The Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, formerly known as Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Northern New England, is a bottler of

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, Dr Pepper, and

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in the

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region as well as almost the entirety of upstate

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does not own an interest, as the company is 100% owned by Japan-based

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, who until 2018 also owned the rights to the Moxie soft drink nationwide.

History

The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Northern New England (CCNNE) was founded in

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in 1977. Today it operates 16 distribution centers in all six New England states, as well as upstate New York. CCNNE also bottles for Cadbury-Schweppes, Rocstar Campbells and Cornucopia. It has been a subsidiary of Kirin since 1988. The first bottling agreement between Coca-Cola and an independent bottler was in 1899 between the company and two young attorneys from Chattanooga. After being joined by a John T. Lupton, they divided their bottling rights among territories in the States. As a result, efficiency and bottle quality improved. By 1909, Coca-Cola had almost 400 bottling operations, however; most of them were family-owned bottling plants. In October 2019 CCNNE was renamed Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast.

Products

Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast bottles and/or distributes products from The Coca-Cola Company, Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Nestlé, and Campbell's. There are over 350 varieties of flavours, sizes and packages. The product categories that CCNNE use are Sparkling soft drinks (e.g. Coca-Cola), Still beverages (e.g. Powerade) and Emerging brands (e.g. Glaceau Vitamin Water). ;Sparkling soft drinks *

* Coca-Cola Zero *

Diet Coke Diet Coke (also branded as Coca-Cola Light, Coca-Cola Diet or Coca-Cola Light Taste) is a sugar-free and low-calorie soft drink produced and distributed by the Coca-Cola Company. It contains artificial sweeteners instead of sugar. Unveiled on ...

Sprite (soft drink) Sprite is an American-owned brand of clear, lemon and lime-flavored soft drink created by the Coca-Cola Company. Sprite comes in multiple flavors, including cranberry, cherry, grape, orange, tropical, ginger, and vanilla. Ice, peach, Berrycle ...

Lemon-Lime * Barq's Rootbeer *

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Fruit Flavored Soft Drinks *

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Sparkling Citrus * Dr Pepper Spicy Cherry *

Sunkist (soft drink) Sunkist (also marketed as Sunkist Soda) is a brand of primarily orange flavored soft drinks that launched in 1979. Sunkist primarily competes with The Coca-Cola Company's Fanta brand. History Sunkist was first licensed by Sunkist Growers ...

Orange *

Ginger Ale ;Still beverages *

Powerade Powerade is a sports drink created, manufactured and marketed by The Coca-Cola Company. Its primary competitor is Gatorade, owned by PepsiCo. History In 1988, Powerade became the official sports drink of the Olympics, alongside Aquarius, ano ...

Mountain Blast, Fruit Punch, Orange * Bottled Waters

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, SmartWater *

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Orange, Apple, Lemonade * Tea Drinks

Gold Peak Tea Gold Peak Tea is a brand of ready-to-drink iced tea manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company. It was first introduced in 2006 while a chilled version was launched in 2009. Past formulations of the product had won the ChefsBest award for best taste ...

Nestea Nestea is a Switzerland, Swiss brand of iced tea and pop beverages owned by Nestlé, manufactured by The Coca-Cola Company and distributed by Nestlé's beverage department in the United States and by Beverage Partners Worldwide (BPW),Full Throttle (drink) Full Throttle is an energy drink brand produced by Monster Beverage. It debuted in late 2004 in the United States and Canada under its former owner The Coca-Cola Company. It is known for its sponsorship of National Hot Rod Association compet ...

Original * Glacéau Vitamin Water Power C, XXX, Revive * Orangina * NOS (drink) Energy Drink

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External links

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