How We Operate

Coca-Cola® is often thought to be produced and distributed around the world by a single company. In reality, our 450+ brands are produced by a vibrant business system operating in more than 200 countries around the world. Made up of The Coca-Cola Company and more than 300 Coca-Cola bottlers, this system allows us to manufacture and distribute our products to customers and consumers around the world.

Imagine what it's like to touch 200 countries -- and countless communities -- with almost everything you do. Associates of The Coca-Cola Company have the opportunity to experience this firsthand.

Our bottling partners are local companies so they are rooted in their communities, thinking and acting locally. They are employers, purchasers of local goods and services, good neighbors and, of course, producers of the world's most popular beverages.

Understand how The Coca-Cola Company works with more than 300 bottlers to produce, deliver, market and sell products around the world.

It's a big job, and it takes creativity.
In Indonesia, for instance, boats transport Coca-Cola and our other brands among many hundreds of islands. In the Amazon, where the main road is often the river itself, waterborne distribution is also common. In the higher elevations of the Andes, Coca-Cola is sometimes transported by four-legged power. Across much of Africa, bottlers deliver to thousands of family-run kiosks and home-based stores on which local economies depend.

That kind of flexibility doesn't just sell beverages; it also helps us respond immediately in times of need. In the last two years alone, we have delivered hundreds of thousands of beverages to people touched by the South Asian tsunami, the Pakistan earthquake, Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters while our people have dedicated their personal time and money to helping these communities through their challenging times.

We attain global growth by understanding and being a part of local communities. Only the presence and partnership of our bottlers can make that happen.