Risks and Uncertainties

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Approximately 84% of the Company’s total bottle/can sales volume to retail customers consists of products of The Coca‑Cola Company, which is the sole supplier of these products or of the concentrates or syrups required to manufacture these products. The remaining bottle/can sales volume to retail customers consists of products of other beverage companies. The Company has beverage agreements with The Coca‑Cola Company and other beverage companies under which it has various requirements. Failure to meet the requirements of these beverage agreements could result in the loss of distribution rights for the respective products.

The Company faces concentration risks related to a few customers comprising a large portion of the Company’s annual sales volume and net revenue. The following table summarizes the percentage of the Company’s total bottle/can sales volume to its largest customers, as well as the percentage of the Company’s total net sales, which are included in the Nonalcoholic Beverages segment, that such volume represents. No other customer represented greater than 10% of the Company’s total net sales for any years presented.


	Fiscal Year
	2020		2019		2018
Approximate percent of the Company’s total bottle/can sales volume
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	19	%	19	%	19	%
The Kroger Company	13	%	12	%	11	%
Total approximate percent of the Company’s total bottle/can sales volume	32	%	31	%	30	%

Approximate percent of the Company’s total net sales
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	14	%	13	%	14	%
The Kroger Company	10	%	8	%	8	%
Total approximate percent of the Company’s total net sales	24	%	21	%	22	%

The Company purchases a majority of its aluminum cans from two domestic suppliers and all of the plastic bottles used in its manufacturing plants from two manufacturing cooperatives it co-owns with several other Coca‑Cola bottlers. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic impacted the supply of aluminum cans and, as a result, the Company changed its typical sourcing model and sourced aluminum cans from international locations. See Note 3 and Note 21 for additional information.

The Company is exposed to price risk on commodities such as aluminum, corn and PET resin, which affects the cost of raw materials used in the production of its finished products. The Company both produces and procures these finished products. Examples of the raw materials affected are aluminum cans and plastic bottles used for packaging and high fructose corn syrup used as a product ingredient. Further, the Company is exposed to commodity price risk on crude oil, which impacts the Company’s cost of fuel used in the movement and delivery of the Company’s products. The Company participates in commodity hedging and risk mitigation programs administered both by CCBSS and by the Company.

Certain liabilities of the Company, including floating rate debt, retirement benefit obligations and the Company’s pension liability, are subject to risk of changes in both long-term and short-term interest rates.

The Company’s contingent consideration liability resulting from the acquisition of certain distribution territories is subject to risk as a result of changes in the Company’s probability weighted discounted cash flow model, which is based on internal forecasts, and changes in the Company’s WACC, which is derived from market data.

Approximately 14% of the Company’s labor force is covered by collective bargaining agreements. The Company’s collective bargaining agreements, which generally have 3- to 5-year terms, expire at various dates through 2025. Terms and conditions of new labor union agreements could increase the Company’s exposure to work interruptions or stoppages.