The company was founded by Dr Thomas Cantrell, who opened a shop in Belfast in 1852 selling soft drinks.

With C&C's increasing emphasis on alcoholic beverages, the Club range of soft drinks and bottled water was sold to Britvic Ireland in 2007.

[9] C&C introduced Magners cider in 1999, as it only held rights to Bulmers in the Republic of Ireland and wanted to expand into the United Kingdom.

At this sales convention, Fox formally announced the availability of the C&C film library, and invited station representatives to sign contracts for their local markets.

[13] C&C Television reprinted the entire RKO library dating back to 1929, comprising 740 feature films and 924 short subjects, for nationwide syndication in the United States.

All of the features now began with a "C&C Movietime" title card, and TV stations showing the films would interrupt the telecasts for commercial mentions of C&C Cola.

[15] Introduced in 2003, the Oliver & Greg's flagship range was launched "to provide a quality drinking experience without pretentiousness or complicated wine language.

[21] In late 2009, C&C bought the Gaymer Cider Company, giving them a large production facility in Somerset and a distribution warehouse in Bristol.

In April 2010, C&C announced it was selling its Spirits & Liqueurs division to Scottish distillers William Grant & Sons for €300m.

It was also revealed that William Grant, whose brands include Glenfiddich Scotch Whisky and Hendrick's Gin, would operate the division's packaging facility located at the group's manufacturing site in Annerville, on the outskirts of Clonmel, County Tipperary.

[25][26] C&C purchased the majority of the Gleeson Group in November 2012, extending its distribution reach and returning it to the soft drinks and bottled water markets, which it had previously exited in 2007.