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Arca Continental, S.A.B. de C.V., together with its subsidiaries, produces, distributes, and sells non-alcoholic beverages in Mexico, Peru, the United States, Argentina, and Ecuador. It operates through Beverages and Other segments. The company's products include soft drinks, milk whole/light/flavored, fruit/soy, and energy/sports drinks; water; tea; sugar/candies; coffee; ice cream snow/cones; yogurt/cream cheese; potato, plantain, and tortilla chips; corn puffs, popcorn, pork rinds, peanuts/seeds, sauces/dips, and baked goods; and other carbonated and non-carbonated, and dairy beverages. It sells its products under the Coca-Cola Company, Aybal, DASANI, Ciel, Cepita Del Valle, Del Valle, Aquarius, Minute Maid, POWERADE, Fuze Tea, Ingenio Famaillá, Dulna, El Manjar Toni, Golos, Lato, BLaK, DUNKIN´DONUTS, Toni, Santa Clara, fairlife, Topsy, Tortolines, Prispas, Enre2, Tostitos, Bony, La Abeja, Bokados, Inalecsa, and Wise and Deep River brand names. The company sells its non-alcoholic beverages under the Coca-Cola Company brand; and snacks under the Bokados, Wise, Deep River, and other brands. The company was formerly known as Embotelladoras Arca, S. A. B. de C. V. Arca Continental, S.A.B. de C.V. is based in Monterrey, Mexico.
Arca Continental
Arca Continental, was created in 2001 as a merger of three of the oldest bottlers in Mexico: Argos, Arma, and Procor. This merger created the second-largest Coca-Cola bottler in Mexico. At that time, the company distributed its products in Northern Mexico.
Merger with Continental
In 2011, Arca and Grupo Continental —a Coca-Cola bottler headquartered in Tampico, Tamaulipas—agreed to merge into Arca Continental. Estimates at the time of the merger suggested that sales would be about 1.2bn.
Acquisitions
Embotelladoras Arca Continental fuel its growth during the 2000s by acquiring companies in Mexico, Argentina, and Ecuador. In 2017, Arca Continental announced the closing of a transaction with The Coca-Cola Company to acquire Great Plains Coca-Cola Bottling Company. This acquisition operates in some areas of the Southwestern United States, including the Texas, parts of Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Arkansas. In May 2018, Arca Continental announced the construction of the first new bottling plant in the United States in over a decade. The new $250 million plant has been fully operational since March 2020.
Mission: To generate maximum value for our customers, associates, communities and stockholders, satisfying our consumers' expectations at all times with the highest quality products and services.
Vision: To be leaders in beverages and snack food consumption for every occasion in all the markets in which we participate, focusing on profitability and sustainability.
