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      "text": "Spruce Point believes Coke was signaling financial challenges with Monster in mid-2024, particularly in the U.S. While it says there are growth opportunities internationally, we believe it will be more difficult given the wider range of regulatory regimes.",
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      "text": "Sure. Well, I think you need to kind of break it up a bit. I mean, firstly, look, we've had a great partnership with Monster, created tremendous value for Monster, for us, Coca-Cola and for the bottling partners. Clearly, in the case of the U.S., there's been -- what happens in every category when people create a category and there's 1 or 2 brands is people look for the white spaces and start to innovate and start to bring new news to the category. And that's what's happening in energy, particularly in the U.S. And so I think working with Monster that we will respond to the evolution or the way the consumer is looking at the category. ... But I think there's more to be done across the board, including in the Monster Energy portfolio, and we're working with them on that. And then I think internationally, there's robust growth in the energy category and making good progress around the world in different ways and different forms. So I think one has to kind of pull apart energy category and look at it kind of geographically to see that overall, it's still got some good growth, and there's different jobs to be done in different parts of the world. — Coke CEO, July 23, 2024",
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