date:Feb 17, 2014
Swiss-based Coca-Cola HBC , the world's No.2 bottler of Coca-Cola posted a 3 percent rise in 2013 profit on Friday, the first in three years, as cost cutting more than offset soft demand for its beverages.
The company said net profit, excluding restructuring and other one-off items, rose to 293 million euros ($400.42 million) last year above an average forecast of 279 million euros in a recent Reuters poll.
CC HBC buys syrup concentrate from Coca-Cola and then bottles and distributes the U.S.