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Coca-Cola Bottling Plant Tour in San Leandro, CA + Walk-Through Video

I have always found it fascinating to see how things are made or put together. That’s why I was so excited when I received an invitation to tour the Coca-Cola bottling plant in my area. I didn’t even know we had such a place, and it’s so close by too! The plant is not open for public tours but I put together this video so you can feel like you joined me during my visit. 😀

Coca-Cola Bottling Processes

From gathering ingredients to shipping, this bottling plant does it all. Instead of storing finished drinks, this plant makes use of a continuous mixing system. Bins of “secret sauce” concentrate run through overhead piping as it mixes with sugar and water. Since liquid can retain more carbon dioxide when coold, the mixture is chilled to 36-39°F before adding CO2. It is then heated to prevent condensation, and therefore bacteria growth, during packaging.

Cans are then filled, seamed (aka tops are crimped closed), and put in cardboard boxes. Bottles are filled and labeled, tops screwed on, and then these are shrink-wrapped before shipping. The plant also acts as a distribution center for other Coca-Cola beverages, sending the products out by truck or by boat via the Oakland port.

The bottling plant also produces the plastic bottles used in the process. Bottles start off as clear or colored plastic vials. Once heated, these vials go in molds. Adding 80 psi of air pressure blows out the plastic to the shape of the mold. It is then immediately cooled and sensors scan for any defects. We couldn’t see what was happening inside the molds but I can show you what the “before” bottles look like. The blue ones will be Dasani bottles, the green vials are for Sprite, and the clear are for everything else.

Learning about the Coca-Cola Company & the San Leandro Bottling Plant

Before our tour, we had the opportunity to learn about Coca-Cola and this bottling plant. Coca-Cola is best known for producing its signature cola and other flavored sodas. But, the brand now encompasses a wide range of other beverages. These include Honest Tea, Dasani, glacéau smartwater, Odwalla, Dunkin’ Donuts iced coffee, Simply Orange, Minute Maid, Suja, Fairlife milk products, and more.

When it comes to soda intake, the company aims to be “part of the solution instead of part of the problem.” Consumers have their pick of options with reduced calories or sugar. Drinks come in smaller containers too. This helps with portion control since you can still enjoy the taste but in smaller quantities. By the way, I thought you might enjoy some fun facts I picked up during my visit.

• Plastic bottles are porous and, over time, carbon dioxide seeps out. That’s why bottles seem to have less “fizz” than cans sometimes.
• The aluminum in cans holds the gasses in and contain a liner to preserve the flavor. But, that liner will also erode in time. The recommended shelf-life of Coca-Cola canned beverages is one year.
• At first, cans do not have a top. After filling, tops are put on and edges are crimped down in a process called “seaming.” Since this seal is not 100% leak-proof, it’s best to store cans upright versus on the side.
• The bottling process happens so quickly that items can be made, shipped, and put on store shelves in the same day.

The Coca-Cola bottling plant in San Leandro, California was established back in 1967. It handles both still and sparkling beverages. What’s most impressive about the plant are its many outstanding achievements.

• Water Neutrality — For every one liter of water used to make a beverage, one liter is reused or replenished. To achieve this, the plant uses air rinsers, dry lube lubricant instead of a water/soap mixture, and participates in water reclaim projects. It is the only Fortune 500 company to reach this goal, and this even happened five years ahead of schedule.
• Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered Forklifts — This alternate energy allows for 10 hours of use on one charge. It only takes two minutes to recharge.

• Landfill Diversion — 97% of waste at the plant goes to recycling, composting, and buyers instead of going to landfills.
• Superior Quality Assurance — Every hour, employees take samples off the line to test for cap torque, carbon dioxide level, sugar level, etc. The QA department here is ranked among the top three plants in the company and receives low customer complaints.

I had such a great time during our Coca-Cola bottling plant tour. It was so interesting to see the entire process from mixing the base ingredients all the way through shipping. Plus, as a long-time Coca-Cola consumer, I gained a new appreciation for the brand. I was impressed by the company’s aim to provide healthier options, efforts to lessen its impact on the environment, the willingness to adopt new technology, and by the many community outreach efforts. I can’t wait to see what’s in-store for Coca-Cola in the coming months and years!

I was invited to tour the facilities and speak with Coca-Cola representatives. All opinions are my own.

TerriAnn van Gosliga is the main writer at Cookies & Clogs . Born & raised in the SF Bay Area but loves to travel. She's been married to her best friend for 20 years, used to homeschool her 19-year-old daughter before she started a public high school/college program, and has an accident-prone lab mix dog.

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Hey TerriAnn – Thanks for an awesome write up on the Coca Cola plant tour. I know you mentioned that they don’t typically have tours for the public but like yourself, I find it fascinating how things are made and I’d really love to visit the facility and see it in action. Do you have any thoughts on who I might reach out to in order to arrange a tour?

Hi Nathan. Thank you for messaging me and I’m glad you liked the post. Unfortunately, I don’t know who you can contact about this. This was a special arrangement for a small press group and I haven’t been in contact with the person who arranged this since the tour. Sorry I can’t help more!

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What a complex, never seen anything like it before, & on so many levels, & they have samples of all their drinks in each variety, from every country in the world, truly Unbelievable, worth seeing.

If you are near Atlanta or planning to visit Atlanta then please consider Coca-Cola factory in your trip as this is again the most exciting visit. You will get to know how bottling is done and also 2-3 movies in 3D will amaze you the most. The lifetime experience here you will get is the 256 flavors of Coca-Cola. You will never believe that coca-cola has these many flavors but yes you will get the tasting absolutely free and unlimited too. Finally on exit you will be rewarded one small coke bottle which you can take home and keep in your showcase....

This is something that you must do if you are in the area. To walk through and see how the coke is made and bottled and the history of coke is really nice. I recommend this attraction for all ages.

My dad collects Coca-Cola items and has my entire life so this was definitely interesting and fun for us. Also samples galore. We really enjoyed all the history involved.

This was a great place to take the family for an afternoon spent together. Kids enjoyed it and learned lots of cool things about the making of soda and all the many varieties and favors. Good times

Nice place, very clean, seeing how Coca-Cola was made, bottled, and packaged to sell was extremely interesting to see! And getting a good, cold FRESH bottle of Coca-Cola at the plant was really great! Be sure to pay attention to how the cans are filled during assembly....it's pretty cool!

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World of coca-cola, find the secret formula to one of the world’s most iconic brands.

An attraction dedicated to a soft drink? You bet, and it’s one of the most fun things to do in Atlanta, Ga. Try your hand at mixing up your own fizzy drink recipe, see how you look inside a container of bubbly cola, check out Coca-Cola advertisements throughout the years, pose for a photo with the beloved Coca-Cola Polar Bear. And, oh yes, enter the  Vault of the Secret Formula .

Reasons to Visit World of Coca-Cola

• You can view hundreds of artifacts.
• At the end of the tour, you can sample more than 100 Coca-Cola beverages from around the world.
• You get a behind-the-scenes look at the bottling process.
• The gift shop is amazing.
• There’s even a 4-D theater.

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• Plan to spend approximately two hours to tour the entire World of Coca-Cola facility.
• Avoid the lines and the crowds with a  VIP guided tour . Or download the free World of Coca‑Cola Explorer mobile app to use as your personal VIP tour guide, revealing fun facts and photo activities as you explore the facility.
• World of Coca-Cola provides free public Wi-Fi access throughout the attraction and outside at Pemberton Place.
• Be sure to take advantage of the Membership Package, which allows you a reduced fee for the nearby Georgia Aquarium.
• Discount ticket prices are available for  groups of 25 or more .
• World of Coca-Cola is in downtown Atlanta, Ga., near  Georgia Aquarium and  Children’s Museum of Atlanta . How convenient.
• World of Coca-Cola offers free admission to the Armed Forces (active duty, reserves and retirees) year-round. Just bring your Armed Forces ID card to the ticket window.

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When is world of coca-cola open.

World of Coca-Cola is open Monday – Thursday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday – Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; closed only on Thanksgiving and Christmas. Hours of operation are subject to change. Check the website for  hours of operation .

Reservations are not required.  Purchase tickets  in advance online with a variety of ticket options to choose from.

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121 Baker St. NW Atlanta, Ga. 30313

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It's not what it used to be: Inside Providence's landmark Coca-Cola bottling plant

The year was 1912.

The doomed RMS Titanic steamed across the icy North Atlantic.

Buck O'Brien threw the first pitch in Fenway Park, the new baseball stadium that became home to the Red Sox in Boston.

And Coca-Cola arrived in Providence, when 921 barrels of concentrated syrup arrived at a new bottling plant on Fountain Street.

The beverage had been in the city — and around the state — before, available at soda fountains, where it would be made to order one soda at a time. But 1912 was the first year that Coke syrup was mixed with carbonated water and put into bottles in Rhode Island for mass distribution, according to John Holahan, general manager of Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast's Providence facility.

Thirst for the sugary, bubbly liquid exploded, and the company moved to Smith Street in 1917.

In 1937, the company announced plans to build a state-of-the art facility at West Park Street and Pleasant Valley Parkway. The building was estimated to cost between $200,000 and $300,000 to build.

By the time it was equipped and opened in 1938, it was touted as a "million-dollar plant." (A million dollars then would be worth about $19 million now.)

Inset into bricks on the side of the building, "Coca-Cola" is carved into stone in the company's familiar Spencerian script. Flanking the famous logo, also carved in stone, are two six-ounce Coke bottles in the patented "hobble skirt" design.

(Yes, people were once satisfied that a single serving of Coke was six ounces, not the 20-ounce bottle widely preferred in the 21st century.)

Windows along the side of the building allowed passersby to watch the seemingly never-ending line of bottles moving through the production line.

And Rhode Islanders of a certain age will fondly recall school field trips that ended with a free sample. (Teachers will probably be less fond of memories of the bus ride back to school with kids amped up on sugar and caffeine.)

Bottling operations ceased in Providence in 1986, when plastic bottles had joined the classic glass ones, according to Holahan.

But that didn't mean the Providence plant was mothballed. Just the opposite.

Around the same time, the company nuilt an addition, increasing warehouse space from 28,000 square feet to 105,000 square feet.

That's enough to hold 370,000 cases of beverages. And it's not just Coca-Cola.

Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast, which acquired the Providence facility in 2017 during a nationwide realignment and consolidation of Coke franchisees, distributes 150 brands from this warehouse. That includes top sellers such as Coke, Diet Coke, Coke Zero, Sprite, Orange Fanta, Dr. Pepper and Vanilla Coke.

Other brands distributed from there include Monster Energy, Smart Water, Powerade, Vitamin Water, Body Armour, Canada Dry, Gold Peak Tea, Honest Tea and Yoo-Hoo.

The warehouse even carries what is a region favorite, primarily popular in Maine: Moxie .

"Moxie may be one of the slower movers," Holahan said.

The warehouse holds a 9- to 10-day supply during slower months; about a seven-day supply during the summer.

The warehouse distributes to the Providence area, which Holahan defined as Rhode Island Coventry and north, and Massachusetts north to Bellingham and East to New Bedford and Fairhaven. Southern Rhode Island is served by a facility in Connecticut.

The Providence territory historically was smaller, when bottling plants operated in Woonsocket and in New Bedford.

"The territories were generally how far a horse could deliver on one day," said Holahan, who added that Coca-Cola reverted to horse-drawn wagons to deal with the rationing of World War II.

Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast distributes to New England and Upstate New York. It is headquartered in Bedford, New Hampshire.

The Providence facility has 213 employees, a number that has not fluctuated much during the coronavirus pandemic, Holahan said. As restaurant sales slacked off during lockdowns, sales at grocery stores and other markets kept pace with the difference, he said.

The day starts early at the warehouse, as 25 to 30 truck drivers prepare to cover their delivery routes.

"Trucks are on the road every day at 5 a.m.," Holahan said.

Twenty or more trucks arrive throughout the day, delivering beverages bottled at plants in Londonderry, New Hampshire; Hartford, Connecticut; Northampton, Massachusetts; and New Jersey, beverages that will be distributed in the Providence territory.

Barcodes on each arriving pallet of beverages — a pallet holds 96 cases of 12-packs — are scanned so workers can track where they are stored and can find them in the event of a recall.

When its time to load cases onto trucks, the barcodes will be called into service again as workers who are "picking" products will be guide via headset to aisles and bins where the beverage needed to fill an order can be found.

Each afternoon, the trucks return from their routes. They are swept out and loaded with more beverages to be ready from the morning.

The day ends with a sense of accomplishment, plus a little more, Holahan said.

"It's a feeling of continuity, knowing you get to do it the next day," he said. "We've always felt that we're entrusted a responsibility to keep the brand going."

The Iconic Coca-Cola Wheeling Pottery Syrup Urn

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A brief history of the Coca-Cola serving tray

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Most of the early trays are marked with the manufacturer name along the inside of the rim of the tray.

Bottling Plant  Beginning Dates

Locations underlined in bold indicate a link to a photo of that city's Coca-Cola Bottling Plant

Albany  1917

Albertville  1908

Alexander City  1903

Aliceville  1910

Andalusia   1909

Anniston  1903

Asheville  1914

Athens  1915

Birmingham   1902

Dothan  1906

Decatur  1909

Demopolis  1915

Fayette  1910

Florence   1908

Frisco City  1908

Gadsden  1903

Huntsville  1902

Jasper  1902

Montgomery  1903

Mobile  1902

Opelika  1902

Roanoke  1905

Russelville 1911

Selma  1903

Scottsboro  1915

Sylacauga  1905

Tuscaloosa  1903

Talladega  1904

Tuskegee  <1904

West Blockton  1913

Anchorage   1947

Fairbanks   1947

Juneau   1947

Ketchican   1947

Sitka   1958

Ajo   1916

Clifton   1903

Douglas   1912

Prescott   1916

Phoenix   1905

Safford   1910

Tuscon   1906

Yuma   1910

Batesville   1909

Blytheville   1906

Camden   1910

Fort Smith   1903

Fayetteville   1906

Harrison   1913

Hope   1909

Hot Springs   1908

Jonesboro   1903

Junction City   1904

Little Rock   1903

Magnolia   1908

Nashville   1911

Newport   1906

Pine Bluff   1911

Pine Bluff   1905

Rogers   1912

Bakersfield   1910

Bishop   1917

Blythe   1917

El Centro   1910

Eureka   1911

Fresno   1905

Los Angeles   1902

Modesto   1911

Monterey   1911

Oakland   1908

Placerville   1911

Redding   1910

San Francisco   1905

San Diego   1910

Scramento   1909

San Bernardino  1911

San Jose   1912

Santa Barbara   1910

Santa Maria   1916

Santa Rosa   1914

Stockton   1911

Ventura   1911

Alamosa   1911

Colorado Springs 1910

Delta   1910

Denver   1902

Durango   1915

Glenwood Springs 1917

Grand Junction  1910

Greeley   1916

Idaho Springs   1905

Salida   1910

Sterling   1910

Trinidad   1910

Connecticut

Bridgeport  1912

East Hartford  1912

Middleton   1912

New Haven   1912

Dover   1916

Wilmington   1905

Washington   1905

Apalac hicola   1907

Arcadia   1909

Avon Park   1914

Bradenton   1908

Cocoa   1913

Dade City   1911

Daytona Beach   1908

DeLand   1912

Fort Lauderdale    1914

Fort Myers   1911

Fort Pierce   1914

Gain e sville   1908

Green Cove Springs

Inverness   1907

Jacksonv ille    1902

Florida (cont.)

Key West   1903

Kissimmee   1909

Lake City   1907

Lakeland   1908

Leesburg   1908

Live Oak   1907

Madison   1907

Marianna   1907

Miami   1907

Monticello   1907

Ocala   1908

Orlando   1910

Palatka    1908

Panama City   1907

Pensacola   1903

Perry   1907

Plant City   1910

Punta Gorda   1915

Quincy   1907

St. Augustine

Saint Petersburg   1909

Sanford   1908

Tallahassee   1905

Tampa    1902

Tarpon Springs   1913

Wauchula   1910

West Palm Beach   1911

Winter Haven   1909

Atlanta   1900

Athens   1903

Albany   1903

Americus   1905

Augusta   1902

Bainbridge   1904

Brunswick   1903

Columbus   1902

Carrollton   1906

Cartersville   1906

Claxton   1916

Conyers   1909

Cordele   1907

Cornelia   1907

Cuthbert   1906

Dalton   1906

Dublin   1912

Elberton   1913

Fitzgerald   1909

Fort Valley   1912

Gainsville   1905

Griffin   1907

Hogansville   1905

Hartwell   1905

Hawkinsville   1903

Hinesville   1915

Newnan   1905

LaFayette   1915

LaGrange   1903

Macon   1902

McRae   1905

Manchester   1905

Marietta   1910

Milledgeville   1912

Monroe   1907

Moultrie   1913

Pelham   1912

Richland   1909

Rome   1901

Royston   1905

Sandersville   1913

Savannah   1902

Statesboro   1906

Swainsboro   1907

Sylvania   1906

Thomaston   1912

Thomasville   1910

Thomson   1913

Tifton   1903

Valdosta   1897

Vidalia   1909

Washington   1906

Waycross   1905

Waynesboro   1912

West Point   1904

Woodbury   1905

Wrens   1905

Honolulu   1907

Bloomington   1905

Chicago    1901

Charleston   1905

Centralia   1905

Carmi   Before 1904

Cairo   Before 1904

Champagne   1905

Danville   <1904

Decatur   <1904

Galesburg   1905

Litchfield   1905

Murfreesboro   <1904

Olney   1905

Paris   1905

Pana   1905

Petersburg   1904

Peoria   1905

Quincy   1905

Rockford   1905

Rock Island   1905

Streator   1905

Taylorsville   1905

Vandalia   1905

Windsor   1905

Waukegon   1905

Bicknell   

Evansville   1904

Indianapolis   <1904

Jasper   1916

Richmond   1917

Rockville 

South Bend   1905

Terre Haute    1904

Washington   <1904

Centerville   1905

Clinton   1905

Cedar Rapids   1905

Dubuque   1905

Des Moines   1905

Davenport   1905

Fairfield   1905

Fort Dodge   1905

Musatine   1905

New Hampton   1905

Sioux City   1905

Concordia   1905

Fort Scott   1905

Great Bend   1905

Kansas City

Topeka   1905

Wichita   <1904

Campbellsville

Elizabethtown   1901

Louisville   1901

Lexington   1904

Louisa    1905

Middlesboro   1904

Owensboro   1906

Paducah   <1904

Shelbyville   1901

Baton Rouge   1905

Jennings   1905

Monroe   <1904

New Orleans   1902

Ruston   1905

Shreveport   1904

Trenton   1905

Baltimore   1905

Cumberland   <1904

Massachusetts

Detroit   <1904

Kalamazoo   1905

Lansing   1905

Austin   1905

Minneapolis   1905

Sauk Centre   1905

Winona   1905

Cape Girardeau   

Caruthersville  <1904

Jefferson City   1905

Kansas City   1902

Louisiana   1905

Macon   1905

Perryville   

Poplar Bluff   1905

Springfield

St. Joseph   1905

Sedalia   1905

St. Louis   <1904

Salem-Rolla   1913

Mississippi

Cordelle   1907

Corinth   1907

Columbus   <1904

Greenwood   <1904

Hattisburg 

Jackson   1903

Laurel   <1904

Meridian   1902

Vicksburg. 1894

Yazoo City   <1904

Lincoln   <1904

Omaha   1905

Superior   1905

New Hampshire

Newark   <1904

Buffalo   1902

New York   1904

Albuquerque   <1904 

Santa Fe   1919

North Carolina

Asheville  <1904

Charlotte   1902

Durham   1905

Fayetteville   <1904

Greensboro   <1904

Greenville   1905

Hamlet   <1904

Hickory   1905

New Bern   <1904

Raleigh   <1904

Rocky Mount

Salisbury   1905

Willmington   <1904

North Dakota

Columbus   1905

Cincinnati   1901

Cleveland   1905

Dayton   1905

Toledo   1905

Youngstown   1906

Ardmore   <1904

Altus   1905

Bartlesville   1905

Enid    1905

Holdenville   1905

Hobart   1905

Muskogee   <1904

Oklahoma City   1902

Shawnee   1902

Tulsa   1905

Wagoner   <1904

Mt. Hood   1906

Pacific   1906

Pennsylvania

Harrisburg   1902

Pittsburg   <1904

Philadelphia   <1904

Rhode Island

South carolina.

Anderson   <1904

Columbia   1902

Charleston   1902

Chester   1905

Conway   1905

Gaffney   1905

Greenwood   1904

Greenville   <1904

Marion   1906

Newberry  1907

Orangeburg   1905

Sumpter   1903

Spartansburg   <1904

Union    1905

South Dakota

Chattanooga   1899

Clarksville   1905

Jackson   1905

Johnson City

Knoxville   1902

Memphis   <1904

Mufreesboro  

Nashville   1900

Rockwood   1903

Austin   <1904

Abeline   <1904

Ballinger   <1904

Brownsville   1905

Brownwood   <1904

Cameron   <1904

Cisco   1905

Corsicana   1905

Dallas   1902

El Paso   <1904

Fort Worth  1906

Galveston   1905

Georgetown   1905

Gatesville   1905

Groveton   < 1904

Houston   1902

Jacksonville   1905

Kerrville   1905

Lufkin   1905

Mason   <1904

Nacogdoches   <1904

Palestine   1905

San Antonio   1903

San Angelo   <1904

Temple   1905

Timson   Before 1904

Texarkana   1905

Victoria   <1904

Waco   1905

Salt Lake City   1905

Bristol    1902

Clifton Forge   1902

Danville   1905

Norfolk   1901

Richmond   1904

Roanoke   1902

West Virginia

Beckley   1902

B erkeley Springs  1920s

Bluefield  1920s

Buckhannon  1920s

Charles Town  1900s

Charleston   1903

Clarksburg   1904

Eckman   1904

Elkins  1916

Fairmont  1900s

Franklin  1920s

Hinton  1920s

Huntington   1903

K e yst one   (K.B.   Co.)  1900s

Logan  1913

Mabscott  1900s

MacDonald  1920s

Martinsburg  1920s

Morgantown  1908

Mullens  1920s

Northfork  1920s

Parkersburg   1902

Pennsboro  1920s

Petersburg  1928

Philippi  1920s

Pineville  1930s

Point Pleasant  1920s

Richwood  1920s

Romney  1920s

Ronceverte  1920s

Sistersville  1920s

Spencer  1920s

Terra Alta  1920s

Thomas  1920s

Welch  1907

Weston  1920s

Wheeling  1902

Williamson  1920s

Appleton   1905

Beaver Dam   1905

Janesville   1905

Rhinelander   1905

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On April 17, 2023 our newly reimagined Scent Discovery exhibit opened. The exhibit encourages guests to follow their nose and discover the world through scent, unlocking exciting new destinations, familiar memories, and new flavor journeys that impact taste.

On September 17th 2022, two new installations opened in our Pop Culture Gallery: “Magic Murals” and “Ghost Signs”. Celebrating the work of various female artists, these installations combine art and technology through the use of AI while telling the rich history of Coca‑Cola.

On September 29, 2021, Bottle Cap Café opened as a great place for a quick bit or signature drink across from World of Coca‑Cola.

Scent Discovery, a new exhibit, opened September 23, 2020 for guests to explore the connection between smell and taste.

World of Coca‑Cola celebrates 25 years of sharing happiness in Atlanta.

The Moments of Happiness film premieres in the Coca‑Cola Theater on March 27, 2014.

The Center for Civil and Human Rights opened on June 23, 2014.

World of Coca‑Cola welcomed its five-millionth guest, KoEun “Emma” Lee from Duluth, Georgia, on Monday, January 16, 2012.

On December 8th, World of Coca‑Cola opens the Vault of the Secret Formula experience. For the first time in history, guests are able to see the legendary vault where the Coca‑Cola formula is secured.

World of Coca‑Cola welcomes its three-millionth guest, Vicki Cheeks from Ranger, Georgia, on Wednesday, April 7, 2010.

The new World of Coca‑Cola in its current location celebrates its grand opening on May 24, 2007

In March, the original World of Coca‑Cola at Underground Atlanta closes its doors. Over 13 million people walked through its doors since its opening, making it one of Atlanta’s most popular attractions.

The Coca‑Cola Company designates a portion of land for the future home of the Center for Civil and Human Rights.

The new World of Coca‑Cola construction begins.

The Georgia Aquarium officially opens to the public on November 23, 2005.

Architectural renderings for the new World of Coca‑Cola are revealed to the public.

The original World of Coca‑Cola welcomes its twelve-millionth guest, Jimmy Rogers of Calhoun, Georgia, on June 9, 2004.

“For the people of Atlanta, we want to create a new gathering place that will be a powerful catalyst for even more urban renewal,” said Jackson Kelly, Vice President of Marketing Operations and General Manager, World of Coca‑Cola. “For out-of-town guests, we want to create a vibrant, exciting destination that will encourage them to stay longer and bring their families.”

The Coca‑Cola Company has accumulated approximately 20 acres of land in downtown Atlanta near Centennial Olympic Park. The Company announces plans for development of the land to help spur ongoing revitalization of downtown Atlanta.

The Coca‑Cola Company contributes a portion of land to The Marcus Foundation for development of the Georgia Aquarium. The Company then commits to design and build a new World of Coca Cola to be located next to the Georgia Aquarium.

During the Centennial Olympic Games held in Atlanta, Coca‑Cola invites fans from around the world to an interactive venue called Coca‑Cola Olympic City.

The architectural focal point of the original World of Coca‑Cola is its landmark neon Coca‑Cola sign.

Guests are greeted by Bottling Fantasy, a kinetic sculpture saluting bottlers of Coca‑Cola around the world.

On August 3, 1990, the original World of Coca‑Cola is established at Underground Atlanta as an attraction dedicated to the heritage of The Coca‑Cola Company.

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Coca-Cola bottling plant sparks excitement with first-of-its-kind project: ‘You will do the right thing’

A Coca-Cola bottling plant in New York is blazing a new path with a first-of-its-kind project. 

Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages in the village of Elmsford is currently constructing a “quadgeneration” system that will allow the plant to produce its own energy, both heating and cooling, and then capture the carbon dioxide produced during that energy production and use it to carbonate its beverages.

The quadgeneration system, expected to be up and running this winter, will use two reciprocating engines to produce its power, with an existing gas line already serving the facility. This will eliminate the facility’s reliance on the energy grid.

Jamie Clarke, CEO of Clarke Energy, the entity installing the system, said , “This complex technology will substantially reduce Liberty’s carbon emissions through high-efficiency local energy production.”

Liberty capturing its own carbon will have a huge impact. It’s a large facility that serves thousands of restaurants, supermarkets, and retailers in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The facility currently depends on roughly 200 deliveries of carbon dioxide a year, brought in by truck.

This isn’t Liberty’s first venture into a more environmentally friendly way of doing things. In 2022, the bottling facility teamed up with Graphic Packaging to replace the plastic rings that hold six-packs together with a fiber-based paperboard called the KeelClip. This will remove an estimated 75,000 pounds of plastic packaging from the supply chain per year. KeelClips are already in use throughout the area Liberty serves.

Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages co-owner Paul Mulligan said , “Liberty is thrilled to be the first bottler in the United States to implement this innovative packaging system.”

Coca-Cola is making progress in other ways as well. In several European countries, the cola giant recently changed the design of its plastic bottles and transitioned to a new design with the bottle cap attached to the bottle. The cap turns to loosen, then flips back like a lid.

According to the North Sea Foundation , plastic bottle caps are among the most deadly forms of trash to marine life, as seabirds and other marine mammals can consume them.

Still, Coca-Cola has a long way to go. According to Break Free From Plastic’s 2022 annual audit, Coca-Cola is the world’s top plastic polluter , an unfortunate distinction the company has earned each of the last five years. The data was collected from 200,000 volunteers in 87 countries, analyzing trash gathered from beaches and other places.

This new system is a move in the right direction, as Liberty’s co-owner Paul Mulligan told GreenBiz, “If you really authentically care, you will do the right thing.”

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Around the world with Coca-Cola

When he started his career, Bill Douglas (BBA ’83) didn’t think of himself as a world traveler.

He grew up in Warner Robins, went to the University of Georgia, married his sweetheart and snagged a great job at Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta. Things were set.

“One Friday afternoon, my boss’s boss walked into my office and said, ‘Hey, we have an opportunity for somebody to go over to Spain for six months on a short-term assignment, would you be willing and interested in doing this?,” Douglas, who at the time didn’t have a passport, told UGA students gathered for the Terry College’s International Business Week keynote on April 12.

“So, we went to Madrid for six months. We had a wonderful time and were exposed to a lot of things — both professionally and culturally — that I hadn’t really had before … And pretty much immediately upon coming back to Atlanta, I moved over to the international side of the business.”

Douglas retired in 2016 as chief financial officer and executive vice president of Coca-Cola Enterprises, the entity managing Coca-Cola’s network of bottling plants and distributors.

While he hadn’t planned a career in international business, he spent decades living and working in Europe, bringing Coca-Cola to new markets, including former Soviet republics.

“One of the experiences that illustrate the way Coke was marketed internationally was in the former Soviet Union,” he told students. “Those markets had pretty much never been exposed to the product before. They had been exposed to the brand, and they understood what it was. But we were trying to get people to try it for the first time, and we also had an issue of affordability.”

Douglas shared the process of retrofitting Soviet soft drink factories and working with Russian leaders to develop post-Soviet business standards.

“There was no private land ownership in Russia,” he said. “We had to work with the Moscow city government and the national government and explain how to set up a land register and have private land ownership. We weren’t going to invest $25 million in a factory if we didn’t own the land and felt secure about the ownership of that land.”

Douglas also spent nearly an hour answering students’ practical questions about networking challenges and finding mentors while working abroad. He urged students to focus on developing a core skillset and keep an open mind about career opportunities.

“It’s very important to have a plan, to say, ‘These are the things that I aspire to achieve, and I’d like to do this and my career,’ ” Douglas said. “But I always say, put that plan in pencil. You don’t know what opportunity is going to present itself.”

Douglas’s talk was part of a weeklong celebration of International Business programs at the Terry College, including an alumni roundtable, a study abroad fair and an international business photo contest.

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By Alessandra Stanley

• May 11, 1995

When President Clinton decided to make one detour from his Moscow summit-meeting agenda to publicize a successful American business investment in Russia, he chose Coke.

The President plans to visit a $65 million Coca-Cola plant near here on Thursday morning. Pepsi, which has already been losing market share to Coca-Cola in the former Soviet Union, was not thrilled with the decision.

Now that the competition between the two superpowers has ebbed into an edgy partnership, the frenzied rivalry between the world's two largest soft-drink manufacturers is perhaps one of the more ardent of the post-Communist era. Mr. Clinton's choice was an example of the effectiveness of the aggressive marketing that has helped Coke break through its rival's Communist-era dominance in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe.

The Coke plant in the town of Solnovo, 17 miles from downtown Moscow, is wholly owned by the Coca-Cola Company and even boasts its own "Coca-Cola University," where Russian employees are drilled in the fine points of the American soft-drink business.

That is one reason Mr. Clinton chose to visit it. Joint ventures in Russia with foreign investors have suffered bad publicity of late, the consequence of myriad disputes between Russian and American partners.

Pepsico Inc. also has a bottling plant outside Moscow, but it is a joint venture with a Russian partner. Pepsi executives declined to comment on the Presidential visit to their rival's plant.

The Coca-Cola cause has also been helped by the company's ardent courting of Mr. Clinton's representatives in Moscow. The American Ambassador to Russia, Thomas R. Pickering, visited the plant earlier this year.

And it didn't hurt that the gleaming new Coke plant, with its happy Russian workers, provided an excellent photo opportunity for the President -- or that it was situated so conveniently on the route of his motorcade back to the airport.

Historical forces could also be at work in Mr. Clinton's decision. In popular lore, Coca-Cola has been the drink of the Democrats and Pepsi-Cola the beverage of the Republicans. In recent years Coke has contributed more to Democratic candidates than Pepsi and Pepsi has contributed more to Republicans.

In World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt asked a Coca-Cola executive to help supply cola to the troops overseas, and before long Coke had set up bottling plants all over the world.

When the Communist state ran the Soviet economy, Pepsi developed a cozy relationship with the Kremlin, and by extension the Soviet bloc, after a visit to Moscow by Vice President Richard M. Nixon in 1959. During that visit, the chairman of Pepsi, Donald Kendall, met with Nikita S. Khrushchev.

In 1972, after Mr. Nixon had become President, Pepsi became the first foreign consumer product to be sold in the Soviet Union.

A few years later Coke found a champion in Jimmy Carter, who replaced Pepsi machines in the White House with Coke machines after he was elected President. The Carter connection may also have helped Coke to become one of the first foreign products sold in China after Chinese-American relations thawed in 1979.

"It's a great honor to have the President of the United States visit our company," said Michael A. O'Neill, head of the Coca-Cola operations in Russia. "And we will be bringing a certain amount of attention to that."

Coca-Cola has brought a great deal of attention to itself during the last four years, with splashy concert and sports promotions, ubiquitous nationwide television advertising and giant billboards and kiosks. Its red-and-white logo is plastered all over Moscow.

Pepsi is quite literally more underground. Pepsico made a deal with the Moscow city government in 1993 to put mobile food stands selling Pepsi, New York hot dogs and Taco Bell burritos in the busiest subway stations in Moscow.

Despite heavy marketing and advertising, Pepsi has lost ground to Coke throughout most of Eastern Europe and the rest of the former Communist world. In 1994 Coke took the lead in soft-drink sales in 10 of the 15 former republics of the Soviet Union, including Armenia, Lithuania and Georgia, breaking the lock that Pepsi held before the Communist bloc began to splinter in 1989.

Russia, with a population of more than 150 million, is where the competition is most acute. Pepsi still retains a strong lead, but Coca-Cola has narrowed the advantage of its rival to 2 to 1 last year, from 4 to 1 in 1993.

After Soviet Communism collapsed, Pepsi was left with a vast network of state-run bottling companies, most of which it kept. Coke, which introduced Fanta in Russia in 1979 and Coca-Cola in 1985, had only a limited presence before 1991. It moved far more quickly to cut its ties to state-run bottling companies and import its own manufacturing and marketing techniques than Pepsi.

When the Berlin wall fell in 1989, and people behind the Iron Curtain were suddenly infatuated with all things Western, Coke had the psychological advantage of seeming like an American soft drink. Pepsi had been around for so long that many Russian consumers saw it as a local beverage.

Pepsi has invested money in new equipment and advertising, but it has not invested nearly as much as Coke, which has poured $1.5 billion into Eastern Europe and $240 million into Russia alone.

But for all their money and energy, Pepsi and Coke combined have yet to overwhelm Russian consumers. American and European soft drinks have only captured 20 percent of the Russian market, and it is a pretty small market at that.

Rough industry estimates suggest that Russians drink 40 to 50 eight-ounce soft-drink servings per capita a year. In the United States, the figure for 1993 was 808 eight-ounce servings, said John Sicher, executive editor of Beverage Digest, a newsletter based in Greenwich, Conn.

And Russian consumers, and even soft-drink salespeople, can be cynical.

"Pepsi and Coke are about the same," said Nina Zikova, who is 48 and sells cigarettes and soft drinks from a cramped kiosk in Moscow, on which hangs a giant Coca-Cola logo. The company that owns her kiosk has an exclusive contract with Coca-Cola, but she said she was skeptical that there was a difference between her product and the rival one. She added with a shrug, "They all come from the same bottle."

City Architects Uncapping Moscow Business Future

A basic box building to go up soon in Moscow will be something of a commercial revolution for the former Soviet Union. The first plant in Russia to manufacture Coca-Cola syrup, the project is being designed by Oklahoma City architects and engineers.

Since last April, a team from The Benham Group has been at work designing the Moscow industrial site. An international company headquartered in Oklahoma City, Benham is one of several United States practices that regularly design industrial projects for the Coca-Cola Co. of Atlanta.

"More than any other symbol, Coca-Cola says American to people anywhere in the world," said Richard P. Vestal, a Benham vice president and project manager for the Moscow plant. He and others on the planning and design team say they were never more aware of that as on several trips in and out of Russia since the planning work began.

In Pushkin Square in the heart of Moscow, Vestal said there is a huge Coke sign that lights up an otherwise dismal city.

"Everything is dim and dirty. The headlights of cars are dim, and most of the street lamps don't have bulbs in them. And here was this familiar, bright red logo. It was the one bright spot, and it really gives you a good feeling," he said.

Also, the project represents a venture of the Russian people into free enterprise, Benham senior vice president Larry Roach said. Coca-Cola - which also is the first joint stock company in Russia - negotiated a 49-year lease on the five-acre site. It was the first real estate transaction in the history of Russia.

"They even had to acquire a book, the original book, for the registry. This was the No. 001 deal," said Roach, who heads the firm's international program. The lease also was the most difficult part of the project to accomplish to date, Benham officials said.

"The only thing the Russian people really have is their natural resources, and they own that. They feel like if you lease it, you lose control," Vestal said. "This being the first, it was fairly traumatic to lease land to an American company for 49 years. The politicians were genuinely concerned about the public perception of this agreement. It required 27 signatures on the long-term lease," mostly Moscow officials. It also took Coca-Cola officials about 18 months to negotiate, he said.

Coca-Cola, the Russian division of Coke, and a private owner formed the Coca-Cola Refreshments Moscow as the first completely independent, joint stock company in greater Moscow. The company has a western-style corporate structure governed by stockholders and a board of directors. S.N. Fyodorov, a prominent Russian businessman, also has a stake in the venture, Coke spokesman Michael O'Neill said.

The $12 million Moscow building is a fast-track project.

Construction will begin in February, and it is scheduled to be in operation in 18 months. At the end of the month, Michael Tower, Benham senior architect and a project manager, will move to Moscow.

His family will join him at the end of the school term, and they will remain until the project is operating. A second staff member, not yet appointed, will join him in a few months, Vestal said.

"What makes the plant special is the processes it will house and the implementation of those processes to maintain the level of product the Coca Cola company requires," he said. "It represents the high company standards for good manufacturing practices and sanitation within the area in which the product is made. " Besides Coca-Cola syrup, the plant will produce Fanta products, another Coca-Cola line of soft drinks.

Benham staff members are providing design and construction management services including training of workers. Once it's completed, Benham will have full responsibility for training Russian employees to operate and maintain the operation.

Bottled and canned Coke have been sold in Russia since the early 1970s, and there are 14 bottling plants scattered throughout the country now known as the Commonwealth of Independent States. But the Moscow site is the first to produce Coke's famous secret-formula syrup, and it makes it possible for Russians to have fountain Cokes for the first time.

The drinks will be retailed in a variety of outlets, including small, two-man vending kiosks to be spotted about Moscow and beyond. Initially, 400 of these will be placed in Moscow, and there are long-range plans for 2,000, Vestal said.

"Our factory will be the distribution center for canned products, but bottle Cokes will still come from the 14 bottling plants," Vestal said.

Following a corporate policy of Coca-Cola, the project will use as much material as possible from the area where it is being built, Vestal said. In keeping with this, the building facade will be primarily an insulated sandwich paneling, with aluminum face, manufactured in the south of Moscow. Other construction materials will include Russian brick and mortar.

A third company involved in the Coke factory is a Russian construction firm. It has been involved in the permitting process from the outset and actually will build the plant. When completed, the factory will provide jobs for about 100 Russian workers.

The project will not be as automated as some Coca-Cola plants, because it is smaller than some and is being designed for easy maintenance of equipment and availability of parts. When completed, it will use Russian raw materials, including locally-grown sugar.

The site is located in a state-developed industrial park, and is about two blocks from Moscow's first McDonald's Restaurant. The Christmas Sunday meal for Vestal, architect Tower and corporate vice president Ken Nelson last month was a Big Mac.

"We couldn't find a place to sit, so we ate standing up," Vestal said.

Except for the location, it might have been an austere observance of the holiday season. They left for home on the day the treaty was signed to dissolve the Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics.

In three trips to Moscow, Vestal often saw lines four blocks long snaking around the McDonald's. "But they moved pretty fast. It has 27 counters. " There's little doubt the plant will find a huge market. Benham people learned something of the Russian taste for Coke during planning sessions, when Russian team members would consume four or five Cokes during each meeting.

"They would ask to take a couple with them when they left," Vestal said. "A Coke costs about a dollar over there. That's 120 rubles and that may be a quarter of a week's pay for the average worker. " BIOG: NAME:

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