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BUILDING A BETTER WAYTOGETHER

Generating$189.3 BILLION

in direct economic impact

Designing100%

RECYCLABLEbeverage containers220+

members

When we come together we have a greater impact on the issues that matter most.

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Providing$20.8 BILLIONin wages and benefits, far above the national

average

Providing$31.1 BILLION

in federal taxes

Contributing

$1.5 BILLIONto charitable causes

Providing$19.9 BILLION

in state taxesCreating more than

264,000family-supporting

jobs to U.S. workers

The beverage industry has grown and evolved a great deal over the past 100 years, and our commitment to being a unified voice on behalf of our customers, consumers and communities remains as strong as ever. At our centennial celebration in October, we were privileged to recognize 11 charter members that have been with us since our beginning, reinforcing just how deep our industry’s roots are woven into the fabric of America. It is that local impact that makes our stories so personal and powerful.

Expanding on our ongoing sustainability efforts, we launched our Every Bottle Back initiative to communicate the unique value of our 100% recyclable plastic bottles and reduce our plastic footprint. This is an unprecedented coalition of The Coca-Cola Company, Keurig Dr Pepper, PepsiCo and leading environmental and sustainability organizations. Our bottles are designed to be remade, and we’re reminding consumers that they’re 100% recyclable,

including through a voluntary message on packages beginning in late 2020. To support their efforts to give them back, we’re investing $100 million into improving the recovery and reclaiming of our bottles.

Choice and innovation remain bedrocks of this industry, and because of that, we are able to work together to offer more effective solutions to complex health challenges. Through our national advertising campaign, we highlighted how companies are ramping up their offerings of beverages with reduced sugar or no sugar at all, as well as smaller package sizes, so that families have more options available in the grocery aisle. The latest independent evaluation shows the second consecutive year of progress toward achieving our national calorie reduction goal, a result of various collaborative actions by America’s leading beverage companies. We recognize that consumers want our support in providing more beverage options for their families, rather than

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discriminatory taxes. That is why our coalitions continue to push back on beverage taxes that disproportionately impact working families and small businesses. And this year we faced the fewest tax proposals of any year in the last decade, reinforcing there is a better way.

Strengthening local ties is also of the utmost importance to our industry. Throughout the year we connected with local officials and community organizations, discussing how our goals align on economic and societal issues in the neighborhoods where we live, work and play. Our partnerships with city leaders on health and environmental programs can have lasting results for communities. We’re also actively addressing trade issues, the driver shortage and transparency in aluminum pricing, strategic issues that directly impact our local jobs and businesses in every corner of the country.

By taking bold actions together, that is how we inspire and sustain confidence in our industry.

In fact, by doing so our industry has its highest favorability ratings in a decade! We know that the hard work done by the concentrate companies, bottlers as the local faces of our industry, as well as the ABA team, are integral to our ongoing success. We thank the ABA Board, officers and membership for your leadership and engagement on this exciting journey. We look forward to building on our collective legacy, by advancing better way solutions for our customers, our industry and the generations to come.

Cheers,


Katherine Lugar President and Chief Executive Officer

Kirk Tyler Chair, Board of Directors; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company


COMMITTED TO GETTING

EVERY BOTTLE BACKOur plastic bottles are made to be remade

Every Bottle Back is a new, groundbreaking initiative led by The Coca-Cola Company, Keurig Dr Pepper and PepsiCo to reduce our industry’s use of new plastic. We’re partnering with preeminent environmental and sustainability leaders—World Wildlife Fund, The Recycling Partnership and Closed Loop Partners—to support a more circular system for our bottles and ensure they don’t end up as waste in oceans, rivers or beaches.

Our plastic bottles are unique and were never intended to be single use. We are carefully designing them to be 100% recyclable—even the caps. They’re made from a plastic called PET, a light, strong, valuable and in-demand material that is easy to recycle and make into new plastic bottles and other everyday products. Simply put, our bottles are made to be remade.

A LEGACY OF INNOVATION

Since 1919, we’ve proudly represented an iconic industry that is part of the fabric of America. Here is a look at the evolution of the industry and of our association.

(From left) PepsiCo Beverages North America’s Kirk Tanner, Keurig Dr Pepper’s Derek Hopkins, ABA’s Katherine Lugar, World Wildlife Fund’s Sheila Bonini and The Coca-Cola Company’s Jim Dinkins announce the Every Bottle Back initiative at the National Press Club during the Centennial Advocacy Summit in October.


1919 The bottling industry comes together to form its first trade association, the American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages.

1942 During World War II, the beverage industry joined the War Salvage Campaign, setting an ambitious goal of collecting 120 million pounds of scrap metal to donate to war efforts.

Reminding consumers of the value of our 100% recyclable plastic bottles and

caps through voluntary messaging on our packages

Improving the quality and availability of recycled plastic across the country by directing the equivalent of $400 million to The Recycling Partnership and Closed Loop Partners

Measuring industry progress in reducing the use of new plastic in the United States through a collaboration with World Wildlife Fund’s ReSource: Plastic hub

Launching a public awareness campaign to reinforce the importance of getting our 100% recyclable plastic bottles back so they can be remade

“ It’s clear, working together we’re better. When companies and governments pair their unique influence to solve for different parts of the problem, we have the ability to make meaningful impact and fix broken systems.” Sheila Bonini Senior Vice President of Private Sector Engagement World Wildlife Fund

“ Initiatives like Every Bottle Back are a much-needed step in the right direction in an environment in which almost half of the municipalities in the United States remain without comprehensive recycling service.” Ron Gonen Chief Executive Officer Closed Loop Partners

Keefe Harrison Chief Executive Officer The Recycling Partnership


1953 Beverage companies were among the founding members of Keep America Beautiful, an organization dedicated to end littering, improve recycling and beautify America.

1957 The use of aluminum in can making is introduced, paving the way for its use by the soft drink industry several years later.

Beverage Companies Aim To Get Bottles Recycled, Not Trashed

ABA’s Kevin Keane (far right) joins (from left) The Coca-Cola Company’s Caren Pasquale Seckler, Keurig Dr Pepper’s Monique Oxender and PepsiCo’s Paul Boykas at the Centennial Advocacy Summit for a discussion on plastics and sustainability.

The Congressional Plastics Solutions Task Force is briefed by ABA staff and member company representatives about the industry’s efforts to reduce the amount of new plastic in the environment through Every Bottle Back.

More than 27 MILLION media impressions

generated at launch


BUILDING ON OUR HISTORY TO

PROTECT THE PLANET

1958 The first diet cola enters the market.

1962 The pull-ring tab, which would come off completely to be discarded, is invented and later appears on RC Cola and Diet-Rite Cola.

We’re also partnering with local and state governments and environmental groups to minimize our impact on the environment—by conserving water, reducing our carbon footprint and making recycling as easy as possible. This work also includes innovating recycling technologies and sustainable packaging.

We’ve saved 100s of

millions of pounds of raw materials

through lightweighting and packaging innovation.

By replacing coolers that use hydrofluorocarbons,

it’s like we’re taking 15 million cars off the road.

We’ve reduced our

water use ratio by 14%

over five years.

We’ve donated more than 1 million recycling bins

to more than 1,000 communities.


When it comes to reducing sugar in the American diet, we’re leading the way. America’s beverage companies are continuing to provide families with new and reformulated beverage choices with reduced sugar or zero sugar and in smaller portion sizes. We’re engaging with public health and community organizations on awareness campaigns to empower choice. And families are embracing these choices as a better way solution to managing their sugar intake than regressive policies that only add to the already high cost of living. The latest independent evaluation shows the second consecutive year of a national decline in calories Americans get from beverages, another step toward achieving our goal of a 20% reduction in beverage calories consumed per person nationally by 2025. And we expect to see continued strong declines in the communities where we have more focused efforts underway.

Spreading Our “Balance” MessageWe know that parents are looking to reduce sugar in their families’ diet, and they want and expect our support. In a national television and digital advertising campaign, we emphasized how the three leading beverage companies are supporting them by providing more choices in the beverage aisle and clear calorie labels on every bottle, can and pack. The campaign featured television and digital advertising, social media and podcasts; and was featured on major channels and platforms, including ABC, CBS, CNN, Hulu and NBC News.

MAKING A LASTING IMPACT ON

BALANCED LIFESTYLES

1966 The American Bottlers of Carbonated Beverages is renamed the National Soft Drink Association.

1973 The polyethylene terephthlate (PET) bottle, which would become a 100% recyclable package for soft drinks and bottled water, is patented by chemist Nathaniel Wyeth.

More than 197 MILLION

media impressionsgenerated


1974 The stay-on tab is invented, making it easier to open cans and reducing packaging waste.

1980 The U.S. Congress passes the “Soft Drink InterBrand Competition Act,” which clarifies the circumstances under which territorial provisions in licenses to manufacture, distribute and sell trademarked soft drink products are lawful under antitrust laws.

We teamed up with GENYOUth’s

AdVenture Capital program for the “Find Your Balance

Challenge,” where more than 60 high school students from the

Washington, D.C., area worked with 20 volunteer mentors to form ideas to improve nutrition and physical activity

in their schools and communities. Winning schools were awarded

funds to kick-start these projects.

“ We could not do these events without the support of partners who… are committed to advancing healthy school communities.”Alexis Glick Chief Executive Officer GENYOUth

50% of all beverages sold contain

ZERO SUGAR

Source: Beverage Marketing Corporation

The Oregon Beverage Association hosts a Beverage Showcase at the state capitol in Salem, Ore., to display the wide range of options available today.

State lawmakers and their staff learn more about the industry’s leadership in providing choice at the Alabama Beverage Association’s Beverage Showcase.


We’re continuing our proactive, collaborative efforts to advance meaningful solutions for our economy and prevent narrow and regressive legislation that is too imposing on consumers or ineffective for the environment.

ADVOCATING FOR

BETTER WAY SOLUTIONS

2004 The National Soft Drink Association is renamed the American Beverage Association to better represent the wide portfolio of beverage choices our member companies manufacture and distribute.

2006 ABA, along with The Coca-Cola Company, Dr Pepper Snapple Group and PepsiCo, join with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to develop and implement National School Beverage Guidelines that remove full-calorie soft drinks from all K-12 schools and replace them with more lower-calorie and smaller-portion options.

EXPANDING THE POOL OF ELIGIBLE DRIVERSAs an industry that provides hundreds of thousands of great-paying jobs, many of them truck drivers who serve as the local faces of our businesses, we joined a multi-industry coalition of more than 50 trade associations supporting the Developing Responsible Individuals for a Vibrant Economy (DRIVE-Safe) Act. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation allows qualified candidates under the age of 21 to obtain a commercial driver’s license (CDL) for interstate commerce and kick-start their careers in the trucking industry. It also instills a culture of safety, requiring every newly qualified driver to participate in specialized training with rigorous performance benchmarks. As our nation faces an impending driver shortage, this is a real solution that bolsters workforce development while also supporting business.

ABA Fly-In attendees discuss transportation issues with lawmakers on Capitol Hill.


2010 For the first time, America’s leading beverage companies come together in an advertising campaign to inform Americans about the industry’s efforts to change the school beverage landscape through our National School Beverage Guidelines.

2010 In support of First Lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move!” program, the industry announces it will voluntarily place clear calorie labels on the front of every bottle, can and pack they produce.

ADVANCING FREE TRADE AND TRANSPARENCY The cost of aluminum, a critical packaging component for our industry, has skyrocketed, adding nearly half a billion dollars in additional manufacturing costs to local bottlers and brewers. We joined a robust coalition to address the various issues associated with the market changes, working toward greater transparency for the benefit of the entire beverage sector. We advocated for passage of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) to continue access and tariff-free trade with Canada and Mexico, which together account for nearly 40% of U.S. aluminum imports. We are pleased that Congress and the Administration have agreed on legislation that will advance the agreement. Strong ties with our closest neighbors bolsters our industry, in turn helping us to create more jobs and drive innovation.

ABA’s Amy Hancock (far left) joins allied trade association executives and trade policy experts, (from left) National Association of Manufacturers’ Linda Dempsey, Beer Institute’s Jim McGreevy and CRU’s Doug Hilderhoff, at ABA’s Centennial Advocacy Summit for a discussion on increasing transparency in the aluminum market.

USMCA will create

+176,000new U.S. jobs


PROTECTING CONSUMER CHOICE AND LOCAL JOBS Our industry is committed to being a voice for consumers across the country who are speaking out against onerous taxes and regulations on our beverages. In California, bills proposed this year included: regulating the marketing of sugar-sweetened beverages, such as couponing and checkout aisle placement; requiring safety warnings on sugar-sweetened beverage containers; and taxing both sugar-sweetened beverages and their distributors within the state. Our industry and allies galvanized, sharing why these bills were misguided. Ultimately, they did not garner sufficient support to move forward. In Connecticut, local citizens, businesses, community organizations and beverage companies formed the Keep Connecticut Affordable coalition to defeat a beverage tax that was included in the Governor’s proposed budget. Meanwhile, a proposed local excise tax on beverages was overwhelmingly voted down in Alaska’s northernmost town, Utqiagvik. This strong opposition reinforces what we know: there are better ways to reduce the amount of sugar people get from beverages than a tax that places an unfair burden on families and neighborhood businesses already struggling with the high cost of living.

2011 The industry launches the Calories Count™ Beverage Vending Program to provide clear calorie information on vending machines, encourage lower calorie beverage choices and remind consumers that “calories count” in all the choices they make.

2011 The industry forms the American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America to support charitable programs at community organizations that work to advance both the physical health of their citizens and environmental health of their communities.

“ This is our territory. This is our neighborhood. This [tax] would definitely hit us.” Rob Metz General Manager Avery’s Beverages, New Britain, Conn.

In the nation’s capital, a 1.5-cent per ounce tax was introduced. The Alliance for an Affordable DC coalition stood up to oppose the proposal.


2014 ABA, The Coca-Cola Company, Dr Pepper Snapple Group and PepsiCo partner with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation to announce a landmark commitment to reduce beverage calories in the American diet.

2019 The industry announces the Every Bottle Back initiative to communicate the unique value of our 100% recyclable plastic bottles and commitment to a healthy environment.

PUSHING FOR UNIFORMITY IN TENNESSEEIn Tennessee, a state standardization bill passed ensuring that localities cannot impose their own beverage taxes, food regulations and plastic bans. This protects consumers and small businesses from a confusing patchwork of local legislation and additional expenses. We supported similar laws in several states over the years—including Arizona, California, Iowa, Michigan and Washington—to limit city and county governments from implementing discriminatory taxes or bans against our beverages and their containers. We remain vigilant in preventing discriminatory legislation that singles out our industry and its consumers.

URGING A MORE CIRCULAR ECONOMYThis year, California and Hawaii proposed single-use plastic bans that targeted our bottles. We successfully pushed for removal of our containers from the bills—they are designed to be 100% recyclable and are not single-use. In addition, the beverage industry worked with the authors of the legislation to set reasonable standards for requiring minimum recycled content in beverage containers in California, though the bill was ultimately vetoed over administrative concerns. Meanwhile, Connecticut and New York considered expansion of their bottle deposit programs to include PET containers. We engaged in conversations on fair, efficient and effective ways to increase the recovery of our plastic bottles, and we will continue to inform lawmakers and consumers that not all plastics are the same.

INFLUENCING THE GLOBAL CONVERSATIONIn September, the United Nations (UN) hosted a High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage, rejecting recommendations to tax our beverages as a way to combat public health issues. The International Council of Beverages Associations (ICBA) and a strong network of allied global and national beverage organizations worked diligently to achieve this positive outcome. Through ICBA’s efforts, we are seeing the UN and the World Health Organization (WHO) promote more collaboration with the private sector, recognizing the powerful role our industry can play.


The American Beverage Foundation for a Healthy America (ABFHA) supports local communities by providing grants to community organizations that work to advance both the physical health of their local citizens and the environmental health of their communities.

As part of this, the Foundation works with state associations to provide matching grants. Grantee programs included “Y on Wheels,” YMCA of Tuscaloosa’s mobile bus to deliver health, nutrition and physical activity programs to families outside Tuscaloosa, Ala., who lack public transportation; “ProActive Kids,” to bring fitness, nutrition and lifestyle coaching to Chicago children who struggle with obesity; “GB Parks Rx,” to prevent and reduce obesity in Green Bay, Wis., youth through parks and recreation programs; “Impact Silver Spring,” to broaden its efforts beyond youth sports programs to community clean-ups and upcycling workshops in Silver Spring, Md.; and “Fit2Play™,” to bring its afterschool curriculum for physical and nutritional wellness to Orlando, Fla., children.

SUPPORTING THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF

AMERICAN COMMUNITIES

As part of an ongoing partnership with the U.S. Conference of Mayors, the Foundation supports mayoral initiatives that tackle childhood obesity with innovative, common-sense programs. To date 40 cities have been awarded more than $3.1 million in grants through the Childhood Obesity Prevention Awards Program.

Findlay, Ohio, celebrates a

Childhood Obesity Prevention Award for its

“Keep Active, Keep Healthy” program to bring more

recreation opportunities to the city.

Richmond, Va., Mayor Levar Stoney

presents students from Bellevue Elementary

School’s Run Club with the first ever Mayor’s

Cup Award at a Fit4Kids event.

This year, six U.S. cities shared $445,000 in grants through the U.S. Conference of Mayors 2019 Childhood Obesity Prevention Awards. Grant recipients included Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti for “Universal Play (UP),” to increase access to recreational programs for youth at high-need recreation centers; Richmond, Va., Mayor Levar Stoney for “Fit4Kids,” to tackle childhood obesity at Title I Richmond public elementary schools; and Findlay, Ohio, former Mayor Lydia Mihalik for “Keep Active, Keep Healthy,” to provide youth with free sports and activities and free transportation as well.

In celebration of Global Recycling Day,

ABFHA and the Maryland-Delaware-D.C. Beverage Association support the

Bethesda Recycles program with a $25,000 grant toward installment of recycling bins

across Bethesda, Md.Members of the

ABFHA Board and staff visit grant winner The Campaign Against Hunger’s urban farm in

Far Rockaway, N.Y.

ABA team members join Girls on the Run DC for

its annual community fundraising 5k to promote

girl empowerment by teaching life skills through running.

In San Diego, Casa Familiar

receives a grant to help fund additional physical

activity promotion classes at many locations across the area.

When natural disasters occur throughout the country, the beverage industry steps up to support its customers, employees and fellow Americans when and where they need it most. We share the burden of these disasters because our people live, work and play in these communities every day.

In response to historic flooding devastating the Midwest, local bottling partners donated water, food and funds to hard-hit areas in their service territories. The Coca-Cola Foundation pledged $100,000 to the American Red Cross to provide immediate resources for emergency food and shelter across Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Nebraska. The Coca-Cola Company donated more than 36,000 bottles of water to the Native American Heritage Association, and Swire Coca-Cola, the local Coca-Cola bottler, provided volunteers to help distribute water to South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation.

To support disaster relief efforts in communities affected by hurricanes or tornadoes, beverage companies worked with local authorities and relief agencies to marshal additional resources and provide water and on-the-ground volunteer support. Keurig Dr Pepper donated more than 115,000 bottles and cans of water to support relief efforts this year, including during Hurricane Dorian, Tropical Depression Imelda, the tornadoes in Ohio and the water crisis in Newark, N.J.

The PepsiCo Foundation continued its efforts to help rebuild local communities impacted by Hurricane Florence. PepsiCo’s overall support included a $1 million donation from The PepsiCo Foundation, split between the American Red Cross and The Salvation Army, and more than 350,000 donated meals.

DISASTER RELIEF

ASSISTING LOCAL RELIEF EFFORTS IN THE COMMUNITIES WE CALL HOME


NEW HAMPSHIRE


INCREASING AWARENESS AND CONNECTIONSOur companies are rooted in local communities, providing thousands of great-paying, family-supporting jobs and delivering refreshing options to market each and every day. Across the country, we highlighted these local roots through tours of production facitilies and local markets. And we partnered with grassroots organizations and local businesses on consumer education and health initiatives to share who we are, how we innovate and what can be achieved when we all work together.

Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., tours Coca-Cola

Beverages Northeast’s production center in Londonderry, N.H.

At a Miami Lakes, Fla., supermarket,

representatives from Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, Keurig Dr Pepper and PepsiCo

highlight their joint efforts to bring more innovation and choice to the

beverage aisle, along with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation and the Florida Beverage Association. Miami Lakes

Mayor Manny Cid and Miami-Dade County Commissioner

Esteban Bovo attend.

State Rep. Gayle Manning, R-Ohio, and her

son State Sen. Nathan Manning, R-Ohio, tours the PepsiCo facility in

Elyria to learn about the economic impact in

their district.

State Rep. Meg Froelich, D-Colo.,

tours the Keurig Dr Pepper facility in

Denver.

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OFFICERS AND BOARD LIST

ABA TEAM

TREASURER CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERSECRETARYPRESIDENTCHAIR EX-OFFICIOVICE CHAIR

Ralph D. Crowley Jr.President andChief Executive OfficerPolar Beverages

Mark HammondExecutive Vice President andChief Financial OfficerAmerican Beverage Association

Amy E. HancockGeneral Counsel/Executive Vice President,Legal and Regulatory AffairsAmerican Beverage Association

Brian CharneskiPresidentL&E Bottling Company, Inc.

Katherine LugarPresident andChief Executive OfficerAmerican Beverage Association

Kirk TylerChairman and ChiefExecutive OfficerAtlantic Coca-ColaBottling Company

Jeffrey “Jeff” HonickmanChief Executive Officer Pepsi-Cola & National Brand Beverages, Ltd.

Bradley “Brad” GoistChief Operating Officer Refresco

Mark FrancoeurPresidentCoca-Cola Beverages Northeast

J. Frank Harrison IIIChairman andChief Executive OfficerCoca-Cola Consolidated

Sally HargisVice President and Chairman Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling Company

John KalilPresident Kalil Bottling Co.

Derek HopkinsChief Commercial Officer Keurig Dr Pepper

Paul FinneyPresident andChief Executive OfficerPepsi Bottling Ventures, LLC

Matthew DentPresident andChief Operating OfficerBuffalo Rock Company

Walter “Wally” Gross IIISenior Vice President, On-Premise G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers

Jim DinkinsPresident, Coca-ColaNorth AmericaThe Coca-Cola Company

Stefan KozakChief Executive Officer Red Bull North America, Inc.


Cliff RitchiePresident andChief Executive OfficerCarolina Beverage Corp.

Claude B. NielsenChairman of the BoardCoca-Cola BottlingCompany UNITED, Inc.

William “Bill” H. O’BrienChief Executive OfficerReyes Coca-Cola Bottling

Jack PeloPresident andChief Executive OfficerSwire Coca-Cola, USA

Paul MulliganCo-Founder andChief Executive OfficerLiberty Coca-ColaBeverages, LLC

Troy D. TaylorChairman andChief Executive OfficerCoca-Cola BeveragesFlorida, LLC

John TorgersonChief Executive Officer Bernick’s

James “Jim” TrebilcockChief Concentrate andInternational OfficerKeurig Dr Pepper

Kirk TannerChief Executive OfficerPepsiCo BeveragesNorth America

J. Andrew “Andy” MooreCo-President Bigfoot Beverages

Jeffrey “Jeff” Miles MingesChief Executive Officerand ChairmanMinges Bottling Group, Inc.

Simon LowdenChief Sustainability Officer PepsiCo

Derek LewisSouth Division President PepsiCo Beverages North America

Jeffrey “Jeff” S. LaschenChief Executive OfficerGreat Lakes Coca-Cola Bottling

Mark SchortmanPresident andChief Executive OfficerCoca-Cola SouthwestBeverages, LLC

Zoran VučinićChief Operating Officer US Bottler Delivered BrandsThe Coca-Cola Company


MEMBERSACTIVE MEMBERS9th Street Beverages, LLCABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages, LLC Aberdeen Coca-Cola Bottling CompanyAcadiana Bottling Company, Inc. Admiral Beverage Corporation Ale-8-One Bottling Co., Inc. Allen Beverages, Inc.Aloe Fresh Inc.Atlantic Coca-Cola Bottling Company Bernick’s Beverage Distribution Center, Inc. Big Geyser, Inc. (NIDA) Big Springs, Inc. Bigfoot Beverages Bink’s Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Britvic North America LLC Buffalo Rock Company C-B Beverage Corp.

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of International FallsCoca-Cola Bottling Company

of Kokomo, Indiana, Inc.

Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Minden, Inc.Coca-Cola Bottling Company of WillistonCoca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED, Inc.Coca-Cola Bottling Works

of Pulaski, Tennessee, Inc. Coca-Cola Bottling Works of Tullahoma, Inc.The Coca-Cola Company Coca-Cola ConsolidatedCoca-Cola of Southern Utah Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages, LLCCorinth Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc.Corwin Beverage Company CPF/Northeast Hot Fill Co-Ops The Dad’s Root Beer Company, LLC Dong-A America CorporationDr Pepper-Royal Crown Bottling CompanyDurango Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Durham Coca-Cola Bottling CompanyEpic Enterprises, Inc. Fitzgerald Brothers Beverages, Inc.G & J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, Inc.Geneva Club Beverage Co., Inc. Gillette Pepsi Company, Inc. Glendive Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc.Great Lakes Coca-Cola Bottling Green Bay Seven-Up Bottling Company, Inc.Gulf States Canners, Inc. Halmor CorporationHarbor Pacific Bottling Company, Inc.Hawaiian Sun Products, Inc.Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling CompanyIdaho Beverages, Inc. Jefferson City Coca-Cola Bottling CompanyKalil Bottling Co. Keurig Dr PepperThe Kraft Heinz Company L & E Bottling Company, Inc. Lakeside Bottling Company Leader Distribution Systems, Inc.

Lehrkind’s Inc. Liberty Coca-Cola Beverages LLCLinPepCo PartnershipLove Bottling Company The Made-Rite Company Magnolia Coca-Cola Bottling Company, Inc.Manhattan Special Bottling Corp. McDaid’s BeveragesMeridian Coca-Cola Bottling Company Mid-Continent Coca-Cola Bottling Group, Inc.Mid-Wisconsin Beverage, Inc. Middle Tennessee Dr Pepper

Bottling Company, Inc.Middlesboro Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Inc.Minges Bottling Group, Inc. Monster Beverage CorporationNackard Bottling CompanyNational Fruit Flavor Co., Inc. Nehi Bottling Company of ClevelandNei Bottling, Inc. Newberry Bottling Company, Inc. Niagara Bottling, LLCThe Odom Corporation Ozarks Coca-Cola/Dr Pepper Bottling CompanyPepsi Bottling Ventures, LLC Pepsi Northwest Beverages, LLC PepsiCo Americas Beverages PepsiCo Beverages North America PepsiCo, Inc.Pepsi-Cola Bottlers of LogansportPepsi-Cola Bottling Company

of Bennettsville, Inc. Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of BillingsPepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Brookfield, Inc.Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Central VirginiaPepsi-Cola Bottling Company

of Corbin, Kentucky, Inc.Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of DavenportPepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Hickory, Inc.

New/Reinstated Member Centennial Charter Member


Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of MarysvillePepsi-Cola Bottling Company of McAlester, Inc.Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of New Haven, Inc.Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company

of Northeast Wisconsin, Inc.Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of PipestonePepsi-Cola Bottling Company of WinfieldPepsi-Cola Bottling Company of Worcester, Inc.Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company of YakimaPepsi-Cola Memphis Bottling Company, Inc.Pepsi-Cola Newburgh BottlingPepsi-Cola of Florence LLC Pepsi-Cola of Greenville Polar Beverages Portland Bottling Company PurePlus Beverage Corp. Quail Mountain, Inc. Red Bull North America, Inc. Refresco Beverages US Inc. Refreshment Services, Inc. Reyes Coca-Cola BottlingRock Hill Coca-Cola Bottling Company Royal Crown Bottling Corp. Savia USA, LLC Seneca Wholesale Company, Inc. Seven-Up Bottling Company of Watertown, Inc.Seven-Up Bottling Company, West Bend, WISprecher Brewing Co., Inc. SunDrop Bottling Co., Inc. Swire Coca-Cola, USA Talking Rain Beverage CompanyTampico Beverages, Inc. Temple Bottling Company, Ltd. Tipp Distributors, Inc. dba NovamexTyler Beverages, Inc. Union City Coca-Cola Bottling Company, LLCVarni Brothers Corporation Varsity Beverage Company Viking Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Walton Beverage Company Weinstein Beverage Co., Inc.

Wilson Corporation Wis-Pak, Inc. XL Energy Drink Corp.

ASSOCIATE MEMBERSAbsortech, Inc.ADMIX, Inc. AdvanTech Plastics, LLCAGR International, Inc.Alpha MOS America, Inc.Amcor Rigid Packaging Archer Daniels Midland Company Ardagh Metal—Beverage North AmericaArglass Southeast, LLCArrowhead Systems, Inc. Azeus Convene Board Portal B & P Manufacturing Ball Corporation Bedford Industries, Inc. Bell Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. Beverage Digest Co. LLC Beverage Industry BNP MediaBeverage Marketing Corporation Blue Horseshoe Solutions, Inc. BlumShapiroBright Technologies, Division

of Sebright Products, Inc.Can Manufacturers InstituteCDF CorporationClosure Systems InternationalCoast to Coast Printing SuppliesDonaldson CompanyThe Drink InkEmart Club Inc. First Beverage Group Flavor Dynamics, Inc.Foam Supplies, Inc. Foxtrot Systems, Inc. Foxx Equipment Company Franklin Baker, Inc. Global Essence, Inc.

Glover Capital, Inc.International Food Products CorporationIntertek Alchemy ITW Paxton ProductsKaps-All Packaging Systems, Inc.Lytx Inc.M.G. Newell CorporationMicropure Filtration Inc.Power Brands Consulting LLCPreform Solutions, Inc.Prime IndustriesRutherford & Associates, Inc.Semi-Bulk Systems, Inc. Soft Drinks International Southeastern Container, Inc.Steelhead, Inc.Steinfurth, Inc. STS of NYS, Inc.Twinlode Corporation Virginia Dare Extract Co., Inc. Wastewater Resources, Inc.Wedges Ledges of California Inc.Western Container Corporation Whittle & Mutch, Inc. Zenith Global Ltd.

INTERNATIONAL AFFILIATE MEMBERSBeezZ InternationalBundaberg Brewed DrinksCaribbean Bottling Company,

(Bahamas) LimitedCoca-Cola FEMSAFritz-Kulturgueter GmbHGHC Reid & Company, Ltd.KLG Investments Ltd./AquapureRed Kangaroo Beverages Pty LtdS.M. Jaleel & Company LimitedSPRITZER BHD


ANNUAL FLY-IN & NATIONAL GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS CONFERENCEIn April, more than 150 industry representatives convened in Washington, D.C., for ABA’s Annual Fly-In, holding more than 80 meetings with Members of Congress and their staff. In June, beverage company representatives from around the country also gathered for a two-day National Government Affairs Conference (NGAC) in Chicago to share insights on key industry issues.

ABA’s Bill McManus (far left) kicks off a panel at NGAC on the power of working together with panelists (from left): Reyes Holdings’ Jim Soreng; Illinois Beverage Association’s Rob Nash; Illinois Restaurant Association’s Sam Toia; Illinois Retail Merchants Association’s Tonya Triche Dawood; and Illinois Committee of Blind Vendors’ Donnie Anderson.

Congressman Buddy Carter, R-Ga., meets with industry representatives during ABA’s Annual Fly-In.

Congressman Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., meets with Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages’ Debbie Moody on Capitol Hill.

Jim VandeHei, co-founder of Axios and Politico, speaks to attendees of ABA’s Board of Directors and Fly-In Dinner.

ABA’s Katherine Lugar (left) and ABA Board Chair Kirk Tyler (center) meet with Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, to discuss our industry’s efforts in her state.

ABA Vice Chair Matthew Dent (left) and Congresswoman Terri Sewell, D-Ala. (right), talk about industry issues in her state.

ABA’s Karen Bailey-Chapman (left) and Patrice Webb lead a breakout discussion on coalition and relationship building at NGAC.


CENTENNIAL ADVOCACY SUMMITOn October 28–30, America’s beverage industry gathered in Washington, D.C., to commemorate ABA’s 100th anniversary and the industry’s legacy of leadership and innovation. We engaged in candid and substantive conversations about our industry’s future, with a focus on environmental sustainability, workforce development and community health and well-being.

ABA Chair Kirk Tyler presents awards to the 11 centennial charter members—American flags flown on the U.S. Capitol building.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., joins attendees for a lunch discussion.

Marquee letters are displayed at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium during the Summit celebration event.

Former Governor Hayley Barbour (left) and political advisor Doug Sosnik (right) chat before discussing the 2020 election with Summit attendees.

ABA Vice Chair Matthew Dent addresses attendees at the Summit celebration event.

(From left) ABA’s Katherine Lugar joins leading executives from America’s leading beverage companies, The Coca-Cola Company’s Jim Dinkins, Keurig Dr Pepper’s Derek Hopkins and PepsiCo Beverages North America’s Kirk Tanner at the National Theatre for a discussion on the evolution of our industry.

Congressman Trey Hollingsworth, R-Ind., discusses transportation challenges with Summit attendees.

ABA’s Katherine Lugar (left) and ABA Board member Sally Hargis (right) with (from center left) Congresswomen Ann Kuster, D-N.H., and Jackie Walorski, R-Ind., at the American Beverage PAC reception on Capitol Hill.


STATE ASSOCIATIONS AND CONTACTS

Alabama Virginia Banister Montgomery, Ala. (334) 354-9517 [email protected] Mike Gardner Phoenix, Ariz. (602) 761-2764 [email protected] Dennis Farmer Little Rock, Ark. (501) 376-9552 [email protected] Fredericka McGee Sacramento, Calif. (916) 205-5358 [email protected] Mary Marchun Denver, Colo. (303) 594-8198 [email protected] Delaware Ellen Valentino Annapolis, Md. (410) 693-2226 [email protected] of Columbia Ellen Valentino Annapolis, Md. (410) 693-2226 [email protected] Liz DeWitt St. Augustine, Fla. (407) 385-2708 [email protected] Kevin Perry Atlanta, Ga. (404) 653-0477 [email protected] Hawaii Mihoko Ito Honolulu, Hawaii (808) 539-0842 [email protected] Stephen Thomas Boise, Idaho (208) 388-4068 [email protected] Illinois Rob Nash Chicago, Ill. (312) 768-4774 [email protected] Indiana Diane Masariu Carter Indianapolis, Ind. (317) 237-8266 [email protected] Iowa Jon Murphy Johnston, Iowa (515) 422-6494 [email protected] Kansas Ron Hein Topeka, Kan. (785) 273-1441 [email protected] Keli Williams Baton Rouge, La. (225) 938-2987 [email protected] Maine Newell Augur Augusta, Maine (207) 791-1281 [email protected] Maryland Ellen Valentino Annapolis, Md. (410) 693-2226 [email protected] Stephen A. Boksanski Boston, Mass. (617) 423-6600 [email protected] Derek Bajema Lansing, Mich. (517) 371-4499 [email protected] Minnesota Tim Wilkin St. Paul, Minn. (651) 291- 2722 [email protected] Mississippi Ron Aldridge Jackson, Miss. (601) 201-1323 [email protected] Missouri William Gamble Jefferson City, Mo. (573) 634-4540 [email protected] Montana Elaine Taylor Helena, Mont. (406) 459-7658 [email protected] John Lindsay Lincoln, Neb. (402) 474-6200 [email protected] Hampshire Larry Melanson Bedford, N.H. (603) 496-4074 [email protected] New Mexico Dan Najjar Santa Fe, N.M. (505) 983-6101 [email protected] Carolina Amy McConkey Raleigh, N.C. (919) 760-3437 [email protected] Kimberly McConville Columbus, Ohio (614) 442-1803 [email protected] James McSpadden Oklahoma City, Okla. (405) 921-3070 [email protected] Rob Douglas Salem, Ore. (503) 931-2364 [email protected] Pennsylvania Tony Crisci Harrisburg, Pa. (717) 234-1716 [email protected] Rhode Island Carolyn M. Murray Providence, R.I. (401) 383-2424 [email protected] Carolina Jay Hicks Columbia, S.C. (803) 917-3257 [email protected] Tennessee Greg Adkins Nashville, Tenn. (615) 739-6341 [email protected] Carol McGarah Austin, Texas (512) 480-8444 [email protected] Des Baker Salt Lake City, Utah (801) 201-6834 [email protected] Andrew MacLean Montpelier, Vt. (802) 225-3100 [email protected] Virginia Chuck Duvall Richmond, Va. (804) 644-7884 [email protected] Washington Brad Boswell Olympia, Wash. (206) 300-6270 [email protected] Virginia Larry Swann Charleston, W.Va. (304) 346-9883 [email protected] Kelly McDowell Madison, Wis. (608) 852-7555 [email protected] Ed Hazzouri Philadelphia, Pa. (215) 620-1308 [email protected]

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