The giant suddenly announced: price increase! Many people in Putian like to drink...

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1p According to news from the World Wide Web on April 20, Coca-Cola CEO James Quincy said on the 19th that the company intends to increase product prices due to rising raw material prices.

"We have good hedging measures in 2021, but the pressure in 2022 is increasing, so prices must rise." Quincy said that Coca-Cola intends to "wisely" manage price increases, such as using different The packaging size gives consumers different price choices.

Twice within six months

announced mass layoffs

last August:

announced 4,000 global layoffs

local time August 28, 2020, the Coca-Cola Company announced its business reorganization Strategy and expressed layoffs globally. Coca-Cola did not disclose the details of the specific layoff plan, but said it would provide voluntary separation programs to 4,000 employees in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.

Those eligible for voluntary resignation in North America are employees who were hired on or before September 1, 2017. As of December 31, 2019, The Coca-Cola Company had 86,200 employees, including approximately 10,100 American employees.

In response to this, some media inquired about Coca-Cola China, and the other party stated that "it has not received relevant information from Chinese companies so far."

Last December:

announced the removal of 2,200 jobs

employee severance pay or more than 3.5 billion yuan

Due to the decline in sales during the new crown epidemic, the Coca-Cola Company announced the removal of 2,200 jobs in December 2020 , Employee severance pay may exceed 3.5 billion yuan!

On December 17, local time, The Coca-Cola Company announced that it would cut 500 jobs at its headquarters in Atlanta, USA. The rate of layoffs this time will reach 12% of the total number of employees.

The Coca-Cola Company stated that the layoffs include voluntary and involuntary resignations. As a result, the company may pay between US$350 million and US$550 million (about 3.59 billion yuan) in employee severance.