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Overview
Cardinal System Holdings is a family holding company with operations in consumer goods, heavy equipment, real estate, and private investments. We are partners with two of the world’s most iconic brands – Coca Cola & John Deere. As an active owner, we focus on aligning with the initiatives of the market-leading brands we serve to consistently generate profitable growth and strong returns. 
OUR COMPANIES
Cardinal’s main operating companies are Coca-Cola Beverages Florida – the sixth largest Coca-Cola bottler in the United States and Tellus Equipment Solutions – a multi-location John Deere agriculture equipment dealer in Texas.  We also wholly own Cardinal Vending & Markets, and Cardinal Equipment Services.
MisSion

Our mission is to preserve, grow and transfer legacy across generations. We operate our businesses for the benefit of our family, associates, business partners and the communities where we operate.

2014
Established

Cardinal System Holdings established to manage the holdings of the Taylor Family and pursue acquisitions of Coca-Cola bottling, sales, and distribution operations

2015
Coca-Cola

Cardinal forms Coca-Cola Beverages Florida ("Coke Florida") to acquire Coca-Cola sales and distribution operations in Central Florida

2016
Coca-Cola

Coke Florida acquires Coca-Cola sales and distribution operations in North Florida and production facilities in Jacksonville and Orlando. These acquisitions doubled the size of Coke Florida and made it a fully integrated Coca-Cola bottler.

2017
Coca-Cola

Coke Florida acquires Coca-Cola sales and distribution operations in South Florida and production facilities in Tampa and Broward. These acquisitions tripled the size of Coke Florida and made it the sixth-largest Coca-Cola bottler in the US

2018
Ventures Formed

Cardinal forms Cardinal System Ventures to pursue investments in business ventures, emerging companies, and private investment funds

2020
Cardinal

Cardinal forms Cardinal Vending & Markets to acquire Florida Fresh Vending & Markets, a provider of unattended food, beverage, and pantry retail solutions.

2020
Tellus

Cardinal forms Tellus Equipment Solutions to acquire John Deere agriculture and turf equipment dealer that has 21 locations across Central and South Texas

2021
Equipment

Cardinal forms Cardinal Equipment Services to acquire Gekay Sales & Services, a food and beverage equipment sales and service business

2022
Locations

Tellus opens store in Austin and acquires Clark Tractor & Supply (2 stores), bringing its store count to 24 locations

2023
Real Estate

Cardinal begins to actively manage its real estate holdings which have grown to over 3 million square feet of space and over 500 acres of land

2023
Tellus

Tellus acquires Bramlett Implement (1 store) and stores in Marble Falls, San Antonio and Bulverde, bringing its store count to 28 locations

2024
Expanding

Since 2015, Cardinal has grown In revenue base 10.8x, Its asset bast 13.2x, and Its employee count 4.5x

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