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Meet The Markets: Introducing New Zealand
10/02/2022
Next up in our CCEP Meet The Markets series, showcasing our amazing teams across the globe, we're travelling over 18,000km from Germany to New Zealand.
MEET THE MARKETS: NEW ZEALAND
About Us
In New Zealand, we prepare, sell, and distribute more than 32 non-alcoholic beverage brands to nearly 18,000 customer outlets. We’re proud to distribute Coca-Cola’s trademark products, as well as Sprite, Fanta, Lift, Schweppes, Powerade, Mother, Deep Spring and FUZE Tea.
We also produce locally loved brands including Lemon & Paeroa, Kiwi Blue, Zephyr Coffee and Keri Juice.
We directly employ approximately 1,000 people across New Zealand with our major manufacturing sites in Auckland, Putāruru and Christchurch.
Employees
Beverage Brands
Customer Outlets
OUR PEOPLE & COMMUNITIES
We were proud to be named one of New Zealand's best employers for six consecutive years, with us receiving the HRD Employer of Choice in 2021. We’re recognised as one of New Zealand’s best employers for work-life balance, health and wellbeing, career progression, and more – with engagement scores averaging above 80 percent.
We also strive to be a place of inclusivity and received both the Rainbow Tick in 2014 and Gender Tick in 2018 – we have since been reaccredited every year. The accreditation provides independent validation that an organisation’s people, policies, and processes promote a positive, inclusive workplace.
We’re always looking for ways to give back to our communities. We support programmes for social cohesion through events such as Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park in Auckland and Christchurch.
Coca-Cola Christmas in the Park New Zealand
KEY FACTS & FIGURES
Consecutive years of revenue growth in New Zealand
Coolers installed across the country
Sites - including offices, production and distribution facilities
SUSTAINABILITY INITIATIVES
Over half the plastic bottles we produce in New Zealand are made from 100% recycled plastic, including:
Over 50% of Coca-Cola Trademark sales in supermarkets are no sugar variety, and in New Zealand we have a 20% sugar reduction target across our portfolio by 2025 (2015 baseline).
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Recycled plastic in all water brands
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Recycled plastic in all bottles under 1L
VOLUME MIX
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Coca-Cola Trademark
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Flavours, Mixers & Energy
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Hydration
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Ready to Drink Tea/Coffee, Juices, Other
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Alcohol & Hot Coffee
New Zealand & Pacific Island volume mix (2020)
DID YOU KNOW?
- Our history dates back to 1907 when The Paeroa Natural Mineral Water Company created Lemon & Paeroa. We became Coca-Cola Amatil in the early 1990s and are now proudly part of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners.
- The Coca-Cola Christmas In The Park concerts in Auckland and Christchurch have been held every year since 1994 with (postponed in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID restrictions).
- We have a long service award every year to celebrate our people’s tenure. The current longest serving team member has been with the business for over 40 years!
We’re proud of our business in New Zealand and to serve so many of the country’s leading customers with some of the world’s best-loved drinks.
While we’re part of an incredible global business, we employ, invest, manufacture, and distribute regionally. This local knowledge and expertise ensures we can best support our customers and create value though our service and brands – as well as growing our own business sustainably.
Supporting our local communities is a central part of our work and we’re keenly involved with grassroots and larger-scale philanthropic work. For example, since 1994, we’ve put together the Coca-Cola Christmas In the Park community event for Auckland and Christchurch. The free musical extravaganza provides a magical experience for thousands of families in New Zealand as well as raise money for our key charity partner Youthline.
We were recently recognised as the world’s best Coca-Cola bottler. It is our employees that make our business great and our success is down to the passion and dedication they bring to work every day.