.......................30 Historical Summary Coca-Cola started as a fountain beverage used for medicinal purposes in 1886 selling for five cents a glass. It grew quickly‚ but only after a bottling system was developed did Coca-Cola have a chance to became the world-famous brand it is today. In 1894 in a candy store in Vicksburg‚ Mississippi‚ sales of Coca-Cola impressed the stores owner‚ Joseph A. Biedenharn. He began bottling Coca-Cola to sell‚ using a common glass bottle. Two attorneys
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Objectives The main objectives for the Coca-Cola Company are to be globally known as a business that conducts business responsibility and ethically and to accelerate sustainable growth to operate in tomorrow’s world. By having these objectives‚ it forms the foundation for companies in the decision making process. Strategy One of our goals is to maximize growth and profitability to create value for our shareholders. Our efforts to achieve this goal are based on: (1) transforming our commercial
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7.0 COCA COLA GLOBAL VOLUME GROWTH Industry Worldwide soda volume was down by 1% during the first quarter of 2014 for Coca-Cola. The shift in the Easter holiday from the first quarter in 2013 to the second quarter in 2014 was partially responsible for the decline‚ but the fact remains that carbonated drinks sales have been under considerable pressure‚ particularly in big markets such as the U.S. Regular Coca-Cola sales have been steadily declining in the U.S. in recent years due to concerns over
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The Coca-Cola Company The Coca-Cola Company is the world’s largest beverage company‚ refreshing consumers with more than 500 sparkling and still brands. The company and bottling partners are dedicated to the 2020 Vision‚ a roadmap for doubling system revenues this decade‚ focused on five key areas—profit‚ people‚ portfolio‚ partners and planet. General information: 128 years on the market global headquarters: Atlanta‚ Georgia products sold in more than 200 countries net operating revenues in 2013:
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PRODUCT PORTFOLIO Coca-Cola India offers a comprehensive range of beverages. They include Coca-Cola‚ Diet Coke‚ Thums Up‚ Fanta‚ Limca‚ Sprite‚ Maaza‚ Maaza Milky Delite‚ Minute Maid Pulpy Orange‚ Minute Maid Nimbu Fresh‚ Minute Maid Mixed Fruit‚ Minute Maid Apple‚ Georgia‚ Georgia Gold‚ Kinley‚ Kinley Club Soda and Burn.Some of the recent product launches that have added to the company’s product portfolio have been launch of Fanta Fun Times‚ and Nimbu Fresh. In addition in course of exploring
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customers. • In addition to the insight that you’ll gain into customer needs‚ market-research studies can help you avoid costly mistakes‚ such as introducing an unpopular line of goods or developing a service that no one really wants Example • Coca-Cola ’s introduction of New Coke in the 1980s demonstrates what happens when decisions aren ’t supported by solid research. Coke revised the formula of its traditional brand of soft drink and lost millions in sales. By performing a study and determining
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Coca-Cola’s New Vending Machine (A) Case Questions 1. Is selling Coke through interactive vending machines a good or bad idea? Explain your answer. It is a good idea to sell Coke through interactive vending machines. Over the last three years‚ the soft-drinking giants have watched their earnings erode as they waged a price war in supermarkets. Vending machines have remained largely untouched by the discounting. Sales of soft drinks from vending machines have risen steadily over the last
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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‚" Dr. Pemberton ’s partner
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On Tuesday‚ April 23‚ 1985 The Coca Cola Company announced that it would change the formula of its flagship soft drink; a formula that had been America’s favorite for 100 years. Kansas newspaper editor William Allen White said‚ “Coca Cola is the sublimated essence of all that America stands for. A decent thing honestly made [and] universally distributed.” (As cited in Oliver‚ 1986‚ p.4) How could Coca Cola have tampered with the taste of a drink that was distributed to 155 countries and consumed
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1.0 Introduction Coca-Cola has sold more than one billion servings every day. More than 10‚450 beverages are consumed every second. The company achieved earnings of $4‚347‚000‚000 in 2003. It is present on all seven continents and is recognized by 94% of the world population. How did Coca-Cola grow from its humble roots as a home-brewed Georgia-based patent medicine to be the international soft drink powerhouse that it is today? Coca-Cola used numerous technologies to achieve its rise to the
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