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 2007 of $.25 per share on shares of the Company's Common Stock and Class B Common Stock payable on May 25, 2007 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 11, 2007.

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