Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. Announces Agreement to Distribute a New 34 Oz. Package of AriZona Iced Tea in the U.S.ATLANTA -- Coca-Cola Enterprises Coca-Cola Enterprises NYSE: CCE is the largest bottler by volume in the Coca-Cola System. It is the anchor bottler for North America and parts of Europe. The company is the bottler of Coca-Cola and its other soft drink products, and in some areas a few other soft drink (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : CCE CCE Cornell Cooperative Extension CCE Corporate and Continuing Education CCE Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. CCE Commission de Coopération Environnementale CCE Centre for Continuing Education CCE College of Continuing Education CCE Certified Computer Examiner ) announced today that it has completed a United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. distribution agreement with Hornell Brewing Co., Inc., maker of AriZona Iced Tea products. Beginning in February 2007, CCE will begin distributing three flavors of a new 34 oz. package of AriZona Iced Tea to its retail customers in the U.S.: Iced Tea with Lemon, Green Tea with Ginseng ginseng (jĭn`sĕng), common name for the Araliaceae, a family of tropical herbs, shrubs, and trees that are often prickly and sometimes grow as climbing forms. & Honey, and Sweet Tea. In June, CCE began distribution of seven AriZona flavors in a variety of bottle and can packages throughout its territories in Canada. AriZona is the top-selling ready-to-drink tea brand in the U.S. and will significantly strengthen CCE's offerings in the rapidly-growing tea category, especially in immediate consumption. AriZona joins CCE's growing tea portfolio which now includes Nestea, Gold Peak, and Enviga, a new calorie-burning sparkling tea from The Coca-Cola Company. "We are combining the power of our sales and distribution system with the number one ready-to-drink brand in the fast-growing tea category," said John F. Brock, president and chief executive officer, Coca-Cola Enterprises. "This provides substantial opportunities, now and in the future, to generate profitable growth for both of our companies." Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. is the world's largest marketer, distributor, and producer of bottle and can liquid nonalcoholic non·al·co·hol·ic adj. A beverage usually containing less than 0.5 percent alcohol by volume. refreshment. Coca-Cola Enterprises sells approximately 80 percent of The Coca-Cola Company's bottle and can volume in North America and is the sole licensed bottler for products of The Coca-Cola Company in Belgium, continental France, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Monaco, and the Netherlands. |
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