Examines the industry structure and competitive strategy of Coca-Cola and Pepsi over 100 years of rivalry. The most intense battles of the cola wars were fought over the $74 billion CSD industry in the United States‚ where the average American consumes 46 gallons of CSD per year. In a "carefully waged competitive struggle‚" from 1975 to the mid-1990s‚ both Coke and Pepsi had achieved average annual growth of around 10%‚ as both U.S. and worldwide CSD consumption consistently rose. However‚ starting
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live on C-span‚ I know from press reports that many of the soft drinks of choice in the White House are produced by Coca-Cola. That’s a policy position I certainly endorse and appreciate. I have been looking forward to this engagement at the Press Club for quite some time. As someone who has spent the vast majority of his career traveling to markets around the world for Coca-Cola‚ I have seen‚ first-hand‚ the correlation between the strength of a nation and the strength of its press. That’s no
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IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW PRACTISES OR MODIFICATION OF CURRENT PRACTICES TO IMPROVE THE PERFORMANCE OF THE SUPPLY CHAIN. CASE STUDY: COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY OBJECTIVES: The main purpose of this report is to suggest the implementation of new practices and also to modify current practises to improve the performance of the supply chain in the logistics department of the Coca-cola bottling company and also to manage the flow of goods‚ information and other resources‚ including energy and people‚ between
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SWOT Analysis Strengths 1. Product diversity. Soda companies have several hundreds of brands‚ which include: carbonated and noncarbonated drinks‚ water‚ and snacks 2. Extensive distribution network. Products are served to more than 10 million stores per week in more than 200 countries. 3. Customer Service Orientated. Soda Companies recognize their role in a society and engage in education‚ recycling‚ water usage reduction‚ obesity fighting and other projects 4. Successful marketing
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CHAPTER I 1.0 INTRODUCTION Sales and Inventory System is an inventory tracking system that gives you up-to-the-minute detailed information on each item in your inventory. You ’ll know exactly how much inventory comes in‚ how much is on-hand now‚ and where it goes. While manual methods may have their place‚ most entrepreneurs these days find that computerizing gives them a far wider range of information with far less effort. Sales and inventory programs now on the market let you track
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Coca-Cola Managing Resource Constraints in China Background China is a major and expanding market for Coca-Cola. Surging sales in emerging markets like China and India have been credited for Coke’s best sales growth for almost nine years with sales rising 19% from 2007 (The Times‚ 2007). According to President of Coca-Cola China‚ Doug Jackson‚ the company currently counts China as it’s fourth-largest market in terms of revenue‚ although it is expected to overtake Brazil to become its third-largest
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1886 - Drink Coca-Cola. 1904 - Delicious and refreshing. 1905 - Coca-Cola revives and sustains. 1906 - The great national temperance beverage. 1908 - Good til the last drop 1917 - Three million a day. 1922 - Thirst knows no season. 1923 - Enjoy life. 1924 - Refresh yourself. 1925 - Six million a day. 1926 - It had to be good to get where it is. 1927 - Pure as Sunlight 1927 - Around the corner from anywhere. 1928 - Coca-Cola ... pure drink
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Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi Co 2 1. Using the current ratio‚ discuss what conclusions you can make about each company’s ability to pay current liabilities (debt). The current ratio measures the company’s ability to pay its short term obligations with its short term assets. Between Coca Cola and PepsiCo‚ PepsiCo has a higher current ratio implying that is more capable of paying its obligations
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Stith Pemberton‚ a local pharmacist‚ produced the syrup forCoca-Cola®‚ and carried a jug of the new product down the street to Jacobs ’ Pharmacy‚ where it was sampled‚ pronounced "excellent" and placed on sale for five cents a glass as a soda fountain drink. Carbonated water was Dr. John Pembertonteamed with the new syrup to produce a drink that was at once "Delicious and Refreshing‚" a theme that continues to echo today wherever Coca-Cola is enjoyed. Thinking that "the two Cs would look well in advertising
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development‚ introduction‚ growth‚ maturity and decline. I would like to use an example of Coca-Cola. Here is its mission statement. “To create value and make a difference…everywhere we engage.”(Baines‚ Fill and Page‚ 2008‚ p177) Coca-Cola is a widely known enterprise all over the world‚ the success of which is obvious to all. From its mission statement we can find that the core philosophy of Coca-Cola relates to the mass-market share (“everywhere we engage”) and extension strategies (“create
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