Who We Are

Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, LLC (Coke Florida) is a family-owned Coca-Cola bottler. Coke Florida’s exclusive territory covers over 21 million consumers across 47 Florida counties, and includes the major metropolitan markets of Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, and Tampa. Coke Florida manufactures, sells, distributes, and merchandises over 600 products of The Coca-Cola Company and other partner companies. Coke Florida is the third largest privately held, and the sixth-largest, bottler of Coca-Cola products in the United States. The company is also one of America’s largest black-owned businesses. Coke Florida was founded in 2015, employs over 4600 associates, and is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

 

 

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Coke Florida is one of the largest minority-owned businesses in Florida, is a certified Minority Business Enterprise, and in 2020 the company was honored as 2020 Minority Business Enterprise Supplier of the Year Class IV by the Florida State Minority Supplier Development Council. The Class IV award recognizes the certified Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) supplier of the year that has annual sales of more than $50 million and has demonstrated solid business performance, strong community involvement, and a commitment to supporting and expanding supplier diversity.

 

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In 2023, Coke Florida was selected as a US Best Managed Company by Deloitte-Private and The Wall Street Journal for a second consecutive year. Coke Florida joins an elite group of U.S. private companies holding this designation for excellence in business strategy, execution, culture, and governance/financials. Learn more

 

 

Diagram Description automatically generated with low confidenceCoke Florida operates manufacturing facilities in Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, and Tampa producing more than 114 million cases of products each year. Three of the four facilities hold GreenCircle Zero Waste to Landfill certifications. Zero Waste to Landfill certification evaluates all waste leaving the site, which includes packaging and manufacturing waste generated before a product reaches shelves. Coke Florida has demonstrated its commitment to a sustainable future by reinforcing the efforts to reduce, reuse, recover, and renew by making its packaging more sustainable, working to minimize water use, and reducing its carbon footprint.

 

For more information about Coke Florida, see At A Glance

 

 

OUR LEADERS

TROY TAYLOR

CHAIRMAN AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Thomas Benford Headshot

THOMAS BENFORD

PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
David Cross headshot

DAVID CROSS

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, HUMAN RESOURCES AND ADMINISTRATION
Terrence Gee

TERRENCE GEE

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, TECHNOLOGY AND ENTERPRISE TRANSFORMATION
Paul

PAUL PHEFFER

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Deborah Pond

DEBORAH POND

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, GENERAL COUNSEL
Karla

KARLA RADTKE

VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF OF STAFF
Jason Reed

JASON REED

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCT SUPPLY NETWORK
Erin Black

ERIN BLACK

VICE PRESIDENT, RISK MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABILITY
Sheila Banks

SHEILA EBANKS

VICE PRESIDENT, CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT – RETAIL
Sally Forsyth

SALLY FORSYTH

VICE PRESIDENT, STRATEGIC INTEGRATION AND ANALYTICS
Joel Gentry

JOE GENTRY

VICE PRESIDENT, MARKETING
Tod Homme

TOD HOYME

GROUP VICE PRESIDENT,  FOOD SERVICE AND ON-PREMISES-INTERMEDIARIES
Jason Maddox

JASON MADDOX

VICE PRESIDENT, CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT- FOODSERVICE AND ON-PREMISE
SCOTT

SCOTT MCLAUGHLIN

VICE PRESIDENT, PLANNING-COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
Katrina

J. KATRINDA MCQUEEN

VICE PRESIDENT, COMMUNICATIONS
Jeffrey

JEFFREY ORTMEIER

VICE PRESIDENT, FIELD FRANCHISE OPERATIONS

GREGORY PARK

VICE PRESIDENT, TRANSFORMATION AND INNOVATION
Eric ward

ERIC WARD

VICE PRESIDENT, SECURITY

PERCY L WELLS, II

GROUP VICE PRESIDENT, GOVERNMENT RELATIONS, PUBLIC AFFAIRS, AND COMMUNICATIONS
Dale

DALE YAHRMATTER

VICE PRESIDENT, DISTRIBUTION OPERATIONS
Leroy

LEROY YANCEY

VICE PRESIDENT, MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS