CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (Nasdaq: COKE) today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a dividend for the Fourth Quarter of 2004 of $.25 per share on shares of the Company's Common Stock and Class B Common Stock payable on November 26, 2004, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on November 12, 2004.

SOURCE  Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
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    /CONTACT:  Media, Lauren C. Steele, VP Corporate Affairs, +1-704-557-4551,
or Investors, David V. Singer, Executive VP & CFO, +1-704-557-4604, both of
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated/
    /Web site:  http://www.cokeconsolidated.com /
    (COKE)

CO:  Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
ST:  North Carolina
IN:  FOD
SU:  DIV

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