US: CCE likely to cut US jobs

By just-drinks.com editorial team | 22 January 2007

Coca-Cola Enterprises, the world's largest Coke bottler, could announce a swathe of job cuts in the US next month, according to local reports.

The company is likely to provide more details on the cuts when it announces its results covering the last quarter of 2006 on 13 February, according to US industry newsletter Beverage Digest.

Sources told Beverage Digest the total number of jobs under threat is said to be around the "four-digit range".

Earlier this month, a Teamsters trade union used an American football match in San Diego to launch protests against plans by Coca-Cola Enterprises to axe over 100 jobs in southern California.

CCE officials could not be reached for comment as just-drinks went to press.

Sectors: Soft drinks, Water

Companies: CCE, Coke