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Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Northern New England Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Northern New England The Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Northern New England is a bottler of Coca-Cola, Dr Pepper, and Canada Dry soft drinks in the New England region as well as a small portion of upstate New York. The Coca-Cola Company does not own an interest, as the company is 100% owned by Japan's Kirin Brewery Company, Ltd., who also own the rights to the Moxie soft drink nationwide. The company is referred to as 'CCNNE' for brevity. CCNNE was founded in Laconia, New Hampshire in 1977. Today it operates 16 distribution centers in all six