May 7- Coca Cola Bottling Co Consolidated:. *Q1 non-GAAP earnings per share $0.51. *Q1 sales $383.6 million versus $377.2 million.
*1st- qtr EPS 46 cents tops Wall St estimates by a penny. April 16- Less than three years after spending billions of dollars to acquire most of its U.S. distribution operations, Coca-Cola Co is starting to sell it off again.
*1st- qtr EPS 46 cents tops Wall St estimates by a penny. Coke bought the North American operations of bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc in October 2010, following a similar move by PepsiCo Inc aimed at cutting costs and streamlining innovation and decision-making.
April 16- Coca-Cola Co reported a lower quarterly profit on Tuesday and announced a deal to sell some territory held by its company-owned bottling system to five independent bottlers.
The five bottlers are Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated, Coca-Cola Bottling Co United Inc, Swire Coca-Cola USA, Coca-Cola Bottling Co High Country and Corinth Coca-Cola Bottling Works Inc..