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Coca-Cola Amatil

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**Ownership and History of Coca-Cola Amatil**:
Coca-Cola Amatil was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange.
The Coca-Cola Company held around one third of the shares.
– Amatil and The Coca-Cola Company were joint owners of Coca-Cola Bottling Indonesia (CCBI).
– Originated in 1904 as British Tobacco (Australia).
– Expanded into soft drinks in 1964 with Coca-Cola Bottlers (Perth).
– Listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1972.
– Operations expanded overseas in Europe and Asia.
– Acquired by The Coca-Cola Company in 1989.

**Container Deposit Schemes and Legal Cases**:
Coca-Cola Amatil opposed container deposit schemes in Northern Territory and Western Australia.
– Joined legal challenge against Northern Territory’s Cash for Containers recycling scheme.
– Federal Court ruled in favor of beverage companies.
– Proposed a National Bin Network as an alternative solution.
– Estimated economic cost of a national container deposit scheme to be between $1.4 and $1.76 billion.
– NT lost court case related to container deposit system.
– NT planned to appeal the ruling.
– Financial analysis of costs and benefits of a national container deposit system was conducted.
– The case involved a dispute over drink can deposits.
– The National Bin Network was mentioned in the context of the case.

**Coca-Cola Ownership and Former Holdings**:
Coca-Cola Beverages Africa owns 66.5%.
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners owns 19.5%.
Coca-Cola FEMSA holds 28%.
Coca-Cola Hellenic has a 23.2% stake.
– Bambi holds a 23.0% ownership.
Beverage Partners Worldwide was a former holding.
Coca-Cola Amatil was also a former holding.
Coca-Cola Enterprises was part of the former holdings.
– Columbia Pictures was previously held.
TriStar Pictures was also part of the former holdings.

**Legal Cases Involving Coca-Cola**:
– United States v. Forty Barrels and Twenty Kegs of Coca-Cola (1916).
– Escola v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. (1944).
– Sinaltrainal v. Coca-Cola (2001).
– POM Wonderful v. Coca-Cola (2014).
– Various legal cases involving Coca-Cola were noted.

**Campaigns and Slogans**:
– Ashita Ga Arusa was a campaign.
Coke Zero Facial Profiler was a marketing initiative.
– Coming Together was a slogan used.
– Country Sunshine was part of their marketing campaigns.
– Hey Kid, Catch! was a slogan associated with Coca-Cola.

Coca-Cola Amatil (Wikipedia)

Coca-Cola Amatil Limited (CCA) was an Australian bottler of non-alcoholic beverages that existed from 1904 to 2021, when it merged with Coca-Cola European Partners to form Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. It was one of the largest bottlers of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages in the Asia-Pacific region and one of the world's five major Coca-Cola bottlers. CCA operated in six countries—Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and Samoa. The company also bottled beer and coffee.

Coca-Cola Amatil Limited
ASX: CCL (1972–2021)
IndustryBeverage
Founded1904; 120 years ago (1904)
Defunct10 May 2021; 2 years ago (10 May 2021)
SuccessorCoca-Cola Europacific Partners
Headquarters,
Australia
Area served
  • Australia
  • New Zealand
  • Indonesia
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Fiji
  • Samoa
ProductsCoca-Cola, Diet Coke, Deep Spring, Fanta, Kirks, Lift, Mother, Mount Franklin Spring Water, Nestea, Powerade, Pump, Sprite, Sprite Zero
ServicesManufacturing and distribution of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages
RevenueDecrease A$5.12 billion (2014)
Decrease A$502.8 million (2014)
Decrease A$79.9 million (2014) (-82.5%)
Owners
Number of employees
14,700 (December 2014)
DivisionsAustralia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa,
Websitewww.ccamatil.com
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