Acquisitions
The company has a long history of acquisitions. Coca-Cola acquired Minute Maid in 1960,[5] the Indian cola brand Thums Up in 1993,[6] and Barqs in 1995.[7] In 2001, it acquired the Odwalla brand of fruit juices, smoothies, and bars for $181 million.[8][9] In 2007, it acquired Fuze Beverage from founder Lance Collins and Castanea Partners for an estimated $250 million.[10][11] The companys 2009 bid to buy a Chinese juice maker ended when China rejected its $2.4 billion bid for the Huiyuan Juice Group, on the grounds the resulting company would be a virtual monopoly.[12] Nationalism was also thought to be a reason for aborting the deal.[13] In 1982, Coca-Cola purchased Columbia Pictures for $692 million. It sold the movie studio to Sony, for $3 billion, in 1989.[14] In 2013, Coca-Cola finalized its purchase of ZICO, a coconut water company.[15][16][17] In 2011, the Coca-Cola company bought the rest of the organic tea company Honest Tea, after buying a 40% stake in the company in 2008.[18] In 2015, the company took a minority stake ownership in the cold pressed juice manufacturer, Suja Life LLC.[19][20]
Aconteceram aquisições nesse período, sim, @pennai, mas não sei se são o motivo da queda de rendimento e aumento da dívida da empresa.
The Coca-Cola Company - Wikipedia
