Coca-Cola Grants Additional Territories To Swire Coca-Cola

(RTTNews) - Coca-Cola Co. (KO) Friday said it plans to grant additional territories to Swire Coca-Cola, USA, a subsidiary of Swire Pacific Limited's Beverages Division, including the cities of Seattle, Spokane, Wash., Portland, Ore., and a wide area of the Pacific Northwest. Financial terms are not disclosed.

Swire Coca-Cola has signed a letter of intent to expand its existing territories in the United States to include parts of Washington, Idaho and Oregon and to acquire cold-fill production facilities in Bellevue, Wash., near Seattle, and in Wilsonville, Ore., near Portland.

The Company has also reached a Definitive Agreement with Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution, L.L.C., a Reyes Holdings company based in Rosemont, Ill., for additional territories in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan and Iowa.