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Global beverage company known for Coca-Cola soda and brands like Fairlife, Costa Coffee, and Minute Maid, sold via franchised bottling partners.
Prices for 24 of Korea's 26 most-bought processed foods rose on year in August as factory hikes by Lotte Chilsung, Coca-Cola and CJ CheilJedang hit shelves. Whether it is a one-off catch-up or a spread into other foods decides how long it lasts.
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Costa's main coffee shop arm made a 20 million pound operating profit in 2025 after a 13.5 million pound loss in 2024, on revenue up 5%. Costa credits refits and an afternoon menu for a recovery that runs on a margin of about 1.5%.
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Coca-Cola's disclosures put production-related systems in scope and suspended U.S. output at Fairlife without identifying which system stopped the line. A resilience drill aimed at the machinery would have missed all of them.
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Coca-Cola CFO John Murphy named eight US plants for new or expanded capacity between 2026 and 2030, and said the lion's share of the money belongs to bottling partners, with Coca-Cola's own capex covering businesses it owns such as Fairlife.
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UnitedHealth says it will vigorously contest IRS notices covering 2017 through 2020. Coca-Cola's $529 million reserve against a possible $20 billion bill shows why disclosure is not sizing.
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