MANAGEMENT TODAY AWARDS FOR MANUFACTURING 2002: BEST HOUSEHOLD AND GENERAL PRODUCTS PLANT - The Star Internet Award

WINNER: COCA-COLA ENTERPRISES

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Seven years ago, few people at the Edmonton, north London, plant of Coke bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) would have given odds on it surviving, let alone winning prizes. Indeed, when CCE took the plant out of the previous joint venture into full ownership, its challenge to managers was bald: turn it round or close it down. Utilisation was running at 38%, housekeeping was appalling, and the workforce disaffected.