Our Business At A Glance

Serving a population of 419 million people across seven countries in North America and western Europe, Coca-Cola Enterprises is the world’s largest bottler of Coca-Cola beverages.

Our Beverages

In addition to sparkling beverages, our portfolio includes a growing range of still, flavored, and enhanced waters; juices and juice drinks; sports drinks; energy drinks; coffee-based beverages; and ready-to-drink teas. In each of these categories, we aim to offer the leading brands. We manufacture and distribute some of the most popular beverage brands in the world, including Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, Coke Zero, Diet Coke, and Coca-Cola light, as well as Minute Maid orange juice and Dasani water. In addition to beverages of The Coca-Cola Company, which represent 93 percent of our volume, we distribute other brands, such as Evian water.

Our Financial Results

We distributed two billion physical cases¹ of beverages in 2008, approximately 16 percent of the worldwide volume of The Coca-Cola Company. We generated revenues of US$21.8 billion, with free cash flow² of US$655 million.

Our Business System

Coca-Cola Enterprises and The Coca-Cola Company are separate companies from a legal and management perspective. Coca-Cola is not just one brand made by one company. More than 300 bottling companies in more than 200 countries work with The Coca-Cola Company as part of their business system. As part of the largest beverage distribution system in the world, Coca-Cola Enterprises works together with The Coca-Cola Company to manufacture, distribute, and market our beverages. The Coca-Cola Company is our largest shareowner, owning approximately 35 percent of our common stock as of December 31, 2008.

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Physical case — the unit of product sold by CCE to its customers. For example, a 24-pack case of 12oz cans, or 288 ounces, represents a physical case.
Free cash flow — cash flow from operations less capital spending, net of asset disposal.

Our Territory

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