Coca-Cola that was once obsessed with pushing colas, has decided to widen its portfolio of low-sugar drinks, since consumers are opting for healthier beverages.
HCCBL has announced the groundbreaking of its 110 acre plant, which would house multiple bottling lines for its carbonated beverages such as Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Thums Up and Limca, HCCBL said in a statement.
Last month, Manu Narang Wadhwa was roped in from Amex as the company’s HR head. She replaced Sameer Wadhawan, who was given the responsibility of heading a newly created function to help Coke’s bottlers in India get digital-ready.
Coca-Cola India runs a website — Coke2Home, which delivers its products to around 15 locations across the country. As reflected by operations of online marketplaces, doorstep delivery of FMCG products has proven to be a logistical nightmare.
Quincey helped introduce smaller package sizes and other initiatives to cut the calories of its beverages in his presence for the last two decades in Coca-Cola.
Sources close to his ministry said the company would help farmers to cultivate and increase the yield with the help of new scientific techniques like ultra high density plantation. They said growers would also be provided classroom training and demonstrat
'Aerated drinks are not ‘sin’ goods as the Union Government itself had accepted earlier and there are observations by the court on the basis of the report of an expert panel that the ingredients present in aerated drinks do not pose any health hazard.'