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Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) was founded in 2015. The privately owned company is the sixth-largest Coca-Cola bottler in the United States.

Coke Florida is Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) certified, one of the largest Black-owned businesses in the United States, and one of the largest minority-owned business in Florida.

Headquartered in Tampa, FL, the company operates in an exclusive 47-county territory that includes the Miami, Tampa, Orlando, and Jacksonville metropolitan areas.

May
2015

Coke Florida is Founded


2016

First acquisition of manufacturing operations


2017

Parcel Delivery options available to customers


2017

Named Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) Supplier of the Year


2020

Breaks ground on St. Pete Sales & Distribution Center


2022

Named US Best Managed Company by Deloitte-Private and The Wall Street Journal


2022

St. Pete Sales & Distribution Center Opens


2022

Breaks ground on new Tampa Sales & Distribution Center


2023

Named US Best Managed Company for Second Consecutive Year


2024

Named US Best Managed Company for Third Consecutive Year


2024

Opens New Ocala Sales & Distribution Center

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