CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated (Nasdaq: COKE) today announced that the Board of Directors has declared a dividend for the Second Quarter of 2006 of $.25 per share on shares of the Company's Common Stock and Class B Common Stock payable on May 26, 2006, to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 12, 2006.

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

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