Tampa-based Coca-Cola bottler president to retire

Tampa-based Coca-Cola Beverages Florida, known as Coke Florida, has announced some upcoming leadership changes at the C-suite level. 

At the end of the year, President and COO Thomas Benford will transition out of the company into an advisory role to Troy Taylor, chairman and CEO of the company. 

Benford has been with the company since its founding in 2015, originally as vice president of strategy and planning. Prior to his time at Coke Florida, he worked for Halliburton and J.P. Morgan.