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Coca-Cola Amatil Limited
Company type	Public company (until 2021)
Industry	Beverage
Predecessor	British Tobacco (Australia)
Founded	1904
Fate	Merged with Coca-Cola European Partners in 2021 to form Coca-Cola Europacific Partners
Headquarters	Sydney, Australia
Area served	Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Samoa
Key people	Alison Watkins (group managing director at time of merger), Ilana Atlas (board chairman at time of merger)
Products	Non-alcoholic beverages, beer, coffee, alcoholic beverages
Owner	The Coca-Cola Company (approximately one-third ownership)
Number of employees	14,700 (2014)

Adapted from the English Wikipedia article Barista Bros, available under CC BY-SA 4.0Updated 11 August 2025

Coca-Cola Amatil Limited (CCAL) operated as an Australian bottler of non-alcoholic beverages from its inception in 1904 until its 2021 merger with Coca-Cola European Partners, resulting in the creation of Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. It was recognized as one of the largest bottlers of ready-to-drink non-alcoholic beverages in the Asia-Pacific region and ranked among the top five global Coca-Cola bottlers. CCAL maintained operations in six countries: Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and Samoa. The company’s production extended beyond soft drinks to include beer and coffee.

Products

The diverse range offered by CCA encompassed carbonated soft drinks, spring water, sports drinks, energy drinks, fruit juices, iced tea, flavoured milk, as well as coffee, tea, and alcoholic beverages. Coca-Cola Amatil distributed various sparkling, still, and non-alcoholic drinks, including:

Water

Mount Franklin Water
Pump
Neverfail
Peats Ridge Pure
AdeS (Indonesia)
Aquarius Water
Kiwi Blue (New Zealand)
Pure Drop (New Zealand)
Nature's Own Water (Papua New Guinea)

Non-alcoholic beverages

Coca-Cola
Diet Coke
Coca-Cola Vanilla
Leed
Sprite
Sprite Zero
Fanta
Lift
Lemon & Paeroa
Deep Spring
Mother
Kirks
Bisleri
Glaceau Vitamin Water
Powerade
e2
Nestea
Australian Bitters Company
Goulburn Valley
Grinders Coffee
Lift plus
Kiwi Blue
Keri Juice
Rose's Cordial Lemon
Fuze Tea
Barista Bros
Bu Energy Drink

Alcoholic beverages

Beer & cider

Hot beverages

[Grinders Coffee]]
[Romanza coffee]]
[FIX Coffee]]

Countries served

By December 2014, Coca-Cola Amatil had a workforce of approximately 14,700 employees spanning six countries within the Asia-Pacific region. The company was responsible for bottling Coca-Cola products in Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and Samoa.

Ownership

Coca-Cola Amatil was publicly traded on the Australian Securities Exchange, with about one-third of its shares owned by The Coca-Cola Company, mirroring the beverage giant’s holdings in other key bottlers worldwide. Additionally, Amatil and The Coca-Cola Company jointly possessed ownership of Coca-Cola Bottling Indonesia (CCBI).

History

The company was established in 1903 under the name British Tobacco (Australia), initially operating within the tobacco sector. It ventured into the soft drink market in 1964 by acquiring Coca-Cola Bottlers in Perth. The firm became publicly traded on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1972. Subsequently, it redirected its business emphasis toward beverages and snack products, adopting the name Allied Manufacturing and Trade Industries Limited in 1973 before rebranding as Amatil Limited in 1977. Growth continued with the purchase of a Coca-Cola bottling facility in Australia in 1982 and expansion into Fiji and New Zealand markets by 1987. In 1989, The Coca-Cola Company secured a majority ownership stake; concurrently, Amatil divested from cigarette production by selling WD & HO Wills to British American Tobacco.

By 1992, the company had divested its snack food operations, and in 1998, its European divisions were spun off as Coca-Cola Beverages. Expansion into Asia persisted, though bottling operations in the Philippines were transferred to San Miguel Brewery and The Coca-Cola Company. Amatil maintained key manufacturing sites within Australia located at Northmead, North Sydney, Richlands, Moorabbin (Victoria), and Hazelmere. In early 2017, Amatil declared plans to close its Thebarton facility near Adelaide by early 2019 due to limited room for growth, with production shifting predominantly to Richlands.

Between 2006 and 2011, Amatil engaged in a joint venture named Pacific Beverages alongside SABMiller to distribute products within Australia. Following SABMiller's acquisition of Foster's Group in 2011, Foster's divested its Fiji and Samoa operations to Amatil in 2012.

In May 2021, Coca-Cola European Partners completed a A$9.8 billion acquisition of CCA, forming the world's largest Coca-Cola bottler under the name Coca-Cola Europacific Partners. At that time, group managing director was Alison Watkins with Ilana Atlas serving as board chairman.

Container deposit schemes

Between 2011 and 2013, Coca-Cola Amatil opposed proposed container deposit initiatives in both the Northern Territory and Western Australia. During this period, former Northern Territory treasurer Delia Lawrie accused Coca-Cola of financially supporting her political adversaries to resist the scheme; these allegations were denied by the company.

In 2013, Coca-Cola Amatil joined Schweppes and Lion in mounting a legal challenge against the Northern Territory Government’s 'Cash for Containers' recycling program. Their argument centered on an alleged violation of Australia's Mutual Recognition Act 1992, which mandates that goods legally sold in one Australian state should be permitted for sale in others without additional regulatory barriers. The beverage companies claimed that the scheme imposed varying production requirements across states, infringing upon this principle. The Federal Court ruled favorably for these companies. This verdict triggered significant public disapproval including calls for boycotts and widespread criticism on social media platforms.

Coca-Cola Amatil labeled the Cash for Containers program as inefficient and expensive, advocating instead for a "National Bin Network" solution. While the Council of Australian Governments estimated the cost of implementing a nationwide container deposit system between $1.4 billion and $1.76 billion, research from the Boomerang Alliance indicated possible savings reaching $84 million. Organizations such as Keep Australia Beautiful and the Boomerang Alliance endorsed these schemes as supplementary measures to Cash for Containers but contended that alone they would have minimal influence on boosting recycling rates.

Former Northern Territory Chief Minister Terry Mills committed to continuing support for Cash for Containers and encouraged other states and territories to adopt similar initiatives.

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