• It is the world's largest
producer of soft drinks.
Not exact matches
Based in Monterrey, Mexico, the newly formed company, born from the merger between Coca - Cola regional bottlers and distributors Embotelladoras Arca and Grupo Continental, now stands as the second largest distributor
of the
soft drink producer's portfolio
of brands in Latin America, as well as the fourth - largest in the world.
The National
Soft Drink Producers Association, which includes Coca - Cola Femsa SAB and Arca Continental SAB, Latin America's biggest Coca - Cola bottlers, estimates that a 1 peso per - liter soda tax would result in the loss
of 20,000 jobs, from workers who cut sugar cane to those in factories.
But this isn't a tax on all sugar; the levy directly targets the
producers and importers
of sugary
soft drinks to encourage them to remove added sugar, promote diet
drinks, and reduce portion sizes for high sugar
drinks.
Leading
producers from overseas presented the full spectrum
of beverages ranging from water and
soft drinks to functional
drinks, coffee and tea as well as wine, beer and spirits.
The nation's leading
soft -
drink producers have come up with voluntary guidelines that would restrict the sale
of sodas in schools, but critics say the move will have almost no impact where the problem is worst — in high schools.
In 2012, Christy helped win a patent infringement case in the Middle District
of Florida for the primary
producer of paperboard packaging for the
soft drink industry.