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Posted: 4:56 a.m. Friday, Oct. 24, 2008

Tough Times for CCE

(WSB Radio)  The nation's biggest bottler is feeling the pain of America's money crisis.

Coca-Cola Enterprises shares are way down on reports of a dismal third quarter. 

Analysts say the nation's money crunch is hitting CCE hard, as customers, finding money tight, are buying fewer of the 20 ounce drinks at convenience stores.  On top of that, Coca-Cola is charging Coca-Cola Enterprises more for its secret recipe syrup, and won't pay CCE about $35 million the bottler had been expecting.

All that means slipping stock prices for CCE and thousands of layoffs, nationwide, since Labor Day.

CCE says it's reviewing the way it does business.  More layoffs are possible.