what went wrong with the hypothesis if every chinese drank one more can of KO the stock would be worth?
LONDON, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Drinks maker Coca-Cola HBC reported higher third-quarter sales on Thursday, helped by volume growth in developing and emerging markets and a hot summer in southern Europe. The company, which sells Coca-Cola Co drinks in 28 countries mostly in Europe and Asia, reported sales grew 5 percent in the quarter. Volume rose 3.4 percent. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/coca-cola-hbc-q3-sales-082033734.html
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Coca-Cola Booze Coca-Cola has launched its first alcoholic product—an alcopop called Lemon-Do, which is initially only available on the Japanese island of Kyushu. Lemon-Do falls into the "Chu-Hi" category of drinks, which mix spirits with flavored carbonated water. Japan is something of a testbed for Coke; it experiments with 100 new products a year there. Fortune
Coca-Cola-Costa Coca-Cola is buying Costa, the largest coffee chain in the U.K., for $5.1 billion. The acquisition is driven by more than a desire to combine as many "Co"s as possible (look out, Costco)—it gives Coke "a scalable coffee platform with critical know-how and expertise in a fast-growing, on-trend category." Coca-Cola already owns the Georgia Coffee brand in Japan, but that's a ready-to-drink beverage; Costa is a proper Starbucks competitor. BBC
Coca-Cola backs restaurant tech company Coca-Cola's 2018 investment binge continues with a contribution to Hayward, Calif.-based restaurant tech company Omnivore. The Coca-Cola Co. was a lead investor in a $10 million Series A for Omnivore, a universal point-of-sale connectivity platform, alongside Performance Food Group and additional funds from Tampa Bay Lightning owner, Jeff Vinik. Omnivore promotes an "end-to-end suite of solutions, such as online ordering, paying at the table and third-party deliver (Atlanta Business Chronicle)