreme market debate over the future of the contract, had it renewed for a second term in 1987 . The company won the contract by strengthening the marketing and advertising program ties between Burger King and itself . The contract lasted three more years when, partially based upon Pepsi's growth as a restaurant operator with its Tricon Restaurants division, Burger King moved its beverage contract back to Coca - Cola . </P> <P> Since 1990, Burger King has continued using Coca - Cola as its beverage supplier, renewing its contract in several times . The Coca - Cola contract is not without its problems; the 1999 contract called for the Coca - Cola branded Icee products to be made a permanent menu item in all American locations . After the rollout, it was discovered that Coca - Cola employees had faked product test information to bolster prospective sales numbers in an effort to entice franchisees to enroll in a summertime advertising push . Several Coke employees were terminated, and Coca - Cola changed the in - store promotional materials to emphasize the Icee name . The 2003 contract officially extended the relationship between the two companies so that Coca - Cola was the exclusive supplier of soft drinks for the company . Before this, individual international franchises would negotiate their own contracts with their company of choice . The 2003 contract gave Coca - Cola new access to the 3,000 operating or planned restaurants on the Asia - Pacific rim, in Europe, and in South and Central America . The purchase of Burger King by 3G Capital lead to a change in the beverage contract for the Caribbean and Latin America markets . 3G, which owns AmBev and is the producer and distributor of PepsiCo products in the region, started cross-licensing between its two companies in April 2011 and switched to Pepsi in these markets . </P> <P> In 1999, Burger King added a second soft drink supplier contract with the Dr Pepper Snapple Group to include Dr Pepper to its beverage line up in North American restaurants . </P>

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