Coke Enterprises Outlook Disappoints
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Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (CCE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world&#39;s largest bottler of Coca-Cola soft drinks, on Thursday forecast its earnings in 2005 would be at
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Coca-Cola Co. said Thursday it anticipates weakness in several key markets in 2005 and lowered long-term targets for both volume and operating income growth.
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Coca-Cola Co. KO.N on Thursday  reported a 24 percent drop in quarterly net income due to weak  sales of its soft drinks, juices and bottled waters in Germany  and other key markets.
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Coca-Cola (KO) reported a 24% drop in third-quarter profit on flat revenue, but beat analysts&#39; reduced expectations that were issued after the beverage giant&#39;s previous warnings.
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As its rivals have diversified and taken risks, the Coca-Cola Company has struggled to reinvent itself.
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Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc  reported quarterly earnings in line with estimates, as price increases driven by rising aluminum and sweetener costs cut into demand in North America.
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Coca-Cola yesterday sharply reduced its long-term profit and sales targets, reflecting the entrenched slump that the world&#39;s largest soft drinks firm has found itself in.
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Soft drink giant Coca-Cola Co. (KO.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , stung by a prolonged downturn in North America, Germany and other major markets, on Thursday lowered its key long-term earnings and sales targets.
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US stock-index futures dropped after Coca-Cola Co., Xilinx Inc., and Tribune Co. said sales or earnings will miss forecasts. ``Profits and outlooks are falling short and that will disappoint
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Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (CCE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , the world&#39;s largest bottler of Coca-Cola drinks, reported on Thursday a 20-percent drop in quarterly profit
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Coke (KO) lowered its long-term targets for earnings and sales volume growth amid continuing weakness in key markets including North America, said it missed the health trend, and said it plans to boost spending on marketing its core brands
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Competition makes for a dreary outlook for the company.
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Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc., the world&#39;s largest bottler of Coke products, on Thursday said profits fell in the third quarter as the company wrestled with a soft retail environment and a decline in soft drink consumption.
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Coca-Cola, the world's largest maker of soft drinks, issues a profit warning blaming "challenging operating conditions in key markets".
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Coca-Cola Co.  on Thursday reported a 24 percent drop in third-quarter net income due to weak sales of its soft drinks, juices and bottled waters in Germany, North America and other key markets.
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The Coca-Cola organisation yesterday blamed poor sales in the US and Europe, bad weather, new recycling laws and a lukewarm welcome for a new &quot;mid-calorie&quot; Coke as it issued a profit warning.
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CHICAGO (CBS.MW) -- Coca-Cola on Thursday posted a 24 percent drop in quarterly profit and said the company is &quot;off our proper growth course,&quot; hampered by weak sales growth and one-time charges.