COKE CONSOLIDATED &lt;COKE.O> TO SELL CANADA UNIT
  Coca-Cola Bottling Co
  Consolidated said it has agreed in principle to sell its
  Vancouver-based Canadian bottling subsidiary to Coca-Cola Co
  &lt;KO> for undisclosed terms, with closing expected within 60
  days subject to regulatroy approvals.
      The company said the sale, a previously-announced agreement
  for Coca-Cola to buy 1,600,000 Coke Consolidated common shares
  and operating cash flow should allow it to reduce its long-term
  debvt to about 200 nmln dlrs from 325 mln dlrs at the end of
  the first quarter.
  

