Private company

Cawy Bottling Company

Logo: Cawy Bottling Co., Inc., Non-free logo, via Wikipedia3

Cuban soda beverage company

Cawy Bottling Company is a soda beverage company founded in Cuba in 1948 and nationalized following the Cuban Revolution. Two of the company's executives emigrated to the U.S. and restarted the brand in 1962, first offering lemon-lime soda and then diversifying outside of that competitive market by offering Materva (a yerba mate flavored soda) and then other tropical flavors.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1948Founded1
  • Industrybeverage industry1
  • HeadquartersMiami1
  • Founded inCuba1
  • Websitewww.cawy.net

Cawy Bottling Company is a soda beverage company founded in Cuba in 1948 and nationalized following the Cuban Revolution. Two of the company's executives emigrated to the U.S. and restarted the brand in 1962, first offering lemon-lime soda and then diversifying outside of that competitive market by offering Materva (a yerba mate flavored soda) and then other tropical flavors.2

Timeline

  1. 1948Founded Founded in Cuba1

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$253.2K 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $253.2K in all. PPP loans $253.2K.$0$100K$200K$300K2020 · PPP loans: $253.2K2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$253.2K$253.2K

PPP loans

Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA4. Matched to this company by name and state.

  1. Apr 29, 2020$253.2K PPP loan (first draw) from Regions Bank4To CAWY BOTTLING CO., INC, Miami FL; $254.6K forgiven Nov 25, 2020