SEGMENT INFORMATION - Concentration Risk (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Segment information
Net Sales	$ 850,921	$ 742,146
Outside United States
Segment information
Net Sales	$ 242,100	$ 190,900
TCCC \| Net Sales \| Customer concentration
Segment information
Percentage of net sales	4.00%	34.00%
CCBCC Operations, LLC \| Net Sales \| Customer concentration
Segment information
Percentage of net sales	14.00%	11.00%
Coca-Cola European Partners \| Net Sales \| Customer concentration
Segment information
Percentage of net sales	10.00%	8.00%
Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling \| Net Sales \| Customer concentration
Segment information
Percentage of net sales	13.00%	4.00%

For an entity that discloses a concentration risk in relation to quantitative amount, which serves as the "benchmark" (or denominator) in the equation, this concept represents the concentration percentage derived from the division.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 275
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84177426&loc=d3e6351-108592

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 20
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77997519&loc=d3e13531-108611

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 275
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 20
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84177426&loc=d3e6404-108592

Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 825
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 21
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=77997519&loc=d3e13537-108611

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