Coca-Cola México | The Coca-Cola Company (2024)

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Who owns Mexico Coca-Cola? ›

The company is owned 47.9% by FEMSA, 28.1% by The Coca-Cola Company and the remaining interest trades on the New York Stock Exchange and the Mexico City Stock Exchange. The company is headquartered in Monterrey.

Arca Continental produces, distributes and sells beverages under The Coca-Cola Company brand, as well as snacks under the brands of Bokados in Mexico, Inalecsa in Ecuador and Wise and Deep River in the U.S.

Coca‑Cola FEMSA produces, markets, sells and distributes mainly The Coca‑Cola Company's beverage portfolio.

We serve more than 272 million people through 2.1 million points of sale, operating 56 bottling plants and 251 distribution centers in 9 countries in Latin America, covering territories in Mexico, Brazil, Guatemala, Colombia, Argentina, and, nationwide, in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama and Uruguay.

Taste. Mexican co*ke is often sold in the United States to cater to both the "nostalgic factors" it evokes and the perception that it tastes different from the U.S. product, which uses corn sweetener instead of cane sugar. Results from taste tests have been mixed.

American co*ke is made with high-fructose corn syrup, while Mexican co*ke is made with cane sugar. Advocates for Mexican co*ke swear that the kind made with cane sugar has a more real and less chemical-ey taste, but the two sources of sugar aren't so different.

Many Coca-Cola fans believe that Mexican co*ke tastes more “natural” than its American cousin. This difference in taste is due to the fact that American-made co*ke switched over to using high fructose corn syrup as a sweetening agent in 1980. Mexican co*ke continued using cane sugar to sweeten its version.

Hipsters and the trendy restaurants they patronize have known about Mexican co*ke for some time now, and bodegas in Los Angeles have stocked it to appeal to their Mexican-American customers. But in recent years, Mexican co*ke has been appearing in the wide aisles of Costco, signaling a broader interest.

American co*ke is made with high-fructose corn syrup and Mexican co*ke is crafted with cane sugar. Cane sugar is less processed than high-fructose corn syrup, so it offers a more natural — some would say purer or more clean-tasting — version of the drink.

Strangely, Dr Pepper is only owned by Coca Cola in its European and South Korean markets. Everywhere else it is sold is managed by the Keurig Dr Pepper company.

Is Pepsi owned by Coca-Cola? ›

Pepsi is not owned by Coca-Cola. The two companies have competed for more than 100 years and are the world's biggest beverage companies. They effectively have a duopoly in the beverages sector, though they do compete with smaller companies like Keurig Dr Pepper (NASDAQ:KDP).

Coca Cola in Chinese is 可口可乐 (Kěkǒukělè). The Chinese characters literally mean “to permit the mouth to be able to rejoice”. What is Google's brand name in Chinese? In Chinese, the characters picked for Google are 谷歌 (gǔ gē.)

Mexicans are the largest consumers of co*ke, and consumers in the country drink 745 co*ke beverages a year. After “o*k”, “Coca-Cola” is the second most-known phrase in the world. Coca-Cola has a product portfolio exceeding 3,500 beverages and 500 brands.

A gusto for bubbles

This trend is also clearly visible in consumer behavior as Coca-Cola is incontestably the top beverage brand in the country.

The pure cane sugar Coca-Cola is made in Mexico expressly for export to the United States. The version with high fructose corn syrup has the same calorie count and, as I said, contains markings that indicate it is sold in Mexico, too.

This line of co*ke products is produced in Mexico and was originally imported into the U.S. to appeal to Mexican immigrants who were more familiar with that formula of the iconic soft drink.

The ownership structure of Coca-Cola (KO) stock is a mix of institutional, retail and individual investors. Approximately 35.75% of the company's stock is owned by Institutional Investors, 5.83% is owned by Insiders and 58.42% is owned by Public Companies and Individual Investors.

Largest shareholders include Berkshire Hathaway Inc, Vanguard Group Inc, BlackRock Inc., State Street Corp, VTSMX - Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Investor Shares, VFINX - Vanguard 500 Index Fund Investor Shares, Jpmorgan Chase & Co, Geode Capital Management, Llc, Fmr Llc, and Morgan Stanley .

Looking at total consumption figures by country, the number varies from year to year, but Mexico holds the honor as of 2023, with an average of 634 8-ounce servings consumed per year by the 128 million residents, slightly down from 665 reported in 2016.