CocaCola

The Coca-Cola Company is a total beverage company that offers over 500 brands in more than 200 countries and territories. In addition to the cola brands, its portfolio includes some of the world’s most valuable beverage brands, such as Fanta, Sprite, Schweppes, Eva.

The brand is known for constant transformation of its portfolio, from reducing sugar in the drinks to bringing innovative new products to the market. It is also working to reduce environmental impact by replenishing water and promoting recycling.

With their bottling partners, Coca-Cola employs more than 700,000 people, thereby helping to bring economic opportunities to local communities worldwide.  

This world’s bestselling and best known brand thrives on partnerships, the company manages an extensive value chain which includes farmers, bottlers, distributors and small-scale retailers who ensure that the company’s products get to the last mile.

Coca-Cola made its debut into the Nigeria market in 1965, doing business along with bottling partner, Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC), and has consistently sought to create shared opportunities in the communities it serves.

With head office in Lagos, Coca-cola Nigeria through its partner, operates 11 bottling plants across the country and gets its products across through 51 distribution channels. It employs about 4800 people and indirectly supporting the jobs of more than a million more.

Apart from the jobs and income that stem from its operations, Coca-Cola also engages actively in initiatives which span across health, women empowerment, sports and environmental sustainability e.g. Safe Birth Initiate (SBI), 5by20, RAIN, World Without Waste, Copa-Cola, amongst others. These initiatives are in themselves partnerships across the public and private sector engendered by its belief in the power of collaboration to achieve maximum impact.

Coca-Cola Nigeria has been one of the most consistent brands among the Top 10 in this annual brand evaluation.