Coca-Cola has launched legal action against Vue after the cinema chain ended a nearly 25-year relationship and switched to rival PepsiCo as its soft drink supplier across Europe.
Vue, which operates more than 220 cinemas in eight countries, selected PepsiCo last year on a contract running until at least 2030. Following the termination, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners Great Britain filed a claim to recover alleged unpaid debts.
Vue’s founder and chief executive, Tim Richards, criticised the move, saying the dispute could have been resolved informally. Vue later confirmed the issue has now been settled, the winding-up petition withdrawn, and that the disputed amount was under £100,000.
Coca-Cola declined to comment, while PepsiCo’s portfolio now supplies Vue cinemas, adding to its expansion in the cinema sector after Cineworld made a similar switch in 2020.
