The Coca-Cola Company
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Maryland Coca-Cola plant set to close
ABA SmartBrief | 28 days 15 hours 8 minutes ago
A Coca-Cola distribution facility in Havre De Grace, Md., is scheduled to close Nov. 23, putting 50 people out of work. A spokesman said the Maryland market remains strong, but the company faced constraints on expanding the 28,000-square-foot facility.
Coca-Cola profit rises slightly; sales fall short - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 34 days 8 hours 3 minutes ago
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FEMSA Press Release [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 52 days 21 hours 6 minutes ago
MONTERREY, Mexico, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. ("FEMSA")
TargetCast Networks Attracts New Venture Capital Round of $6.5 Million From Claremont Creek Ventures and DFJ [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 54 days 10 hours 5 minutes ago
...management team clearly understands the media business today, and we see the company's enormous potential...venture firm. In tandem with the new round of funding, John...chief marketing officer of Coca Cola and a prominent advertising...
Study: Consumers strongly identify Coca-Cola with NASCAR
ABA SmartBrief | 101 days 15 hours 8 minutes ago
NASCAR fans identified Coca-Cola as a sponsor of the sport even though the company doesn't have a car. The study found that Coca-Cola, the official soft drink of NASCAR, ranked No. 4 in brand awareness...
Diller Doubles Down on Coca-Cola Shares
Wall Street Journal, The | 19 days 13 hours 35 minutes ago
Barry Diller is betting that Coca-Cola still has plenty of fizz, more than doubling his stake in the beverage company as its stock trades near its 52-week high.
Coke's green message in a bottle
Globe and Mail (Toronto), The | 6 days 6 hours 37 minutes ago
Pop maker hopes for environmentally friendly credibility with new package
Coca-Cola Targets Urban `Boost Zones' in U.S. to Build Soft-Drink Sales
Bloomberg | 7 days 12 hours 2 minutes ago
The company plans to double the number of so-called â??boost zonesâ?? from 50 North American locations this year, Coca-Cola executives said in interviews last week. In these targeted areas, Coca-Cola and its biggest bottler work directly with retailers to make Coke brands more visible on everything from redesigned menus to visors worn by fast-food workers.
Coconut-water company turns down investments
ABA SmartBrief | 63 days 15 hours 8 minutes ago
Michael Kirban, founder of the Vita Coco coconut-water beverage company, has turned down offers of major investments from Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, opting instead to stay independent. Coca-Cola instead invested $15 million in rival Zico...
The Adams Express Company Reports Outperformance for Third Quarter [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 46 days 1 hour 35 minutes ago
...its portfolio through the purchases of Apple Inc...from its portfolio with the sales of Goldman Sachs...holdings in Avon Products, Coca-Cola, Corning, Del Monte...closed-end investment company. It is listed on the New York Stock Exchange...
Frost & Sullivan Reveals: Water Quality Clearly Most Important Feature in Bottled Water [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 55 days 12 hours 6 minutes ago
...PRNewswire/ -- Frost & Sullivan, the Growth Partnership Company, announces the results of the end-user study...Global food/beverage brands such as Coca Cola and Nestle are at least present in most of the APAC countries surveyed, albeit...
Coca-Cola Reportedly Plans Big China Push
TheStreet.com | 11 hours 49 minutes ago
ATLANTA (TheStreet) -- Coca-Cola(KO Quote) is planning to more than double its number of bottling plants over the next decade in China and triple sales to the country's rapidly emerging middle class, the Financial Times reports.
Jazz at Lincoln Center Taps the Orchard for Marketing and Distribution of New and Classic Recordings from its Vast Repertoire of Once-in-a-Lifetime Productions [Press Release]
Business Wire | 19 days 5 hours 38 minutes ago
Today, The Orchard (NASDAQ: ORCD), a full service media company specializing in the distribution of music and video entertainment, announced that it has been selected by Jazz at Lincoln Center for marketing, national physical distribution, and worldwide digital distribution of both new and previously-captured recordings from the revered jazz institution.
Virtual Goods Mean Real Money for USO [Press Release]
Business Wire | 13 days 1 minute ago
Playdom, a leading social gaming company, and the USO today announced the launch of a joint effort to raise funds to improve the quality of life of servicemen and women around the world.
Coca-Cola bottler moving facility from Romania to Moldova
ABA SmartBrief | 84 days 15 hours 8 minutes ago
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Co. announced that it will move a production unit from Romania to Moldova. "Our goal is to produce locally ... and the Iasi factory produces mostly for Moldova," a company spokesman said.
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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 |