The Coca-Cola System

What many people don't know is that globally, The Coca-Cola Company and our bottling partners are not one and the same. In most cases we operate as two independent companies. The Coca-Cola Company’s business is focused on creating and marketing our brands and trademarks, while Coca-Cola bottling companies produce and package the finished beverage products and then sell and distribute them to our retail and wholesale customers. Coca-Cola Ltd. (CCL) is a the Canadian subsidiary of The Coca-Cola Company.

Working together with our more than 300 bottling partners globally, we operate the most extensive beverage distribution system in the world. Known informally as the Coca-Cola system, this network owns, leases or operates more than 800 plants around the world.

These bottling partners range from international and publicly traded businesses to small, family-owned operations. Their governance and management structures are separate from those of The Coca-Cola Company. There are more than ten local bottlers in Canada but the vast majority of Coca-Cola products are manufactured and distributed by the Coca-Cola Bottling Company (CCBC).

Coca-Cola Bottling Company is a wholly-owned operating division of Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., operates in all ten provinces, employs 5,500 people across Canada, and produces, sells and/or distributes a full range of sparkling and still beverages.