Coca-Cola apprentice Amelia Cockran on COVID-19 challenge Rapid change in a COVID-19 world and new learning opportunities have been essential parts of the lives of apprentices in 2020, one finalist in the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards (FMEAs) reveals in this exclusive podcast.
Amelia Cockran, Coca-Cola European Partners’s (CCEP’s) mechanical and electrical engineering apprentice and finalist for the FMEA’s Apprentice of the Year Award hopeful discussed the challenges social distancing has created.
“Everything is now virtual via Zoom and Teams and FaceTime – that’s been a big challenge to get used to that,” she explained.
“For someone who’s always had a face-to-face education and being in school to suddenly be thrown in the deep end and expected to deliver top grades and the work.
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Coca Cola Amatil says it did better than expected on the year to December, but will report lower revenues and earnings, thanks to COVID-19.
And with the pandemic still battering Indonesia, its most troubled area of operation, you’d right to be cautious about the performance this year.
In a trading update on Friday the company said its earnings before interest and tax (and one off items) for the 2020 calendar year would be $550.7 million.
That’s a 13.9% fall on the 2019 year but it was a bit higher than market analysts were expecting, with forecasts at $504.1 million.
Net profit after tax is expected to be $340.3 million, down from $393.9 million (which came in a non-COVID environment here and off shore).