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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001236731-03-000004.txt : 20031219
<SEC-HEADER>0001236731-03-000004.hdr.sgml : 20031219
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20031219194701
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001236731-03-000004
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030826
FILED AS OF DATE:		20031219

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HARRISON DEBORAH S
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001236731

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-09286
		FILM NUMBER:		031066318

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4100 COCA COLA PLAZA
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28211

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			COCA COLA BOTTLING CO CONSOLIDATED /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000317540
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	BOTTLED & CANNED SOFT DRINKS CARBONATED WATERS [2086]
		IRS NUMBER:				560950585
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0103

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4100 COCA COLA PLZ
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28211
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7045514400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4100 COCA COLA PLZ
		CITY:			CHARLOTTE
		STATE:			NC
		ZIP:			28211
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<SEQUENCE>1
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    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2003-08-26</periodOfReport>


    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000317540</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>COCA COLA BOTTLING CO CONSOLIDATED /DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>COKE</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001236731</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>HARRISON DEBORAH S</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4100 COCA COLA PLAZA</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>CHARLOTTE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>28211</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>

        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class B Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2003-08-26</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>115207</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>26.04</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F3"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>115207</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>193802</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Trust</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F6"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F8"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>

        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class B Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2003-08-26</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
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                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>115207</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>26.04</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
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            <expirationDate>
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            </expirationDate>
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                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
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                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>115207</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
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                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Trust</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F7"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F8"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>

        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Class B Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
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            <transactionDate>
                <value>2003-08-26</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
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                <transactionCode>P</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F2"/>
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            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>115207</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>26.04</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
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            <expirationDate>
                <footnoteId id="F4"/>
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            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>115207</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
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                    <value>193802</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F5"/>
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                    <value>I</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value>Trust</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F7"/>
                    <footnoteId id="F8"/>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
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    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Class B Common Stock is convertible into Common Stock, on a share-for-share basis, at any time at the option of the holder thereof.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Purchase of limited partnership interests from three family limited partnerships.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Immediately.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">None.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">Since the reporting person's last report, 235,786 shares previously held through a Remainder Trust have been apportioned pro-rata into three Sub-Trusts, each of which received 78,595 shares.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Such shares are held by a Trust of which the reporting person is a co-trustee and beneficiary.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">Such shares are held by a Trust of which the reporting person is a co-trustee.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership in all reported securities except to the extent of her pecuniary interest therein.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit List:

    Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s Sean M. Jones, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-12-19</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

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<SEQUENCE>3
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<TEXT>
                                                EXHIBIT 24

                    POWER OF ATTORNEY


        The undersigned constitutes and appoints HENRY W.
FLINT, SEAN M. JONES AND L.THOMAS MCLEAN, JR. her true
and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full powers
of substitution and resubstitution, for her and in her
name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any Forms and other filings under Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 with respect to securities
issued by Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated and to file
the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents
in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any exchange on which securities issued by
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated may be listed, granting
unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and con-
firming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each
acting alone, or his substitute or substitutes, may law-
fully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof, and the
undersigned does hereby ratify and confirm all filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission of any and all
reports on Forms 3, 4 or 5 heretofore made by said
attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned. The
under signed acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-
in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's
responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. This Power of Attorney
is valid and effective until the under-signed is no longer
required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities
issued by Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

Date: May 21, 2003           /s Deborah S. Harrison [SEAL]
                             Deborah S. Harrison









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