The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 1892 by Asa Griggs Candler after he purchased the formula and brand for a soft drink developed in 1886 by the pharmacist John Stith Pemberton. It manufactures, markets and sells Coca-Cola and a wide range of other soft drinks and beverage concentrates, operating through a franchised bottling and distribution system that has been in place since 1889.
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Company TypeSoft drink and beverage corporation 2 Founded Year Founded Year Headquarters Company Type
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Why does Coca-Cola reach customers through independent bottlers?
Bottling began as an 1899 franchise deal with two Chattanooga lawyers and grew into a network of independent local bottlers.
The arrangement dates to an 1899 deal. Two lawyers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Benjamin Franklin Thomas and Joseph Brown Whitehead, obtained the rights to bottle Coca-Cola across the United States except in Mississippi, where Joseph A. Biedenharn of Vicksburg had obtained rights in 1894. They granted exclusive rights to large regional parent bottlers, which in turn granted franchises to thousands of smaller, independently licensed bottlers. Later the company formed a wholly owned subsidiary, Coca-Cola Enterprises, in 1986 to acquire a larger share of bottling operations.
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View the Source2. Wikipedia, The Coca-Cola Company
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It manufactures, sells and markets soft drinks including Coca-Cola, other non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, and alcoholic beverages.
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The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational corporation founded in January 1892, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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In 1889, the formula and brand were sold for $2,300 (equivalent to $73,000 in 2024) to Asa Griggs Candler, who incorporated the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta in 1892.
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