Coca-Cola Enterprises facts for kids
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| Industry | Beverages |
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| Fate | merged with Coca-Cola Iberian Partners, S.A. and Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke AG |
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| Founded | 1986 |
| Headquarters | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
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| Products | Coca-Cola brands Other soft drinks |
| Revenue |  US$7.6 Billion (FY 2012) |
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Operating income
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US$914 Million (FY 2013) |
| US$677 Million (FY 2012) |
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| Total assets | US$9.09 Billion (FY 2011) |
| Total equity |  US$2.90 Billion (FY 2011) |
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Number of employees
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13,250 (2011) |
Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) was a large company that helped make and sell Coca-Cola drinks. It was a major partner for The Coca-Cola Company in Western Europe and North America. CCE made sure that popular drinks like Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite, and Fanta reached stores. They also distributed other drinks such as Capri-Sun, Dr Pepper, Chaudfontaine, Schweppes, Monster, and Relentless.
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How Coca-Cola Enterprises Started
Bringing Bottlers Together
The Coca-Cola Company wanted to organize how its drinks were bottled and distributed. Before, many small, independent businesses bottled Coca-Cola products. These businesses then delivered the drinks to stores in their local areas.
To make things more efficient, The Coca-Cola Company started buying these smaller bottling companies.
- In 1980, they bought the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of New York.
- In 1982, they acquired the Associated Coca-Cola Bottling Company.
- In 1986, they bought bottling businesses from Beatrice Foods and the Lupton family.
Creating Coca-Cola Enterprises
After buying these bottling operations, The Coca-Cola Company created Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. in 1986. CCE became a special kind of partner called an "anchor bottler." This meant CCE was a very large bottler responsible for big regions. Throughout the 1990s, CCE continued to buy more regional bottlers.
CCE had its main office in Atlanta, Georgia, in the U.S. It was a separate company from The Coca-Cola Company. Both companies were listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Other similar anchor bottlers around the world included Coca-Cola Amatil in the South Pacific, Coca-Cola Hellenic in Eastern Europe, and Coca-Cola FEMSA in Latin America.
Where Coca-Cola Enterprises Operated
Countries and Production Sites
Coca-Cola Enterprises was the only company that bottled Coca-Cola products for several countries. These included all of Belgium, mainland France, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Monaco, The Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.
CCE had many factories where they produced these drinks. Some of their production sites were located in:
- Norway (in Lørenskog)
- Sweden (in Jordbro)
- The Netherlands (in Dongen)
- Belgium (in Antwerp, Ghent, and Chaudfontaine for mineral water)
- France (in Socx, Grigny, Clamart, Les Pennes-Mirabeau, and Castanet-Tolosan)
- The UK (in Wakefield, Sidcup, Edmonton, Milton Keynes, East Kilbride, and Morpeth)
Electric Delivery Trucks
When Coca-Cola Enterprises was the main bottler in North America, they had the largest group of hybrid electric trucks. These trucks were used for large deliveries of drinks. In 2009, CCE planned to add 185 more of these hybrid electric trucks. This would bring their total to 327 large hybrid trucks in the United States and Canada. They also had 142 smaller hybrid electric delivery vehicles. These trucks used special hybrid electric systems made by Eaton Corporation.
Changes to Coca-Cola Enterprises
Selling North American Business
On February 24, 2010, The Coca-Cola Company and Coca-Cola Enterprises began discussions. The Coca-Cola Company wanted to buy CCE's North American business. The deal was worth over $15 billion. The Coca-Cola Company believed this purchase would help save money for both consumers and the company itself. As part of the deal, Coca-Cola also spun off its smaller European bottling division into a "New CCE." This acquisition was completed on October 3, 2010.
Forming a New Company
On August 6, 2015, Coca-Cola Enterprises announced a big change. They decided to merge with two other companies: Coca-Cola Iberian Partners and Coca-Cola Erfrischungsgetränke AG. The latter was a part of The Coca-Cola Company. Together, these companies formed a brand new company called Coca-Cola European Partners PLC. This new company continued the work of bottling and distributing Coca-Cola products across Europe.
