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Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated Reports First Quarter 2012 Results

  2012 MAY 27 - (VerticalNews.com) -- Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (NASDAQ: COKE) announced it earned $4.6 million, or basic net income per share of $.50, on net sales of $377.2 million for the first quarter of 2012, compared to net income of $5.9 million, or basic net income per share of $.64, on net sales of $359.6 million for the first quarter of 2011. The results for the first quarter of 2012 included a $0.7 million increase in income tax expense due to recording of valuation allowance for certain deferred tax assets. The results for the first quarter of 2011 included $0.4 million of after-tax losses ($0.7 million on a pre-tax basis) due to mark-to-market adjustments on fuel and aluminum hedges.

  On a comparable basis, the Company earned $5.5 million in the first quarter of 2012, or comparable basic net income per share of $.60, versus $6.4 million in the first quarter of 2011, or comparable basic net income per share of $.69.

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