Coca-Cola Bottling Company United has opened a new sales and distribution centre in Union City, Georgia, following an investment of $86 million.
The 456,000 South Metro Sales Center – which also includes a warehouse, fleet shop, administrative offices and meeting space – represents one of the largest investments in a sales centre in the US Coca-Cola System.
Approximately 36 million cases of beverages will be loaded annually out of the facility, which employs 750 people.
“When we acquired the Atlanta territory in 2017, we made a commitment to being world-class in the way we serve this market, our customers and our communities. After all, it is the home of the worldwide Coca-Cola System,” said John Sherman, president and CEO of Coca-Cola Bottling Company United.
“This facility demonstrates – through its state-of-the-art technology and aesthetically pleasing environment – our commitment to honour our associates, customers and the communities where we operate and serve every day.”
The factory, which has been operating since the end of 2019, will serve more than 10,000 customers throughout Atlanta who provide some 2.8 million consumers annually with beverages from the Coca-Cola portfolio.
“In both the design and construction of South Metro, we took into account how the facility would impact our local community,” said Stan Ellington, vice president of supply chain and operations for Coca-Cola Bottling Company United.
“We wanted the facility to blend in harmony with the community by incorporating benefits such as noise reduction, low-level lighting, landscape buffers and plantings and, of course, procedures to assure safe traffic flow.”
Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, Coca-Cola Bottling Company United is the second-largest privately held Coca-Cola bottler in North America and the third-largest bottler of Coca-Cola products in the US. The company has approximately 10,000 employees located in more than 60 facilities across six southeastern states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.
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