In Costa Rica, the Coca-Cola company announced that it had completed the construction of its new raw material production plant in Liberia, and it has now begun operating in its first phase.
The Coca Cola company has announced that it will be building a production plant for raw materials in Liberia, which will replace the current one that operates in La Uruca, which will close in the short term.
The production plant will be built on an area of 103 thousand square meters in Liberia, Guanacaste, where earthmoving works have already started, as representatives of Coca Cola explained at a press conference.
In a Coca Cola factory in France 370 kilos of cocaine were discovered hidden in a shipment of orange juice from Costa Rica.
The event has brought back to the table discussion in Costa Rica on the issue of implementation of controls to prevent export cargos from being used for drug smuggling to Europe and the United States, the main destinations of Costa Rica's foreign trade.
The penalty imposed by the Commission to Promote Competition in Costa Rica has been upheld after the First Chamber of the Supreme Court declared the last appeal filed by the company irrelevant.
The penalty for monopolistic practices, dating back to May 2004 was because the bottler apparently made exclusive contracts with vendors and fixed prices.
Standing out among the sanctions is a fine of $137,000 and an order to change their way of doing business.
Coca Cola has announced plans to move 150 employees to either Guatemala, India or Poland.
An article in the electronic edition of the Tampa, Florida Tribune and Tampa Bay Business Journal says the employees will be transferred from the Brandon financial services center.
The average salary for these positions is 38,000 dollars per year. The company still has not decided which of the three countries will be chosen.
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