Coca-Cola Layoffs: HCCB, which handles the bottling and distribution of Coca-Cola, Thums Up and Sprite aerated drinks, Minute Maid juices and Kinley mineral water and other brands, is going to lay off employees.
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Coca-Cola Layoffs: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB), the bottling company of Coca-Cola India, is laying off approximately 300 employees. This decision was taken to improve operations and make them more profitable. HCCB employs approximately 5,000 people and has 15 manufacturing facilities across the country, where it bottles and distributes Coca-Cola, aerated drinks like Thums Up and Sprite, and brands like Minute Maid juice and Kinley mineral water.
A company official told the Economic Times, “As business needs change, we will have to reassess our capacity and structure to adapt to these changes. We will take necessary steps to improve them.” He added that the layoffs will not impact the company’s operations. He also said that we periodically assess business operations to stay ahead.
People will be laid off from these departments
Coca-Cola is India’s largest beverage company, holding a leadership position in the soft drinks segment. A person familiar with the company, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that approximately 4-6 percent of employees are being laid off across functions such as sales, supply chain, distribution, and bottling operations at plants.
How much profit did it make this year?
According to regulatory filings obtained by business intelligence platform Tofler, HCCB’s net profit fell 73% to ₹756.64 crore in the 2025 financial year, while revenue from operations declined 9% to ₹12,751.29 crore. The company attributed this decline to a higher base in 2024 compared to the previous year, when it sold bottling operations in several regions to existing franchise partners.
HCCB has bottling operations in Rajasthan, Bihar, the Northeast, and parts of West Bengal, its three largest markets. Coca-Cola supplies concentrate to these bottling partners, who now re-manufacture and distribute beverages. Unseasonal and heavy rains during the peak summer months from March to September this year also led to low demand throughout the year. The April-June period is the biggest quarter annually for India’s approximately Rs 60,000 crore soft drinks market.
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