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Home > Company Index > Food, Beverage & Tobacco > Beverages - Bottlers & Wholesale Distribution > Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
 PROFILE
Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Co. sweetens city life. The bottler distributes beverages such as Coca-Cola classic, diet Coke, Barq's root beer, Dr Pepper, Fruitopia, Minute Maid juices, Sprite, Surge, and Evian water in southeastern Pennsylvania and in central and southern New Jersey and Delaware. Founded in 1902, Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling was taken over in 1985 by CEO Bruce Llewellyn with help from entertainer Bill Cosby and basketball star Julius "Dr. J" Erving. Though 30%-owned by The Coca-Cola Company, the bottler is still considered the US's third-largest black-owned firm, after auto dealer Mel Farr Enterprises and World Wide Technology. Llewellyn has kept open the company's inner-city plant.

 COMPETITION
Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (CCE)
Honickman Affiliates (dossier)
The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (PBG)

 FINANCIAL OVERVIEW
Fiscal Year-End: December
1999 Sales (mil.): 395.00
1-Yr. Sales Growth: 1.5%
Employees: 1,700
Revenue per employee: $232,352.94

 KEY PEOPLE
• J. Bruce Llewellyn
    CEO
• Francis McGorry
    CFO

 CONTACT INFO
725 E. Erie Ave.
Philadelphia, PA 19134
US
Phone: 215-427-4500
Fax: 215-423-5557

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