Business
A Miami management team dispatched by Coca-Cola’s big new Atlanta bottling conglomerate has shaken up Coke’s bottling operation in Los Angeles and set off a price war.
Aug. 15, 1987
Sports
Kyle Larson ended six years of NASCAR struggles at Charlotte Motor Speedway, winning the Coca-Cola 600 in dominating fashion on Sunday.
May 30, 2021
Coca-Cola Bottler to Buy British Unit: Coca-Cola Enterprises said it will purchase the British bottling operation shared by Coca-Cola Co. and Cadbury Schweppes for $1.85 billion, a move that would dramatically expand its presence in Europe.
June 5, 1996
Coke Enterprises to Buy Bottler: Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. said it will purchase Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Arkansas for about $250-million while selling off its interest in two other bottlers.
June 6, 1990
Soft drinks: The deal strengthens its grip on Western Europe.
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. agreed to buy two bottlers from Coca-Cola Co. and other investors for $1.66 billion in cash and assumed debt, which would make it the biggest distributor of Coke’s soft drinks in the Northeast and Canada.
May 28, 1997
Coca-Cola Enterprises to Buy European Firms: The Atlanta-based concern said it signed a letter of intent to acquire Coca-Cola bottling and canning operations in France and Belgium for $915 million in cash and assumption of debt.
May 14, 1996
Coca-Cola Co., embarrassed last year by a series of mishaps in Europe, again found itself under a cloud in the region Thursday as antitrust regulators raided the London and Brussels offices of the beverage giant’s main bottler.
May 19, 2000
Entertainment & Arts
In a dramatic move that will create a $2-billion entertainment company, Coca-Cola is expected to announce today that it will combine all its entertainment holdings--including Columbia Pictures, Coca-Cola Television and a one-third stake in Tri-Star Pictures--in one company under Tri-Star Chairman Victor A.
Sept. 1, 1987
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. said it will buy closely held Coke Southwest for $1.1 billion in stock and assumed debt, adding the fifth-largest U.S. bottler to its system for packaging and distributing Coca-Cola Co. drinks.
April 7, 1998