OUR FINANCIAL RESULTS
Results of Operations — Consolidated Review
Volume
Beverage volume reflects sales of concentrate and beverage products bearing company-owned or licensed
trademarks to authorized bottlers, independent distributors and retailers. Concentrate beverage volume is
sold to franchised-owned bottlers and independent distributors. Finished goods beverage volume is sold to
retailers and independent distributors and includes direct shipments to retailers. Beverage volume is measured
in bottler case sales (BCS), which converts all beverage volume to an 8-ounce-case metric. We believe that
BCS is a valuable measure as it quantifies the sell-through of our beverage products at the customer level.
In our franchised-owned business, beverage revenue is based on concentrate shipments and equivalents
(CSE), representing physical concentrate volume shipments to such customers. As a result, for our franchise-
owned businesses, BCS and CSE are not typically equal during any given period due to seasonality, timing
of product launches, product mix, bottler inventory practices and other factors. Sales of products from our
unconsolidated joint ventures are reflected in our reported volume. PBNA, LatAm, Europe, AMESA and
APAC, either independently or in conjunction with third parties, make, market, distribute and sell ready-to-
drink tea products through a joint venture with Unilever (under the Lipton brand name), and PBNA, either
independently or in conjunction with third parties, makes, markets, distributes and sells ready-to-drink coffee
products through a joint venture with Starbucks. In addition, APAC licenses the Tropicana brand for use in
China on co-branded juice products in connection with a strategic alliance with Tingyi.
Food and snack volume is reported on a system-wide basis, which includes our own sales and the sales by
our noncontrolled affiliates of snacks bearing company-owned or licensed trademarks. In addition, FLNA
makes, markets, distributes and sells Sabra refrigerated dips and spreads through a joint venture with Strauss
Group.
Servings
Since our divisions each use different measures of physical unit volume (i.e., kilos, gallons, pounds and case
sales), a common servings metric is necessary to reflect our consolidated physical unit volume. Our divisions’
physical volume measures are converted into servings based on U.S. Food and Drug Administration guidelines
for single-serving sizes of our products.
In 2019, total servings increased 4% compared to 2018, primarily reflecting our acquisition of SodaStream.
In 2018, total servings increased 1% compared to 2017.
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