The former president of Planeta José Manuel Lara Bosch used to lament that Catalan companies often preferred to be "herring's head rather than hake's tail", that is, owning a small company rather than being part of a large corporation if they had to share control. But there are exceptions, and the Daurella family is one. In the last decade, the Cobega group (owned by this family) has gone from being a mere Spanish bottler of Coca-Cola to the largest shareholder of Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), the main bottler of this soft drink in the world. This expansion, moreover, is now experiencing a new leap forward with the more than likely purchase of Amatil, the company that bottles and distributes Coca-Cola in six countries, including Australia, New Zealand and, above all, an often ignored giant: Indonesia