Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Cape Cod

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Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Cape Cod, Inc.
IndustryBottling, distribution
Founded1939 (1939)
DefunctFebruary 2000 (2000-02)
FateBought
Headquarters
Sandwich, Massachusetts
,
United States
Area served
Cape Cod, some towns in Southeast Massachusetts
Number of employees
85

The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Cape Cod is a former bottler of

Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Northern New England.[1]

History

The company was founded in 1939 by Musch Kayajan. He left the family's successful

Middleboro to open his own franchise of Coca-Cola in Sagamore, next to the former Cape Cod Factory Outlet Mall. In 1965, Musch died and his son John continued operating the business with his mother Amelia, who died in 1984. That same year, on May 16, a new 80,000-square-foot (7,400 m2) plant operated at the present location.[1][2]

Between 1989 and 1991, the company did not bottle due to issues with the treatment of wastewater at the site. In 1991, bottling resumed as an agreement was reached with an outside company to transport the water treat it off the site.

Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Northern New England. Today, it acts as a distribution warehouse and sales marketing center.[1]

In 2008, the company hosted a trade show which helped to exhibit products that the company was selling.[3]

Community outreach

Building sign from the original factory location

Coca-Cola, in addition to being a long-time supporter of the Bourne Scallop Festival, is a supporter of the Cape Cod Baseball League. As recently as 2009, the company picked a pitcher and player each week as an outstanding person.[4]

Court cases

Over the years, the plant was involved in two court cases. The first was Cora M. Baker v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Cape Cod & another, in 1977, when a woman sued the company over a traffic incident involving a company vehicle.[5] In 1988, the company was sued by the state attorney general as part of a multi-company suit asking for seventy-three million dollars' worth of bottle deposits from the companies.[6] The second case, Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Cape Cod v. Weston & Sampson Engineers, Inc. occurred in 1998. That case involved the installation of treatment lagoons to help clean wastewater that the plant produced. This included old soda, bad batches, soapy and chlorinated water, and oil and grease from machinery.[2] Additionally, the company was also ordered to pay 2.52 million dollars for a breach of a contract agreement with the Nantucket Natural water company. The company, based in Chatham, eventually went bankrupt due to the contract issue.[7]

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Cape Cod.
  1. ^ a b c Perry, Jack (7 January 2000). "Coke bottling plant is sold". Cape Cod Times. Archived from the original on 30 September 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  2. ^
    Massachusetts Court of Appeals
    , Barnstable. 1998.
  3. ^ "Coca-Cola Cape Cod trade show". All Media Productions. 7 January 2000. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  4. ^ "CCBL Pitcher Player 2009". Cape Cod Baseball League. 2009. Archived from the original on 11 December 2010. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  5. ^ CORA M. BAKER vs. COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OF CAPE COD & another. Barnstable, Massachusetts: Massachusetts Appeals Court, Barnstable. 1977.
  6. ^ Unknown (12 February 1988). "Shannon sues drink distributors for $73 million in bottle deposits". The Providence Journal. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  7. ^ Perry, Jack (1998). "Chatham firm gets $2.5M in Coca Cola suit". Cape Cod Times. Archived from the original on 14 July 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.

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