General Info

Beginning with one employee, a mule named and Bird and a foot-powered bottling machine, Crawford Johnson Sr. purchased the exclusive franchise rights, in 1902, to bottle and distribute Coca-Cola in Birmingham, Alabama. Today, Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED, Inc. produces and distributes over 750 Coca-Cola products across 7 states. The company employs over 5,700 people in 35 sales centers and 4 production facilities. ince its founding, Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED ( UNITED ) has become the third-largest Coca-Cola bottling company in North America and the largest privately held Coca-Cola bottler. UNITED owns the exclusive rights to manufacture, distribute, and sell Coca-Cola beverages and other products throughout its franchise territory in the southeastern United States.