Amalgamated Beverage Industries

Who we are For us at ABI, business as usual means serving our customers, growing our business, improving our capabilities and supporting our communities. With a customer base of more than 106 ABI Bottling (Pty) Ltd is a franchised bottler of The Coca-Cola Company and a leading soft drinks business in the international SABMiller group of companies. We are the biggest bottler for Coca-Cola South Africa representing just under 60% of Coca-Cola’s volumes in South Africa. Where we operate As a franchised bottler of Coca-Cola South Africa, we operate in Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), North West and parts of the Free State in Welkom and Bethlehem. We have five state-of-the-art manufacturing and distribution plants in Devland, Midrand and Pretoria in Gauteng as well as Phoenix and Premier in KZN where we produce more than 300 million unit cases per year. Our people Our 3 200 employees take individual and personal responsibility to continuously push boundaries, solve problems, engage each other and create opportunities for our customers, our organisation and our communities. ABI employees donate more than 13 hours or 1 650 working days to community service every year. Our people are our enduring advantage. Our vision Our vision is to become the premier customer service and market development company in South Africa. Our aspiration is to be the best bottler in the world. ABI also aims to become the best employer and corporate citizen in South Africa. We invest more than R12 million a year supporting the sustainability of communities in which we operate and creating opportunities for South Africans in projects aimed at education, our youth, active healthy living and the protection of our environment.