Coca-Cola Bottler Launches $500M California Expansion

Rendering of the front entrance at the Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling facility in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Image courtesy of Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling

Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling, a West Coast and Midwest bottler and distributor of Coca-Cola beverages, plans to invest $500 million to demolish a single-building distribution center in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., and replace it with a 620,000-square-foot manufacturing campus with full production capabilities.

The current 125,000-square-foot facility at 10670 6th St. was built in 1984 and is limited to distribution operations. The new facility, which will become a flagship property within RCCB and the Coca-Cola system, will be the first Coca-Cola production facility built in California in nearly 60 years. The Rancho Cucamonga campus will be the fourth manufacturing location in California for RCCB. The other locations are in Los Angeles, Downey and San Leandro.

What’s next

During construction, operations will relocate to a temporary facility in Fontana, Calif.

When completed, the expansion is expected to create new jobs, contributing to the economic development in the region and strengthening the local workforce.

Rendering of the Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling warehouse exterior in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Image courtesy of Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling

The project is being designed with safety and sustainability as top priorities. The newly constructed bottling and distribution center will include added employee amenities such as expanded break rooms, training rooms, a parking garage with EV charging stations, tour gallery, fleet shop and recycling center. Plans call for maximizing efficiencies around energy and water use, including installing drought-resistant landscaping.

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Rendering of the breakroom at the Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling facility in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. Image courtesy of Reyes Coca-Cola Bottling

The expansion project is in the development and environmental impact review process and will come before the City Planning Commission and City Council at a future time. If plans are approved, construction could begin as soon as 2024 and operations could begin by the summer of 2026.

In addition to California, RCCB operates across Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Tennessee and Wisconsin. The company manufactures and delivers more than 40 brands to restaurants, sports venues, businesses, health-care facilities, schools, convenience stores and supermarkets. RCCB currently operates 27 facilities in California and has 5,500 employees in the state.

Another Coca-Cola expansion

RCCB isn’t the only Coca-Cola bottler and distributor expanding with a new industrial project. In December 2022, Heartland Coca-Cola Bottling Co. based in Lenexa Kan., received approval of a preliminary site plan for a 1.2 million-square-foot production campus in Olathe, Kan., from the city’s Planning Commission. Heartland had closed on the 116-acre development site 25 miles southwest of Kansas City in September 2022. The company’s plans call for a production, warehouse and office complex to be built in two phases and be completed by the summer of 2024.