The Coca-Cola Company
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Leo Burnett Means Business: Acquisition of masius New York Expands Capabilities With New Business-to-Business Specialty Group [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 4 days 15 hours 35 minutes ago
...singular: we put a brand's purpose at the center of our communications in order to...clients. That's why an impressive number of the world's most valuable brands, including The Coca-Cola Company, Kellogg, McDonald's, Hallmark, Allstate...
Coca-Cola offers water help in Michigan
ABA SmartBrief | 63 days 5 hours 5 minutes ago
Coca-Cola has offered to provide public water...environmental and security manager for Coca-Cola, said the company was following a recommendation from the Michigan Department of Environmental...
Coca-Cola reaches out to health care professionals in Britain
ABA SmartBrief | 82 days 5 hours 5 minutes ago
Coca-Cola Great Britain has launched a the company's <a href="http://www.letsgettogether.co.uk/" target...
Coca-Cola Lays Out Its Vision For a Consumer-Centric Future
MediaPost Communications | 17 hours 29 minutes ago
During a conclave called 2020Vision that it held in Atlanta last week -- its first such summit since 1998 -- Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent admitted that the company had lost its way for a spell as it focused on the "dashboard" and ignored what was going on "outside of our windshield
Coca-Cola pitches in on Montana recycling
ABA SmartBrief | 8 days 4 hours 5 minutes ago
Montana State University Billings has created an on-campus recycling program with the help of Coca-Cola. The company donated plastic barrels used to ship concentrated Coca-Cola syrup, and employees worked with students to convert them to recycling bins.
Coca-Cola invests in coconut-water company
GMA SmartBrief | 83 days 5 hours 5 minutes ago
...water beverages, announced that it has raised $15 million from investors including Coca-Cola Co., which has a minority stake in the company. Coca-Cola and PepsiCo have in recent years invested in smaller brands, in efforts to develop new...
Think London and UKTI's 'Route to 2012' Roadshow Arrives in Atlanta [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 75 days 22 hours 1 minute ago
...Arrives in Atlanta VIP Business Events with the Coca-Cola Company to Highlight Business Opportunities in London...available in London. Joseph V. Tripodi, EVP of The Coca-Cola Company, will discuss the company's sustainability efforts for the...
SecurityPoint Media Taps French/West/Vaughan as Agency of Record [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 14 days 17 hours 35 minutes ago
...2004 National Consumer Agency of the Year. National and international clients represented by the agency include, the Coca-Cola Company, Wrangler, the Justin Boot Company, Canada Post, the International Gemological Institute, Divi Resorts...
Coca-Cola plans $5 billion investment in Mexico
ABA SmartBrief | 95 days 5 hours 5 minutes ago
Coca-Cola Chairman and CEO Muhtar Kent says the company and its bottlers will invest $5 billion in Mexico over the next five years. The money will be used to "develop infrastructure, technology...
Coca-Cola launches dairy drink in China
IDFA SmartBrief | 41 days 5 hours 5 minutes ago
Coca-Cola has introduced its first dairy drink in China, Minute Maid Pulpy Super Milky drink, which contains fruit juice, milk powder and coconut bits. The launch highlights the company's efforts in the nonsparkling-beverage market.
MGM, Simon & Schuster, Fox International Channels, Turner Sports and More Than 2500 Others Are Live with Gigya Socialize [Press Release]
Business Wire | 18 days 17 hours 1 minute ago
Gigya, Inc., today announced that more than 2500 companies and sites, including Turner Sports for their NBA, NASCAR & PGA webcasts, and Simon & Schuster for their local author appearances, are live with the company’s Socialize technology. Gigya’s authentication and social technology makes it easy for publishers to implement the functionality provided by Facebook Connect, MySpaceID, and Twitter Connect, and Y!OS, as well as OpenID providers like AOL Mail and Gmail.
Coca-Cola trucks to use natural gas
ABA SmartBrief | 138 days 5 hours 5 minutes ago
Coca-Cola Co. is converting 200 delivery trucks in India so they will run on compressed natural gas. The company's bottling partners, including Hindustan Coca-Cola, Moon Beverages and Enrich Agro Foods, are involved in the energy-saving switch.
Coca-Cola announces 4 executive appointments
ABA SmartBrief | 123 days 5 hours 5 minutes ago
Coca-Cola Co. has announced that Joseph Tripodi, its chief marketing and commercial officer, will become executive vice president. The company also reported some other internal executive shifts.
Coca-Cola launching U.K. "recycling zone"
ABA SmartBrief | 68 days 5 hours 5 minutes ago
Coca-Cola is opening a "recycling zone" in Southampton, U.K., with branded recycling bins and a vehicle to collect the materials. The company has 21 such zones in the U.K. and is launching a major pro-recycling ad campaign.
GLG Life Tech Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2009 Results [Press Release]
MarketWire | 24 days 19 hours 5 minutes ago
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 10/30/09 -- GLG Life Tech Corporation (TSX: GLG) ("GLG" or the "Company"), the vertically integrated leader in the agricultural and industrial development of high quality stevia extracts, announces financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009.
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Company Overview
| Company: | The Coca-Cola Company |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Carbonated Beverages |
| Website: | http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com |
Coke is it -- it being the world's #1 soft-drink company. The Coca-Cola Company owns four of the top five soft-drink brands (Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Fanta, and Sprite). Its other brands include Barq's, Minute Maid, POWERade, and Dasani water. In North America it sells Groupe Danone's Evian. It also sells brands from Dr Pepper Snapple Group (Crush, Dr Pepper, and Schweppes) outside Australia, Europe, and North America. The firm makes or licenses more than 500 drink products in more than 200 nations. Although it does no bottling itself, Coke owns 35% of Coca-Cola Enterprises (the #1 Coke bottler in the world), 32% of Mexico's bottler Coca-Cola FEMSA, and 23% of European bottler Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 31,944 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 10.7 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 5,807 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | -2.9 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 92,400 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | 2.1 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |