50-659: Red Flash is a soft drink sold by The Coca-Cola Company in the Southwestern United States . It is designed to compete against Big Red brand soft drink that is found in the same market. It was introduced in 2000. This soft drink –related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Coca-Cola Company The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational corporation founded in 1892. It manufactures, sells and markets soft drinks including Coca-Cola , other non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups, and alcoholic beverages. Its stock
100-505: A class action racial discrimination lawsuit and promised to change the way it manages, promotes, and treats minority employees in the US. In 2003, protesters at Coca-Cola's annual meeting claimed that black people remained underrepresented in top management at the company, were paid less than white employees, and fired more often. In 2004, Luke Visconti, a co-founder of DiversityInc, which rates companies on their diversity efforts, said: "Because of
150-490: A "healthy tonic". Pemberton had been severely wounded in the American Civil War , and had become addicted to the pain medication morphine . At the time, cocaine was being promoted as a "cure" for opioid addiction, so he developed the beverage as a patent medicine in an effort to control his addiction. In 1889, the formula and brand were sold for $ 2,300 (roughly $ 71,000 in 2022) to Asa Griggs Candler , who incorporated
200-561: A 40% stake in Chi Ltd on January 30, 2016. The Coca-Cola Company acquired the remaining 60% stake in Chi Ltd on January 30, 2019. In 2017, the Coca-Cola Company acquired Mexican sparkling water brand Topo Chico . On August 31, 2018, it agreed to acquire Costa Coffee from Whitbread for £3.9bn. The acquisition closed on January 3, 2019. During August 2018, the Coca-Cola Company acquired Moxie for an undisclosed amount. On August 14, 2018,
250-417: A can size. The magazine Forbes has labeled Coca-Cola as the world's most polluting brand. The company's global chief executive stated that "Coca-Cola has no plans to reduce its use of plastic bottles" and opposes bottle bill legislation, as consumers prefer the plastic bottles that "reseal and are lightweight". They also contribute to plastic waste producing up to three million tons of plastic packaging
300-569: A history museum, with locations in Las Vegas, Nevada , and Lake Buena Vista, Florida . The Coca-Cola Company also produces a number of other soft drinks including Fanta (introduced circa 1941), Sprite and Lilt , which was discontinued after 50 years and renamed Fanta Pineapple & Grapefruit. Fanta's origins date back to World War II during a trade embargo against Germany on cola syrup, making it impossible to sell Coca-Cola in Germany. Max Keith ,
350-603: A lemon-lime soft drink, another of the company's bestsellers and its response to 7 Up . Tab was Coca-Cola's first attempt to develop a diet soft drink, using saccharin as a sugar substitute . Introduced in 1963, the product was sold until fall 2020, although its sales had dwindled since the introduction of Diet Coke . Coca-Cola South Africa also released Valpre Bottled "still" and "sparkling" water. ELP Communications ELP Communications (formerly known as T.A.T. Communications Company , Embassy Television , Embassy Telecommunications , and Embassy Communications )
400-625: A long-term strategic partnership that includes marketing and distribution alliance, and product line swap. In 2015, the company took a minority stake ownership in the cold pressed juice manufacturer, Suja Life LLC. In December 2016, it bought many of the former SABMiller 's Coca-Cola operations. The Coca-Cola Company owns a 68.3% stake in Coca-Cola Bottlers Africa. Coca-Cola Bottlers Africa's headquarters located in Port Elizabeth South Africa. The Coca-Cola Company acquired
450-680: A majority of the Embassy theatrical library, syndicated under the umbrella title Embassy Night at the Movies . Embassy Telecommunications was the television distribution arm of Embassy Television. They distributed off-net syndicated shows by Embassy Television and those by Tandem Productions and T.A.T. Communications. Tandem's PITS Films was folded into Embassy Telecommunications. Lear and Perenchio sold Embassy Communications (included Tandem Productions) to The Coca-Cola Company (then-current owners of Columbia Pictures ) for $ 485 million on June 18, 1985. After
500-547: A publicly traded company. Its stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "KO". One share of stock purchased in 1919 for $ 40, with all dividends reinvested, would have been worth $ 9.8 million in 2012, a 10.7% annual increase adjusted for inflation. A predecessor bank of SunTrust received $ 100,000 for underwriting Coca-Cola's 1919 public offering; the bank sold that stock for over $ 2 billion in 2012. In 1987, Coca-Cola once again became one of
550-741: A result of the refranchising and bottler consolidations, multi-national/large-scale bottlers and three U.S.-based bottlers now dominate the manufacturing and distribution of the company's products except the territories managed by BIG bottlers. Multi-national/large-scale bottlers Bottlers headquartered and operated in the U.S. Company-owned bottling operation is now managed under BIG, which covers operations in Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Oman, Philippines, Singapore, and Sri Lanka as well as eastern African operation by Coca-Cola Beverages Africa in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. In 2021,
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#1733085333080600-601: A stake in the company. Coca-Cola sold Columbia to Sony for $ 3 billion in 1989. In 1986, Coke sold off two assets, namely Presto Products and Winker-Flexible Products to an investment group led by E.O. Gaylord for $ 38 million. The company acquired the Indian cola brand Thums Up in 1993, and the American soda company Barq's in 1995. In 1999, Coca-Cola purchased 50% of the shares of Inca Kola for $ 200 million, subsequently taking control of overseas marketing and production for
650-494: A year including over 110 billion plastic bottles. In 2018, Coca-Cola pledged to use 50% recycled materials in its packaging and to recycle the equivalent of 100% of its packaging by 2030. That same year, the company started to sell reusable bottles in Brazil, which customers could return to the point of sale for a discount of subsequent purchases. The initiative was expanded to several other South American countries by 2022. In 2019,
700-507: Is an alliteration. John Pemberton had taken a break and left Robinson to make, promote, and sell Coca-Cola on his own. Robinson promoted the drink with the limited budget that he had, and succeeded. American businessman Asa Griggs Candler purchased the Coca-Cola formula and brand, forming the Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta in 1892. By 1895, Coca-Cola was being sold nationwide. In 1919, the company
750-538: Is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and is a component of the DJIA and the S&;P 500 and S&P 100 indexes. Coca-Cola was developed in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton . At the time it was introduced, the product contained cocaine from coca leaves and caffeine from kola nuts which together acted as a stimulant . The coca and the kola are the source of the product name, and led to Coca-Cola's promotion as
800-487: Is the main source of energy for producing high fructose corn syrup. The environmental impact of corn production can be attributed to three primary effects of field emissions, irrigation and grain decay. Coca-Cola has also been under fire for depleting water sources through their high water usages. Local villagers have testified that Coca-Cola's entry in Kaladera Rajasthan intensified lower water sources. Documents from
850-647: The 30 stocks which makes up the Dow Jones Industrial Average , which is commonly referenced as a proxy for stock market performance; it had previously been a Dow stock from 1932 to 1935. Coca-Cola has paid a dividend since 1920 and, as of 2019, had increased it each year for 57 years straight. The 10 largest shareholder of Coca-Cola in July 2024 were: The following are key management as of March 2023 (excluding VP positions and regional leaders): The following are all directors as of March 2023: In general,
900-528: The Coca-Cola Company and its subsidiaries only produce syrup concentrate, as well as sourcing beverage base including coffee beans, tea leaf, juices, etc., which is then sold to various bottlers throughout the world who hold a local Coca-Cola franchise . Coca-Cola bottlers, who hold territorially exclusive contracts with the company, produce the finished product in packages from the concentrate and beverage base, in combination with filtered water and sweeteners. The bottlers then sell, distribute, and merchandise
950-600: The Coca-Cola Company announced a minority interest in Body Armor. On September 19, 2018, the Coca-Cola Company acquired Organic & Raw Trading Co. Pty Ltd the manufacturer of MOJO Kombucha in Willunga, Australia. According to the Coca-Cola Company's 2005 annual report , it had sold beverage products in more than 200 countries that year. The 2005 report further states that of the approximately 50 billion beverage servings of all types consumed worldwide, daily, beverages bearing
1000-467: The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta , Georgia in 1892. The company has operated a franchised distribution system since 1889. The company largely produces syrup concentrate, which is then sold to various bottlers throughout the world who hold exclusive territories. In July 1886, pharmacist John Stith Pemberton from Columbus, Georgia invented the original Coca-Cola drink, which was advertised as helpful in
1050-474: The Coca-Cola Company offers more than 500 brands in over 200 countries. In September 2020, the company announced that it would cut more than half of its brands, as a result of the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic . Coca-Cola bought Columbia Pictures in 1982, owing to the low monetary value of the studio. The film company was the first and only studio ever owned by Coca-Cola. During its ownership of
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#17330853330801100-657: The Coca-Cola Company's market share decreased to 21.8% due to new competitors. Coca-Cola acquired Minute Maid in 1960 for an undisclosed amount. In 1982, it acquired the movie studio Columbia Pictures for $ 692 million. Coca-Cola then launched a series of entertainment takeovers, namely Merv Griffin Enterprises and Embassy Communications in the mid-1980s, forming the Entertainment Business Sector, which would later merge with Tri-Star Pictures to start out Columbia Pictures Entertainment, with CPE holding
1150-503: The Coca-Cola Company.' Within two hours of the end of that meeting, every ticket to the dinner was sold. Throughout 2012, Coca-Cola contributed $ 1,700,500 to a $ 46 million political campaign known as "The Coalition Against The Costly Food Labeling Proposition, sponsored by Farmers and Food Producers". This organization was set up to oppose a citizen's initiative, known as Proposition 37, demanding mandatory labeling of foods containing genetically modified ingredients. In 2012, Coca-Cola
1200-712: The Coca-Cola product to retail stores , vending machines, restaurants, and food service distributors. Outside the United States, these bottlers also control the fountain business. Since the 1980s, the company has actively encouraged the consolidation of bottlers, with the company often owning a share of these "anchor bottlers." In January 2006, the company formed the Bottling Investments Group (BIG), by bringing company-owned bottling operations together to strategically invest in select bottling operations, temporarily taking them under Coca-Cola ownership, and utilizing
1250-639: The Columbia Pictures Television logo in January 1988 but would use the ELP copyright in the credits in February 1988. Embassy Night at the Movies was renamed as Columbia Night at the Movies . On November 8, 1989, Columbia Pictures Entertainment was sold to Sony and renamed as Sony Pictures Entertainment on August 7, 1991. The final long running show to be produced by Embassy Television, as ELP Communications,
1300-466: The brand. In 2001, it acquired the Odwalla brand of fruit juices, smoothies, and bars for $ 181 million. It announced Odwalla's discontinuation in 2020. In 2007, it acquired Fuze Beverage from founder Lance Collins and Castanea Partners for an estimated $ 250 million. The company's 2009 bid to buy Chinese juice maker Huiyuan Juice Group ended when China rejected its $ 2.4 billion bid, on
1350-461: The chairman and CEO of Coca-Cola, and Mayor Ivan Allen summoned key Atlanta business leaders to the Commerce Club's eighteenth-floor dining room, where Austin told them flatly, 'It is embarrassing for Coca-Cola to be located in a city that refuses to honor its Nobel Prize winner. We are an international business. The Coca-Cola Company does not need Atlanta. You all need to decide whether Atlanta needs
1400-576: The company announced its intention to list Coca-Cola Beverages Africa as a publicly traded company. However, in June 2022 it announced that it was delaying this plan, pending an evaluation of macroeconomic conditions. After Martin Luther King Jr. won the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize , plans for an interracial celebratory dinner in still- segregated Atlanta were not initially well supported by the city's business elite until Coca-Cola intervened. J. Paul Austin ,
1450-560: The company's Swedish branch marked the first to fully transition to recyclable bottles by 2020. Coca-Cola using high fructose corn syrup has a lower sustainability compared to producing sugary drinks with sugar cane. High fructose corn syrup is carbon intensive due to the substantial amounts of fossil fuels required to power heavy machinery. Turning corn into high fructose corn syrup is an energy intensive process requiring large amounts of carbon to be expended especially during corn growth. Burning fossil fuels releases CO 2 and CH 4 which
1500-417: The course equated with being less "arrogant" and "oppressive." Coca-Cola advertising has "been among the most prolific in marketing history," with a notable and major impact on popular culture and society. The company in recent years has spent approximately an annual $ 4 billion globally to promote its drinks to the public; and spent approximately $ 4.24 billion on advertising in fiscal year 2019, most of which
1550-501: The first two under the name: Square Pegs and Silver Spoons . The latter show ran five seasons, while the former ran one but developed a cult following. Who's the Boss? was piloted later in 1983 until airing in 1984. Embassy Television also produced Diff'rent Strokes ' s final season from Tandem Productions , which was eventually operated by Embassy. Embassy also held the TV rights to
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1600-407: The first-run syndication business and focused them on first-run network and off-net syndication programming. This was also the formation of Coca-Cola Television when Coke regrouped Columbia Pictures Television, Embassy Communications, and Merv Griffin Enterprises . Married... with Children was the next—and as it would transpire, last—successful sitcom by Embassy Communications, debuting as part of
1650-593: The fledgling Fox Broadcasting Company 's first primetime lineup in 1987. On December 21, 1987, Coca-Cola sold its Columbia Pictures entertainment businesses to TriStar Pictures , Inc. and renamed the Tri-Star holding company as "Columbia Pictures Entertainment" for $ 3.1 billion. Columbia/Embassy Television then merged with TriStar Television to form a new version of Columbia Pictures Television. Embassy Communications then became ELP (Embassy Lear Pictures) Communications. Still-running and newer Embassy shows would begin to use
1700-527: The government's water ministry reveal water levels remained stable from 1995 until 2000, when the Coca-Cola was first operational. Water levels then dropped by almost ten meters during the next five years. Other communities in India that are located around Coca-Cola's bottling plants are experiencing water shortages as well as environmental damage taking heavy tolls on harvests as well as drying up wells. In November 2000, Coca-Cola agreed to pay $ 192.5 million to settle
1750-602: The grounds the resulting company would be a virtual monopoly. Nationalism was also thought to be a reason for aborting the deal. In 2011, it acquired the remaining stake in Honest Tea , having bought a 40% stake in 2008 for $ 43 million. In 2013, it finalized its purchase of ZICO , a coconut water company. In August 2014, it acquired a 16.7% (currently 19.36% due to stock buy backs) stake in Monster Beverage for $ 2.15 billion with an option to increase it to 25%, as part of
1800-656: The head of Coca-Cola's German office during the war, decided to create a new product for the German market, made only from products available in Germany at the time, which they named Fanta. The drink proved to be a hit, and when Coke took over again after the war, it adopted the Fanta brand as well. Fanta was originally an orange-flavored soft drink that can come in plastic bottles or cans. It has become available in many different flavors now such as grape, peach, grapefruit, apple, pineapple, and strawberry. In 1961, Coca-Cola introduced Sprite,
1850-584: The holding company. When ABC canceled Diff'rent Strokes , the brand name Tandem Productions became dormant but renamed active as an in-name-only division. On November 24, 1986, Coca-Cola fused Embassy's television operations including the movie packages ( Embassy Night at the Movies , Embassy II and Embassy III ) with Columbia Pictures Television ; the combined company became Columbia/Embassy Television, though Columbia and Embassy continued to produce and distribute programs under their separate names. During that formation, Coca-Cola took Columbia and Embassy out of
1900-481: The leadership and resources of the company. Also, the company has accelerated refranchising both company-owned bottlers and independent bottling partners to consolidate their operations and move away from the capital-intensive and low-margin business of bottling, with maintaining minor share ownership of these consolidated bottlers and secure the right to nominate directors and/or executives through shareholders agreement and/or capital and business alliance agreement. As
1950-403: The name "Avco" from the name to bring back the name Embassy Pictures and T.A.T. Communications Co. was renamed as Embassy Communications, Inc. The television division was renamed as Embassy Television, a division name for his shows by the former T.A.T. Communications such as The Jeffersons , One Day at a Time , and The Facts of Life . More shows were produced by Embassy Television such as
2000-462: The relief of headache, to be placed on sale primarily in drugstores as a medicinal beverage. Pemberton had made many mixing experiments and reached his goal during the month of May, but the new product was as yet unnamed and uncarbonated. Pemberton's bookkeeper, Frank Mason Robinson , is credited with naming the product and creating its logo. Robinson chose the name Coca-Cola because of its two main ingredients (coca leaves and kola nuts) and because it
2050-515: The sale, Lear, Perenchio, nor Bud Yorkin were no longer involved with Embassy or Tandem. A month later in July 1985, CBS canceled The Jeffersons and Diff'rent Strokes was already canceled by NBC . The latter was later moved to ABC . During the fall, a new Embassy sitcom called 227 debuted on NBC. A year later, Embassy Communications became the only television banner as Embassy's television divisions (Embassy Television, Embassy Telecommunications, and Tandem Productions) were consolidated into
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2100-403: The settlement decree, Coca-Cola was forced to put in management practices that have put the company in the top 10 for diversity." In March 2012, 16 workers of color sued Coca-Cola, claiming they had to work in a "cesspool of racial discrimination." In February 2021, recordings of an employee training course were leaked on social media. The course instructed employees to "be less white", which
2150-502: The studio, Columbia released many popular films including Ghostbusters , Stripes , The Karate Kid , and some others. However, two years after the critical and commercial failure of the 1987 film Ishtar , Columbia was spun-off and then sold to Tokyo -based Sony in 1989. Coca-Cola operates a soft drink themed tourist attraction in Atlanta, Georgia; the World of Coca-Cola is a multi-storied exhibition. It features flavor sampling and
2200-601: The table." The first sitcom to be produced by T.A.T. Communications was The Jeffersons , which was spun off from the sitcom All in the Family in 1975. The company made its syndicated project with Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman through Rhodes Productions (a division of Filmways ), only for the latter to withdraw support in order to get Norman Lear to launch its own syndicated unit. Television producer Norman Lear and his business partner Jerry Perenchio bought Avco Embassy Pictures Corporation in January 1982 and decided to drop
2250-497: The trademarks owned by or licensed to Coca-Cola account for more than 1.3 billion. Of these, beverages bearing the trademark "Coca-Cola" or "Coke" accounted for approximately 55% of the company's total gallon sales. In 2010, it was announced that Coca-Cola had become the first brand to top £1 billion in annual UK grocery sales. In 2017, Coca-Cola sales were down 11% from the year before due to consumer tastes shifting away from sugary drinks. Since 1919, Coca-Cola has been
2300-421: The world" pumping out 200,000 plastic bottles a minute. Problems also arose in places such as Samoa where Coca-Cola switched away from reusable glass bottles to one time use plastic bottles. Residents of Samoa have seen an increase in plastic pollution since this switch has been made. Alternatives to plastic such as aluminum have also been overlooked with Coca-Cola releasing a new plastic bottle slightly bigger than
2350-457: Was an American television production company that originally began in 1974. ELP Communications was originally formed in 1974 as T.A.T. Communications Company when Norman Lear joined up with former talent agent Jerry Perenchio , a year before Bud Yorkin ended his partnership with Lear. "T.A.T." stood for the Yiddish phrase "Tuchus Affen Tisch" (תּחת אויפֿן טיש), which meant "Putting one's ass on
2400-889: Was listed as a partner of the (RED) campaign, together with other brands such as Nike , Girl , American Express , and Converse . The campaign's mission is to prevent the transmission of the HIV virus from mother to child by 2015 (the campaign's byline is "Fighting for an AIDS Free Generation"). Since the early 2000s, the criticisms over the use of Coca-Cola products as well as the company itself, escalated with concerns over health effects, environmental issues, animal testing , economic business practices and employee issues. The Coca-Cola Company has been faced with multiple lawsuits concerning these various criticisms. The Coca-Cola Company produces over 3 million tonnes of plastic packaging each year including 110 billion plastic bottles . The company has been referenced as "the worst plastic polluter in
2450-493: Was sold to Ernest Woodruff 's Trust Company of Georgia, after which it was soon reincorporated under the Delaware General Corporation Law that same year. Coca-Cola's first ad read "Coca Cola. Delicious! Refreshing! Exhilarating! Invigorating!" Candler was one of the first businessmen to use merchandising in his advertising strategy. As of 1948, Coca-Cola had claimed about 60% of its market share. By 1984,
2500-578: Was spent to advertise Coca-Cola. Coca-Cola advertises through direct marketing, web-based media, social media, text messaging, and sales promotions. The company also markets via mobile marketing in text messages, e.g. viral marketing campaigns. Fan engagement spans 86 million globally across social media channels: online interaction, and social, cultural, or sporting events. In the retail setting, direct store beverage delivery trucks (mobile advertising) as well as point of sale coolers and vending machines have bright red logo blazoned branding. As of 2020,
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