coca cola bottling company united inc. type private industry beverages founded 1902 headquarters birmingham alabama usa key people john h. sherman chief executive officer hafiz chandiwala chief financial officer products coca cola products dr pepper revenue 1.16 billion usd 2015 number of employees 4 900 2016 website cocacolaunited.com coca cola bottling company united inc. is a private coca cola bottling company headquartered in birmingham alabama usa . coca cola united is the largest privately held coca cola bottler in the united states and the second largest in which the coca cola company does not own an interest . 1 coca cola united is a direct store delivery bottler . finished product is delivered to customers within a geographic area . therefore they are considered the brand s local coca cola bottler distributors . 2 history edit coca cola bottling company united inc. founded in 1902 and headquartered in birmingham alabama is the third largest bottler of coca cola products in the united states and the largest privately held coca cola bottler employing more than 4 900 employees . coca cola united currently refreshes customers consumers and communities in 35 territories across 7 southeastern states with sparkling and still brands for every occasion . coca cola united is principally engaged in the production marketing and distribution of over 750 non alcoholic beverages which include over 200 no or low calorie options . among the many available brands within its beverage portfolio are coca cola coke zero diet coke sprite dr pepper fanta dasani powerade minute maid and vitaminwater and many more under exclusive franchise agreements with the coca cola company and other soft drink manufacturers . recognition citation needed 2003 beverage world s bottler of the year 2005 the coca cola company president s circle award 2009 first leed certified plant in the united states baton rouge coca cola bottling company highest dr pepper per capita award in louisiana for 24 consecutive years 2012 fssc 22000 and iso 9001 certifications 2012 the coca cola company president s award for quality & excellence references edit yahoo greenwald john april 12 2005 . coca cola s big fizzle . time magazine . retrieved september 27 2012 . http cocacolaunited.com our company who we are coca cola united retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title coca cola bottling company united & oldid 742027297 categories coca cola bottlerscompanies based in birmingham alabamaprivately held companies based in alabamaprivately held companies in the united statesamerican companies established in 1902food and drink companies established in 1902hidden categories all articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from november 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 october 2016 at 06 24 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view