Other Pohlad Interests
Acclaim Benefits is a national third-party administrator providing flexible administrative solutions for spending accounts (FSA/HRA), transportation, benefits continuation (COBRA), and retiree billing, with a primary emphasis on quality, accuracy and customer satisfaction. For more than 25 years, Acclaim has been committed to developing innovative products and services to meet the evolving demands of employee benefits administration and supplying employers with streamlined solutions for their administrative outsourcing needs. For more information, visit www.acclaimbenefits.com.
Arcadia Solutions partners with a wide range of financial services and healthcare companies in two primary areas of expertise: sales and incentive compensation systems and electronic medical records. Arcadia serves clients nationwide from its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts. Arcadia uses a comprehensive diagnostic process to identify company needs and analyze the impact of their systems to include items such as return on investment, streamlined administration and patient outcomes. Arcadia works to add value through their expertise, focus on return and high level of service. For more information visit www.arcadiasolutions.com.
Inetium, Inc., is an award-winning Microsoft Gold Certified partner. The company was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota. Inetium provides technology consulting services to both mid-sized and large organizations throughout the United States. Inetium is committed to increasing people and organizational productivity by providing IT planning services, customer relationship management (CRM), business productivity, IT infrastructure, web strategies and real estate technology solutions. Inetium maximizes the value of its customers’ technology investments by helping them properly align their business and technology goals. For more information visit www.inetium.com.
JB Hudson Jewelers is the leader in fine jewelry in the Twin Cities and has had a longstanding tradition of excellence since its opening in 1885. With its two locations in the Minneapolis metropolitan area, JB Hudson has maintained its dominance in the Midwest marketplace.
JB Hudson appeals to a wide range of clientele from young professionals and the newly engaged to local businesses and large corporations. JB Hudson assists many companies and professionals in selecting gifts to recognize employee achievement and loyalty. For more information, visit www.jbhudson.com.
Minnesota Twins, The Minnesota Twins major league baseball team is the winner of the four American League Central Division championships since 2002 and two World Series Championships. The Twins have been privately held by the Pohlad family since 1984. For more information visit www.twinsbaseball.com.
Northern Lights Broadcasting operates B96 (KTTB-FM), located in Edina, Minnesota. B96 has the highest Adult (12 and over) share of any Rhythmic Contemporary Hit Radio (CHR) station in the Midwest and is one of the top five Rhythmic CHR stations nationwide. Currently the Twin Cities’ fourth ranked station in the adult (18-34) demographic and the second ranked station with all teens in the market. B96 has mass appeal in the Twin Cities, with a broad listenership throughout the metro area. For more information, visit www.b96hiphop.com
PepsiAmericas, Inc., the second largest independent Pepsi bottler, serving more than 122 million consumers in nine countries worldwide. PepsiAmericas is a publicly traded company.
The Pohlad interests in the Pepsi business span 36 years and today consist of a 9.0% interest in PepsiAmericas (NYSE: PAS). PepsiAmericas is the second-largest Pepsi bottler in the world with revenue of $4 billion. PepsiAmericas manufactures, markets and distributes a variety of brands under licenses from PepsiCo or PepsiCo joint ventures including Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Diet Pepsi, Aquafina, Lipton Tea, and Tropicana. PepsiAmericas’ U.S. market extends throughout the country’s heartland including 19 states. In addition, the company operates in nine Central European locations and five markets in the Caribbean. The company’s executive headquarters are located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while its corporate headquarters is based in Schaumburg, Illinois. PepsiAmericas employs approximately 17,000 people worldwide. For more information visit www.pepsiamericas.com.
River Road Entertainment is fast becoming one of America’s leading independent production companies known for financing and developing unconventional films and documentaries that astonish, inspire, reveal and provoke. Breaking new ground as well as box office records with the sweeping epic, Brokeback Mountain, the company produced an impressive slate of films, with more promise on the horizon.
Credits for River Road Entertainment include legendary director Robert Altman’s final film, A Prairie Home Companion; Jonas Åkerlund’s I’m Going to Tell You a Secret featuring Madonna; Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, starring Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey, Jr.; Into the Wild, directed by Sean Penn and starring Emile Hirsch; and Ang Lee’s Lust Caution, winner of the Golden Lion award at the 2007 Venice Film Festival. River Road co-financed the 2007 Sundance Film Festival opener, Brett Morgen’s new documentary, Chicago 10, about the violent clash between activism and the establishment during the 1968 Democratic Convention. For more information visit www.riverroadentertainment.com.
Stanton Group, Inc., provides comprehensive benefits, compensation and insurance services for mid-sized companies both locally and nationally. The firm offers a full suite of services including employee benefits, compensation consulting & surveys, training & development, property & casualty insurance and actuarial & retirement consulting. For more information visit www.stanton-group.com.
United Properties, is a diversified real estate company involved in real estate services, development and investments for owners and users of office, retail, industrial, corporate and health care space. Managing more than 30 million square feet of commercial properties, $75 million in annual construction volume and more than 1,000 annual brokerage transactions, the firm dominates the Twin Cities commercial real estate market. The company also develops multi-family residential projects for sale, including senior cooperatives, luxury condominiums and maintenance-free townhome communities. In business since 1916, the company has almost 500 employees working in six states. For more information visit www.uproperties.com.