By Admin 
Coca-Cola Layoffs: Coca-Cola India’s bottling company, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) is going to lay off around 300 people. This decision has been taken to make the work better and more profitable than before. HCCB employs approximately 5,000 people and has 15 manufacturing facilities across the country, where it bottles and distributes brands such as Coca-Cola, aerated drinks such as Thums Up and Sprite, Minute Maid Juice and Kinley Mineral Water.
Talking to the Economic Times, an official associated with the company said, after changing the needs related to business, we will have to re-evaluate our capacity and structure to keep pace with it. And as far as necessary, steps are to be taken to improve it. He said that this layoff will not have any impact on the company’s operations. He also said that we continuously assess business operations from time to time to stay ahead.
People will be removed from these departments
Coca-Cola is India’s largest beverage company, which holds a leadership position in the soft drinks segment. On the condition of anonymity, a person associated with the company said that about 4-6 percent of the employees are being laid off in functions like sales, supply chain, distribution and bottling operations in the plants.
How much was the profit this year?
According to regulatory filings received from business intelligence platform Tofler, HCCB’s net profit fell by 73 per cent to Rs 756.64 crore in FY 2025, while revenue from operations declined by 9 per cent to Rs 12,751.29 crore. The company attributed the decline to higher base in 2024 compared to last year, when it sold bottling operations in several areas to existing franchise partners.
HCCB, its three largest bottling operations in Rajasthan, Bihar, North-East and parts of West Bengal, supplies the concentrate to Coca-Cola’s bottling partners, who then manufacture and distribute the beverages. This year, demand remained low throughout the year due to unseasonal and heavy rains during the peak summer months from March to September. The April-June period is the biggest quarter annually for India’s soft drinks market worth approximately Rs 60,000 crore.
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