Coke Under Fire Case 4.2 Gabby M. Adamo Texas Wesleyan University Coca-Cola history began in 1886 when pharmacist‚ Dr. John S. Pemberton’s curiosity‚ led to his creation of a uniquely tasting soft drink that could be sold at soda fountains. The Coca-Cola Company is currently the world ’s number one maker of soft drinks‚ with it’s red and white trademark making it the best-known brand symbol in the world. In spite of this concept over the last ten years‚ the firm has struggled to reach its financial
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Coca-Cola & Pepsi Financial Statement Analysis Team A Frances Sanchez‚ Herbie Merced‚ and Javier Urbina ACC 400 Accounting for Decision Making August 22‚ 2013 Introduction • Comparison of Coca-Cola and Pepsi • Financials from 2004 • Review financial ratios ▫ Liquidity ▫ Solvency ▫ Profitability • Discuss profitability of each company • Which company is the best investment opportunity Coca-Cola & Pepsi Ratios Comparison Liquidity Ratios Current Ratio (Current Assets/Current
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Individual Comparative Analysis Memo Accounting – Annual Report Project Fall 2009 Annual Report Project | SJM | Medtronic | | 2008 | 2008 | Profitability Ratios | | | Return on Equity | 12.5% | 17.8% | Return on Assets | 13.13% | 7.9% | Earnings per Share | $1.12 | $1.94 | Return on Sales | 8.81% | 14.86% | Gross Margin Percentage | 73.17% | 80.60% | Solvency Ratios | | | Current Ratio | 2.02 | 2.37 | Working Capital | 1‚051‚539* | 4‚313** | Quick Ratio | 1.20
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APPLE STATEGY IN PRODUCT pple is one of the leading tacticians in the consumer products industry‚ and Aaccording to Porter’s strategies Apple exemplifies the “Differentiation Strategy” (O. Akan‚ R. Allen‚ M. Helms‚ and S. Spralls III‚ Critical tactics for implementing Porter’s generic strategies‚ 2006). The Apple tactics may differentiate from product to product‚ driven by a wide range of strategies but the vast majority of these actions and sub strategies are driven by a single over-riding strategy
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Customer Relationship management Coca Cola is the world’s largest beverage company. They sell their products in more than 200 countries and more than one billion of their products are consumed daily. Keeping finance and logistics is an important task. Coca Cola started using a system called the traditional system‚ which has proved very effective. This system was generating high value and was not user friendly. All financial plans manually entered and is used to enter again to update the information
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ABSTRACT This case is about the global water sustainability initiatives undertaken by The Coca-Cola Company (Coca-Cola). It details the activities undertaken by Coca-Cola’s management and employees to contribute to the benefit of the society and community in which the company operated by pledging to return all the water it used in its operations back to the environment. On June 5‚ 2007‚ Coca-Cola and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) launched a global project that focused on water conservation. Coca-Cola
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soft drink. These include beer‚ water‚ coffee‚ and juices. Coca-Cola and Pepsi were able to counter these substitutes through brand equity‚ advertising‚ and by making their products easily available to the consumer. They also began to produce these substitutes on their own in order to tap into that segment of the market. Barriers to Entry: The barriers to entry in this market are fairly high. Both Coke and Pepsi have franchising agreements with existing bottling companies. These agreements
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Introduction The carbonated soft drinks’ (CSD’s) sector is dominated by three major players: Coke is dominant company of the soft drink industry and boasts a global market share of around 44%‚ followed by PepsiCo at about 31%‚ and Cadbury Schweppes at 14.7% (Exhibit 3). Separately from these major players‚ smaller companies such as Cott Corporation and Royal Crown form the remaining market share. Coke and Pepsi are the main pieces of this market. They struggle for over a century to conquer the number
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In order to discuss the success of the Pepsi Refresh Project‚ we must first discuss the target demographic and the goal of the campaign. The target demographic of the project was the “Millennial” consumers between the ages of 17 and 27. The psychographic target was proactive individuals who displayed initiative and a genuine interest for improving their local communities. It was an age group of people who had just experienced the financial crisis of 2008 and yet still had hope and a need for change
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Relations 9/28/10 Background: Pepsi has been a favorite soda of millions of people for over a decade. In 1993‚ PepsiCo received the Silver Anvil Award for businesses for successfully solving a crisis that had to do with one of its products. To understand the severity of the crisis it was first facing in 1993 it is important to understand a little history of the company. It was first created in 1898 when Pepsin and Cola nuts were combined in a unique recipe. Pepsi is a brand name that is actually
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