• March 11, 2008

The company acquired the Cen-Tex Coca-Cola Bottling Co., a franchised bottling company in Mexia, Texas.

Owned and operated by the Browning family, Cen-Tex serves customers in Mexia and surrounding communities in Limestone and Freestone counties. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

Coca-Cola Enterprises is the world's largest marketer, distributor and producer of bottle and can liquid nonalcoholic refreshment. CCE sells approximately 80% 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.--Nina M. Lentini