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The Coca-Cola Company
Type
Public (NYSE: KO (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed /quickquote.html?ticker=ko) ) Dow Jones Industrial Average Component
Industry
Beverage
Founded
1892
Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Muhtar Kent (Chairman and CEO)[1]
Products
Coca-Cola Carbonated Soft Drinks Water Other Non-alcoholic beverages[2]
Revenue
US$31.0 Billion (FY 2009)[3]
Operating
US$8.23 Billion (FY 2009)[3]
income Net income
US$5.82 Billion (FY 2009)[3]
Total assets
US$48.7 Billion (FY 2009)[4]
Total equity
US$24.8 Billion (FY 2009)[4]
Employees
92,800 (July 2010)
Website
Official Website (http://www.thecocacolacompany.com/)
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The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO (http://www.nyse.com /about/listed/quickquote.html?ticker=ko) ) is a beverage retailer, manufacturer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in 1886. The Coca-Cola formula and brand was bought in 1889 by Asa Candler who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892. Besides its namesake Coca-Cola beverage, Coca-Cola currently offers more than 500 brands in over 200 countries or territories and serves 1.6 billion servings each day.[5] The company operates a franchised distribution system dating from 1889 where The Coca-Cola Company only produces syrup concentrate which is then sold to various bottlers throughout the world who hold an exclusive territory. The Coca-Cola Company owns its anchor bottler in North America, Coca-Cola Refreshments. The Coca-Cola Company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Its stock is listed on the NYSE and is part of DJIA, S&P 500 Index, the Russell 1000 Index and the Russell 1000 Growth Stock Index. Its current chairman and CEO is Muhtar Kent.
One of the Coca-Cola Company's headquarters buildings in Atlanta
Contents 1 History 1.1 Acquisitions 2 Revenue 3 Lobbying 4 Bottlers 5 Criticism 6 Products and brands 7 Sponsorship 8 In video games 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External links
History The Coca-Cola Company was originally established in 1892 as the J. S. Pemberton Medicine Company, a co-partnership between Dr. John Stith Pemberton and Ed Holland. The company was formed to sell three main products: Pemberton's French Wine Cola (later known as Coca-Cola), Pemberton's Indian Queen Hair Dye, and Pemberton's Globe Flower Cough Syrup. In 1894, the company became a stock company and the name was changed to Pemberton Chemical Company. The new president was D. D. Doe while Ed Holland became the new Vice-President. Pemberton stayed on as
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the superintendent. The company's factory was located at No. 107, Marietta St. Three years later, the company was again changed to Pemberton Medicine Company, another co-partnership, this time between Pemberton, A. O. Murphy, E. H. Bloodworth, and J. C. Mayfield. Finally in October 1898, the company received a charter with an authorized capital of $50,000.The charter became official on January 15, 1899. By this time, the company had expanded its offerings to include Pemberton's Orange and Lemon Elixir.
Acquisitions The company's recent attempt to buy a Chinese juice maker was foiled when China rejected its $4.2 billion bid for the Huiyuan Juice Group on the grounds that it would be a virtual monopoly. Nationalism was also thought to be a reason for aborting the deal.[6] Rumours speculated that an American rejection of a bid for UNOCAL by a partly state-owned oil company played a part in the rejection. However, the company has a long history of acquisitions. Coca-Cola acquired Minute Maid in 1960.[7] Coca-Cola acquired the Indian cola brand Thums Up in 1993.[8] it acquired Barq's in 1995.[9]In 2001, it acquired the Odwalla brand of fruit juices, smoothies and bars for $181 million.[10] In 2007, it acquired Fuze Beverage from founder Lance Collins and Castanea Partners for an estimated $250 million.[11]
Revenue According to the 2005 Annual Report,[12] the company sells beverage products in more than 200 [13] countries. The report further states that of the more than 50 billion beverage servings of all types consumed worldwide every day, beverages bearing the trademarks owned by or licensed to Coca-Cola for approximately 1.5 billion (the latest figure in 2010 shows that now they serve 1.6 billion drinks everyday). Of these, beverages bearing the trademark "Coca-Cola" or "Coke" ed for approximately 78% of the Company's total gallon sales. Also according to the 2007 Annual Report, Coca-Cola had gallon sales distributed as follows: 43% in the United States 37% in Mexico,India, Brazil, Japan and the People's Republic of China 20% spread throughout the rest of the world
The Coca-Cola Company's Minute Maid group North America offices in Sugar Land Town Square, Sugar Land, Texas, United States
In 2010 it was announced that Coca-Cola had become the first brand to top £1 billion in annual UK grocery sales .[14]
Lobbying In the U.S., Coca-Cola is a major lobbying force working to gain favorable legislation for the beverage industry. In both 2005 and 2006, it spent $1 million each year on lobbying. In 2007 that increased to $1.7 million, and by 2008, to $2.5 million. In 2009, total lobbying expenses jumped to $4.5 million, or nearly double the previous year. Much of the increased lobbying expenses are due to the industry’s fight against increased taxes on soft
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drinks and other sweetened beverages.[15] For 2009, Coca-Cola has 38 lobbyists at 7 different firms lobbying on its behalf.[16]
Bottlers Main article: List of assets owned by The Coca-Cola Company
Houston Coca-Cola Bottling Company
In general, The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) and/or subsidiaries only produces (or produce) syrup concentrate which is then sold to various bottlers throughout the world who hold a Coca-Cola franchise. Coca-Cola bottlers, who hold territorially exclusive contracts with the company, produce the finished product in cans and bottles from the concentrate in combination with filtered water and sweeteners. The bottlers then sell, distribute and merchandise the resulting Coca-Cola product to retail stores, vending machines, restaurants and food service distributors.
One notable exception to this general relationship between TCCC and bottlers is fountain syrups in the United States, where TCCC byes bottlers and is responsible for the manufacture and sale of fountain syrups directly to authorized fountain wholesalers and some fountain retailers.
Criticism Main article: Criticism of Coca-Cola The Coca-Cola Company has been involved in a number of crime controversies and lawsuits related to its relationship with human rights violations and other perceived unethical practices. A number of lawsuits have been issued in relation to its allegedly monopolistic and discriminatory practices, some of which have been dismissed, some of which have caused The Coca-Cola Company to change its business practices, and some of which have been settled out of court.[17] It has also been involved in a discrimination case. There have been continuing criticisms regarding the Coca-Cola Company's relation to the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy. An issue with pesticides in groundwater in 2003 led to problems for the company when an Indian NGO, Centre for Science and Environment, announced that it had found cancer causing chemicals in Coca-Cola as well as other soft drinks produced by the company, at levels 30 times that considered safe by the European Economic Commission. This caused an 11 percent drop in Indian Coca-Cola sales.[18][19] The Indian Health Minister said the CSE tests were inaccurate, and said that the government's tests found pesticide levels within India's standards but above EU standards.[20][21] The UK-based Central Science Laboratory, commissioned by Coke, found its products met EU standards in 2006.[22] Coke and the University of Michigan commissioned an independent study of its bottling plants by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), which reported in 2008 no unsafe chemicals in the water supply, though it criticized Coke for the impact of its water usage on local supply.[23] The company has been criticised on a number of environmental issues. Critics claim that the company's overuse of local water supplies in some locations has led to severe shortages for regional farmers and the forced closure of some plants.[24] Packaging used in Coca-Cola's products have a significant environmental impact. However,
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the company strongly opposes attempts to introduce mechanisms such as container deposit legislation.[25] There are charges that the Coca-Cola Company was involved in the violent repression of a union at several of its bottling plants in Colombia, South America. As of August 2005, when PBS's Frontline ran a story on the controversy, Coca-Cola strenuously denied all allegations of union-busting and murder of union leaders. Shareholders and U.S. colleges[26][27] have boycotted Coca-Cola to try to put pressure on the company to approve a full-scale, independent investigation of the charges.[28] On 10 December 2008, the US Food and Drug istration (FDA) wrote to Mr. Muhtar Kent, President and Chief Executive Officer, to warn him that the FDA had concluded that Coca-Cola's product Diet Coke Plus 20 FL OZ was is in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.[29] During an interview with Reuters, the Coca Cola company's spokesman, Scot Williams, stated, "This does not involve any health or safety issues, and we believe the label on Diet Coke Plus complies with FDA's policies and regulations."[30] In January 2009, the US consumer group the Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a class-action lawsuit against Coca-Cola.[31] The lawsuit was in regards to claims made, along with the company's flavors, of Vitamin Water. Claims say that the 33 grams of sugar are more harmful than the vitamins and other additives are helpful. Coca-Cola insists the suit is "ridiculous."[32][33]
Products and brands Main article: Coca-Cola brands The Coca-Cola Company offers nearly 400 brands in over 200 countries, besides its namesake Coca-Cola beverage. Tab was Coca-Cola's first attempt to develop a diet soft drink, using saccharin as a sugar substitute. Introduced in 1963, the product is still sold today, however its sales have dwindled since the introduction of Diet Coke. The Coca-Cola Company also produces a number of other soft drinks including Fanta (introduced circa 1941) and Sprite. Fanta's origins date back to World War II when Max Keith, who managed Coca-Cola's operations in during the war, wanted to make money from Nazi but did not want the negative publicity. Keith resorted to producing a different soft drink, Fanta, which proved to be a hit, and when Coke took over again after the war, it adopted the Fanta brand as well. The German Fanta Klare Zitrone ("Clear Lemon Fanta") variety became Sprite, another of the company's bestsellers and its response to 7 Up. Coca-Cola South Africa also released Valpre Bottled "still" and "sparkling" water. During the 1990s, the company responded to the growing consumer interest in healthy beverages by introducing several new non-carbonated beverage brands. These included Minute Maid Juices to Go, Powerade sports beverage, flavored tea Nestea (in a t venture with Nestle), Fruitopia fruit drink and Dasani water, among others. In 2001, Minute Maid division launched the Simply Orange brand of juices including orange juice. In 2004, perhaps in response to the burgeoning popularity of low-carbohydrate diets such as the Atkins Diet, Coca-Cola announced its intention to develop and sell a low-carbohydrate alternative to Coke Classic, dubbed C2 Cola. C2 contains a mix of high fructose corn syrup, aspartame, sucralose, and Acesulfame potassium. C2 is designed to more closely emulate the taste of Coca-Cola Classic. Even with less than half of the food energy and carbohydrates of standard soft drinks, C2 is not a replacement for zero-calorie soft drinks such as Diet Coke. C2 went on sale in the U.S. on June 11, 2004, and in Canada in August 2004. C2's future is uncertain due
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to disappointing sales. Coca-Cola is the best-selling soft drink in most countries. While the Middle East is one of the only regions in the world where Coca-Cola is not the number one soda drink, Coca-Cola nonetheless holds almost 25% marketshare (to Pepsi's 75%) and had double-digit growth in 2003.[34] Similarly, in Scotland, where the locally produced Irn-Bru was once more popular, 2005 figures show that both Coca-Cola and Diet Coke now outsell Irn-Bru.[35] In Peru, the native Inca Kola has been more popular than Coca-Cola, which prompted Coca-Cola to enter in negotiations with the soft drink's company and buy 50% of its stakes. In Japan, the best selling soft drink is not cola, as (canned) tea and coffee are more popular.[36] As such, the Coca-Cola Company's best selling brand there is not Coca-Cola, but Georgia.[37] Some claim Coke is less popular in India due to suspicions regarding the health standards of the drink. [citation needed]
On July 6, 2006, a Coca-Cola employee and two other people were arrested and charged with trying to sell trade secrets information to the soft drink maker's competitor, PepsiCo for $1.5 million. The recipe for Coca-Cola, perhaps the company's most closely guarded secret, was never in jeopardy. Instead, the information was related to a new beverage in development. Coca-Cola executives verified that the documents were valid and proprietary. At least one glass vial containing a sample of a new drink was offered for sale, court documents said. The conspiracy was revealed by PepsiCo, which notified the authorities when they were approached by the conspirators.[38] The company announced a new "negative calorie" green tea drink, Enviga, in 2006, along with trying coffee retail concepts Far Coast and Chaqwa. On May 25, 2007, Coca-Cola announced it would purchase Glaceau, a maker of flavored vitamin-enhanced drinks (vitamin water), flavored waters, and energy drinks, for $4.1 billion in cash.[39] On September 3, 2008, Coca-Cola announced its intention to make cash offers to purchase China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited (which has a 42% share of the Chinese pure fruit juice market[40]) for US$2.4bn (HK$12.20 per share).[41] China's ministry of commerce blocked the deal on March 18, 2009, arguing that the deal would hurt small local juice companies, could have pushed up juice market prices and limited consumers’ choices.[42] In October 2009, Coca-Cola revealed its new 90-calorie mini can that holds 7.5 fluid ounces.[43] The first shipments are expected to reach the New York City and Washington D.C. markets in December 2009 and nationwide by March 2010.[43] Cola-Cola operates a soft drink themed tourist attraction in downtown Atlanta, Ga; the "World of Coca-Cola" is a multi-storied exhibition of the many flavors sold by the company as well as a museum to the history of the company.
Sponsorship Coca-Cola sponsored the English Football League from the beginning of the 2004-05 season (beginning August 2004) to the start of 2010/11 season, when the Football League found a new sponsor in NPower. Other major sponsorships include NASCAR, the NBA, the PGA Tour, NCAA Championships, the Olympic Games, the NRL, the FIFA World Cups and the UEFA Euro, as well as the hit Fox singing-competition series American Idol. Coca-Cola is a sponsor of the nightly talk show on PBS, Charlie Rose in the US.[citation needed]
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In video games In PlayStation Home, the PlayStation 3's online community-based service, Coca-Cola placed a vending machine in Home that took s to a space called the "Georgia Break Station". The vending machine also distributed original avatar items and presented, along with "C-pons", digital coupons that could be used to get real drinks from real vending machines. This was to promote Coca-Cola's Georgia series of canned coffee. The space was a lounge where s could sit and chat and included two in-lounge avatars that told the s about the Georgia coffee. It was available from September 7, 2009 to December 17, 2009 in the Japanese version of Home.[44] In Dreamcast's Shenmue in 1999, Coca-Cola was featured in the Japanese only version when the main character Ryo Hazuki finds vending machines on the street corners in the video game, and actual cans that were sold in Japan in 1986, the setting of the video game. Sometimes, Ryo gets a special can which can be turned in for prizes.[citation needed]
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Further reading "History of Bottling" (http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/ourcompany/historybottling.html) . The Coca-Cola Company. http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/ourcompany/historybottling.html. August W. Giebelhaus (13 May 2008). "Coca-Cola Company" (http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org /nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1854) . The New Georgia Encyclopedia. Georgia Humanities Council. http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-1854. "Coca-Cola Company" (http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Coca-Cola_Company) . SourceWatch (http://www.sourcewatch.org) . Center for Media and Democracy (http://www.prwatch.org) . http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Coca-Cola_Company. "Robinson, William E.: Papers, 1935-69" (http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Finding_Aids /PDFs/Robinson_William_Papers.pdf) (PDF). Abilene, Kansas: Dwight D. Eisenhower Library. http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/Research/Finding_Aids/PDFs/Robinson_William_Papers.pdf. "Coca-Cola Co" (http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?lname=Coca-Cola+Co& year=2009%20?) . Lobbying Database (http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/index.php) . The Center for Responsive Politics. http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?lname=Coca-Cola+Co& year=2009%20?.
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The Coca-Cola Company
Type
Public (NYSE: KO (http://www.nyse.com/about/listed /quickquote.html?ticker=ko) ) Dow Jones Industrial Average Component
Industry
Beverage
Founded
1892
Headquarters Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Muhtar Kent (Chairman and CEO)[1]
Products
Coca-Cola Carbonated Soft Drinks Water Other Non-alcoholic beverages[2]
Revenue
US$31.0 Billion (FY 2009)[3]
Operating
US$8.23 Billion (FY 2009)[3]
income Net income
US$5.82 Billion (FY 2009)[3]
Total assets
US$48.7 Billion (FY 2009)[4]
Total equity
US$24.8 Billion (FY 2009)[4]
Employees
92,800 (July 2010)
Website
Official Website (http://www.thecocacolacompany.com/)
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The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO (http://www.nyse.com /about/listed/quickquote.html?ticker=ko) ) is a beverage retailer, manufacturer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola, invented by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in 1886. The Coca-Cola formula and brand was bought in 1889 by Asa Candler who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892. Besides its namesake Coca-Cola beverage, Coca-Cola currently offers more than 500 brands in over 200 countries or territories and serves 1.6 billion servings each day.[5] The company operates a franchised distribution system dating from 1889 where The Coca-Cola Company only produces syrup concentrate which is then sold to various bottlers throughout the world who hold an exclusive territory. The Coca-Cola Company owns its anchor bottler in North America, Coca-Cola Refreshments. The Coca-Cola Company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Its stock is listed on the NYSE and is part of DJIA, S&P 500 Index, the Russell 1000 Index and the Russell 1000 Growth Stock Index. Its current chairman and CEO is Muhtar Kent.
One of the Coca-Cola Company's headquarters buildings in Atlanta
Contents 1 History 1.1 Acquisitions 2 Revenue 3 Lobbying 4 Bottlers 5 Criticism 6 Products and brands 7 Sponsorship 8 In video games 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External links
History The Coca-Cola Company was originally established in 1892 as the J. S. Pemberton Medicine Company, a co-partnership between Dr. John Stith Pemberton and Ed Holland. The company was formed to sell three main products: Pemberton's French Wine Cola (later known as Coca-Cola), Pemberton's Indian Queen Hair Dye, and Pemberton's Globe Flower Cough Syrup. In 1894, the company became a stock company and the name was changed to Pemberton Chemical Company. The new president was D. D. Doe while Ed Holland became the new Vice-President. Pemberton stayed on as
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the superintendent. The company's factory was located at No. 107, Marietta St. Three years later, the company was again changed to Pemberton Medicine Company, another co-partnership, this time between Pemberton, A. O. Murphy, E. H. Bloodworth, and J. C. Mayfield. Finally in October 1898, the company received a charter with an authorized capital of $50,000.The charter became official on January 15, 1899. By this time, the company had expanded its offerings to include Pemberton's Orange and Lemon Elixir.
Acquisitions The company's recent attempt to buy a Chinese juice maker was foiled when China rejected its $4.2 billion bid for the Huiyuan Juice Group on the grounds that it would be a virtual monopoly. Nationalism was also thought to be a reason for aborting the deal.[6] Rumours speculated that an American rejection of a bid for UNOCAL by a partly state-owned oil company played a part in the rejection. However, the company has a long history of acquisitions. Coca-Cola acquired Minute Maid in 1960.[7] Coca-Cola acquired the Indian cola brand Thums Up in 1993.[8] it acquired Barq's in 1995.[9]In 2001, it acquired the Odwalla brand of fruit juices, smoothies and bars for $181 million.[10] In 2007, it acquired Fuze Beverage from founder Lance Collins and Castanea Partners for an estimated $250 million.[11]
Revenue According to the 2005 Annual Report,[12] the company sells beverage products in more than 200 [13] countries. The report further states that of the more than 50 billion beverage servings of all types consumed worldwide every day, beverages bearing the trademarks owned by or licensed to Coca-Cola for approximately 1.5 billion (the latest figure in 2010 shows that now they serve 1.6 billion drinks everyday). Of these, beverages bearing the trademark "Coca-Cola" or "Coke" ed for approximately 78% of the Company's total gallon sales. Also according to the 2007 Annual Report, Coca-Cola had gallon sales distributed as follows: 43% in the United States 37% in Mexico,India, Brazil, Japan and the People's Republic of China 20% spread throughout the rest of the world
The Coca-Cola Company's Minute Maid group North America offices in Sugar Land Town Square, Sugar Land, Texas, United States
In 2010 it was announced that Coca-Cola had become the first brand to top £1 billion in annual UK grocery sales .[14]
Lobbying In the U.S., Coca-Cola is a major lobbying force working to gain favorable legislation for the beverage industry. In both 2005 and 2006, it spent $1 million each year on lobbying. In 2007 that increased to $1.7 million, and by 2008, to $2.5 million. In 2009, total lobbying expenses jumped to $4.5 million, or nearly double the previous year. Much of the increased lobbying expenses are due to the industry’s fight against increased taxes on soft
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drinks and other sweetened beverages.[15] For 2009, Coca-Cola has 38 lobbyists at 7 different firms lobbying on its behalf.[16]
Bottlers Main article: List of assets owned by The Coca-Cola Company
Houston Coca-Cola Bottling Company
In general, The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) and/or subsidiaries only produces (or produce) syrup concentrate which is then sold to various bottlers throughout the world who hold a Coca-Cola franchise. Coca-Cola bottlers, who hold territorially exclusive contracts with the company, produce the finished product in cans and bottles from the concentrate in combination with filtered water and sweeteners. The bottlers then sell, distribute and merchandise the resulting Coca-Cola product to retail stores, vending machines, restaurants and food service distributors.
One notable exception to this general relationship between TCCC and bottlers is fountain syrups in the United States, where TCCC byes bottlers and is responsible for the manufacture and sale of fountain syrups directly to authorized fountain wholesalers and some fountain retailers.
Criticism Main article: Criticism of Coca-Cola The Coca-Cola Company has been involved in a number of crime controversies and lawsuits related to its relationship with human rights violations and other perceived unethical practices. A number of lawsuits have been issued in relation to its allegedly monopolistic and discriminatory practices, some of which have been dismissed, some of which have caused The Coca-Cola Company to change its business practices, and some of which have been settled out of court.[17] It has also been involved in a discrimination case. There have been continuing criticisms regarding the Coca-Cola Company's relation to the Middle East and U.S. foreign policy. An issue with pesticides in groundwater in 2003 led to problems for the company when an Indian NGO, Centre for Science and Environment, announced that it had found cancer causing chemicals in Coca-Cola as well as other soft drinks produced by the company, at levels 30 times that considered safe by the European Economic Commission. This caused an 11 percent drop in Indian Coca-Cola sales.[18][19] The Indian Health Minister said the CSE tests were inaccurate, and said that the government's tests found pesticide levels within India's standards but above EU standards.[20][21] The UK-based Central Science Laboratory, commissioned by Coke, found its products met EU standards in 2006.[22] Coke and the University of Michigan commissioned an independent study of its bottling plants by The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI), which reported in 2008 no unsafe chemicals in the water supply, though it criticized Coke for the impact of its water usage on local supply.[23] The company has been criticised on a number of environmental issues. Critics claim that the company's overuse of local water supplies in some locations has led to severe shortages for regional farmers and the forced closure of some plants.[24] Packaging used in Coca-Cola's products have a significant environmental impact. However,
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the company strongly opposes attempts to introduce mechanisms such as container deposit legislation.[25] There are charges that the Coca-Cola Company was involved in the violent repression of a union at several of its bottling plants in Colombia, South America. As of August 2005, when PBS's Frontline ran a story on the controversy, Coca-Cola strenuously denied all allegations of union-busting and murder of union leaders. Shareholders and U.S. colleges[26][27] have boycotted Coca-Cola to try to put pressure on the company to approve a full-scale, independent investigation of the charges.[28] On 10 December 2008, the US Food and Drug istration (FDA) wrote to Mr. Muhtar Kent, President and Chief Executive Officer, to warn him that the FDA had concluded that Coca-Cola's product Diet Coke Plus 20 FL OZ was is in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.[29] During an interview with Reuters, the Coca Cola company's spokesman, Scot Williams, stated, "This does not involve any health or safety issues, and we believe the label on Diet Coke Plus complies with FDA's policies and regulations."[30] In January 2009, the US consumer group the Center for Science in the Public Interest filed a class-action lawsuit against Coca-Cola.[31] The lawsuit was in regards to claims made, along with the company's flavors, of Vitamin Water. Claims say that the 33 grams of sugar are more harmful than the vitamins and other additives are helpful. Coca-Cola insists the suit is "ridiculous."[32][33]
Products and brands Main article: Coca-Cola brands The Coca-Cola Company offers nearly 400 brands in over 200 countries, besides its namesake Coca-Cola beverage. Tab was Coca-Cola's first attempt to develop a diet soft drink, using saccharin as a sugar substitute. Introduced in 1963, the product is still sold today, however its sales have dwindled since the introduction of Diet Coke. The Coca-Cola Company also produces a number of other soft drinks including Fanta (introduced circa 1941) and Sprite. Fanta's origins date back to World War II when Max Keith, who managed Coca-Cola's operations in during the war, wanted to make money from Nazi but did not want the negative publicity. Keith resorted to producing a different soft drink, Fanta, which proved to be a hit, and when Coke took over again after the war, it adopted the Fanta brand as well. The German Fanta Klare Zitrone ("Clear Lemon Fanta") variety became Sprite, another of the company's bestsellers and its response to 7 Up. Coca-Cola South Africa also released Valpre Bottled "still" and "sparkling" water. During the 1990s, the company responded to the growing consumer interest in healthy beverages by introducing several new non-carbonated beverage brands. These included Minute Maid Juices to Go, Powerade sports beverage, flavored tea Nestea (in a t venture with Nestle), Fruitopia fruit drink and Dasani water, among others. In 2001, Minute Maid division launched the Simply Orange brand of juices including orange juice. In 2004, perhaps in response to the burgeoning popularity of low-carbohydrate diets such as the Atkins Diet, Coca-Cola announced its intention to develop and sell a low-carbohydrate alternative to Coke Classic, dubbed C2 Cola. C2 contains a mix of high fructose corn syrup, aspartame, sucralose, and Acesulfame potassium. C2 is designed to more closely emulate the taste of Coca-Cola Classic. Even with less than half of the food energy and carbohydrates of standard soft drinks, C2 is not a replacement for zero-calorie soft drinks such as Diet Coke. C2 went on sale in the U.S. on June 11, 2004, and in Canada in August 2004. C2's future is uncertain due
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to disappointing sales. Coca-Cola is the best-selling soft drink in most countries. While the Middle East is one of the only regions in the world where Coca-Cola is not the number one soda drink, Coca-Cola nonetheless holds almost 25% marketshare (to Pepsi's 75%) and had double-digit growth in 2003.[34] Similarly, in Scotland, where the locally produced Irn-Bru was once more popular, 2005 figures show that both Coca-Cola and Diet Coke now outsell Irn-Bru.[35] In Peru, the native Inca Kola has been more popular than Coca-Cola, which prompted Coca-Cola to enter in negotiations with the soft drink's company and buy 50% of its stakes. In Japan, the best selling soft drink is not cola, as (canned) tea and coffee are more popular.[36] As such, the Coca-Cola Company's best selling brand there is not Coca-Cola, but Georgia.[37] Some claim Coke is less popular in India due to suspicions regarding the health standards of the drink. [citation needed]
On July 6, 2006, a Coca-Cola employee and two other people were arrested and charged with trying to sell trade secrets information to the soft drink maker's competitor, PepsiCo for $1.5 million. The recipe for Coca-Cola, perhaps the company's most closely guarded secret, was never in jeopardy. Instead, the information was related to a new beverage in development. Coca-Cola executives verified that the documents were valid and proprietary. At least one glass vial containing a sample of a new drink was offered for sale, court documents said. The conspiracy was revealed by PepsiCo, which notified the authorities when they were approached by the conspirators.[38] The company announced a new "negative calorie" green tea drink, Enviga, in 2006, along with trying coffee retail concepts Far Coast and Chaqwa. On May 25, 2007, Coca-Cola announced it would purchase Glaceau, a maker of flavored vitamin-enhanced drinks (vitamin water), flavored waters, and energy drinks, for $4.1 billion in cash.[39] On September 3, 2008, Coca-Cola announced its intention to make cash offers to purchase China Huiyuan Juice Group Limited (which has a 42% share of the Chinese pure fruit juice market[40]) for US$2.4bn (HK$12.20 per share).[41] China's ministry of commerce blocked the deal on March 18, 2009, arguing that the deal would hurt small local juice companies, could have pushed up juice market prices and limited consumers’ choices.[42] In October 2009, Coca-Cola revealed its new 90-calorie mini can that holds 7.5 fluid ounces.[43] The first shipments are expected to reach the New York City and Washington D.C. markets in December 2009 and nationwide by March 2010.[43] Cola-Cola operates a soft drink themed tourist attraction in downtown Atlanta, Ga; the "World of Coca-Cola" is a multi-storied exhibition of the many flavors sold by the company as well as a museum to the history of the company.
Sponsorship Coca-Cola sponsored the English Football League from the beginning of the 2004-05 season (beginning August 2004) to the start of 2010/11 season, when the Football League found a new sponsor in NPower. Other major sponsorships include NASCAR, the NBA, the PGA Tour, NCAA Championships, the Olympic Games, the NRL, the FIFA World Cups and the UEFA Euro, as well as the hit Fox singing-competition series American Idol. Coca-Cola is a sponsor of the nightly talk show on PBS, Charlie Rose in the US.[citation needed]
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In video games In PlayStation Home, the PlayStation 3's online community-based service, Coca-Cola placed a vending machine in Home that took s to a space called the "Georgia Break Station". The vending machine also distributed original avatar items and presented, along with "C-pons", digital coupons that could be used to get real drinks from real vending machines. This was to promote Coca-Cola's Georgia series of canned coffee. The space was a lounge where s could sit and chat and included two in-lounge avatars that told the s about the Georgia coffee. It was available from September 7, 2009 to December 17, 2009 in the Japanese version of Home.[44] In Dreamcast's Shenmue in 1999, Coca-Cola was featured in the Japanese only version when the main character Ryo Hazuki finds vending machines on the street corners in the video game, and actual cans that were sold in Japan in 1986, the setting of the video game. Sometimes, Ryo gets a special can which can be turned in for prizes.[citation needed]
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External links Official Website (http://www.coca-cola.com/) Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coca-Cola_Company" Categories: Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange | Coca-Cola brands | Companies established in 1892 | Berkshire Hathaway | Beverage companies of the United States | Coca-Cola | Companies based in Atlanta, Georgia | Dow Jones Industrial Average | Ig Nobel Prize winners | Multinational food companies | Boycotts of organizations | Worldwide Olympic sponsors | Multinational companies This page was last modified on 18 January 2011 at 16:33. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License; additional may apply. See of Use for details. Wikipedia® is a ed trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.
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