How Coke Consolidated is simplifying for the new year


It’s a new year and a new name for Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated.

The Charlotte-based bottler of Coke products is dropping “Bottling” from its name to become Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. (NASDAQ: COKE), effective Jan. 1, 2019. The company announced the change in a news release issued on Wednesday.

A spokesman for the company says the news release speaks for itself.

During an October interview with the Charlotte Business Journal, Frank Harrison, Coke Consolidated CEO, acknowledged that…

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