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[[File:300px-The_Coca-Cola_Company_logo.svg.png|right|350px|alt=Logo seen in 2020.|Logo seen in 2020.]] ---- '''The Coca-Cola Company'''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> is an American multinational</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> beverage corporation and manufacturer, retailer and marketer of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> Headquartered in [[Atlanta]], the company is best known for its flagship product [[Coca-Cola]]</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">, invented in 1886 by pharmacist </span>[[John Pemberton|John Smith Pemberton]]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> in Columbus, Georgia</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11px;line-height:11px;"> </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">The Coca-Cola formula and brand were bought in 1889 by </span>[[Asa Griggs Candler]]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">, who incorporated The Coca-Cola Company in 1892. Besides it's namesake Coca-Cola beverage, Coca-Cola currently offers more than 500 brands in over 200 countries and territories, serving over 1.7 billion servings each day. The current CEO is [[James Quincey]].</span> ==Acquisitions== <p style="font-size:13px;"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">The company has a long history of acquisitions. Coca-Cola acquired </span>[[Minute Maid]]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> in 1960,</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> the Indian cola brand </span>[[Thums Up]]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> in 1993,</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> and </span>[[Barq's]]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> in 1995.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> In 2001, it acquired the </span>[[Odwalla]]<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> brand of fruit juices, smoothies and bars for $181 million.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> In 2007, it acquired </span>[[Fuze Beverage]] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">from founder Lance Collins and Castanea Partners for an estimated $250 million.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> The company's 2009 bid to buy a Chinese juice maker ended when China rejected its $4.2 billion bid for the </span><span style="line-height:19px;">Huiyuan Juice Group</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> on the grounds that it would be a virtual monopoly. Nationalism was also thought to be a reason for aborting the deal.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> In 1982 Coca-Cola made its only non-beverage acquisition, when it purchased Columbia Pictures</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> for $692 million. It sold the movie studio to Sony</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> for $1.5 billion in 1989.</span></p> [[Category:Coca-Cola]] [[Category:Article]] [[Category:Companies]]
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