Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

Infobox Company
company_name = Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
company_
company_type = Public
nasdaq|COKE
foundation = Greensboro, North Carolina (1902)
location = Charlotte, North Carolina
key_people = J. Frank Harrison, III (Chairman of the Board and CEO)
industry = beverage
products = non-alcoholic beverages
revenue = gain$1.43 billion USD (2007)
operating_income =
net_income = loss$19.86 million USD (2007)
num_employees = 6800 (February 1, 2008)
parent =
subsid =
homepage = [http://www.cokeconsolidated.com/ www.cokeconsolidated.com]
footnotes = Source: 2007 Annual Reportcite web|url=http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/317540/000095014408001899/g12161ke10vk.htm|title=Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (Form 10-K)|date=2008-03-13]

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (NASDAQ|COKE), headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, is the second largest Coca-Cola bottler in the United States, producing, marketing, and distributing nonalcoholic beverages -- primarily licensed products of the Coca-Cola Company -- in North Carolina, South Carolina and West Virginia, and portions of Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Florida.

Corporate history

* 1902 - predecessor company founded by current chairman's great-grandfather, J. B. Harrisoncite web|url=http://www.cokeconsolidated.com/about.htm|title=about us|accessdate=2008-06-28]
* 1973 - merged with other bottlers to form Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
* 1980 - incorporated
* 1985 - acquires Wometco
* 1991 - acquires Sunbelt Coca-Cola

Financials

While the Coca-Cola Company owns approximately 27.2% of the company's stock, the Harrison family beneficially owns shares representing about 91.8% of total shareholder voting power.

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