Contacts: Investors and Analysts: Jackson Kelly T +01 404.676.7563 Media: Kent Landers T +01 404.676.2683 The Coca-Cola Company Global Public Affairs & Communications Department P.O. Box 1734 Atlanta‚ GA 30301 THE COCA-COLA COMPANY REPORTS THIRD QUARTER AND YEAR-TO-DATE 2012 RESULTS Strong 4% global volume growth in the third quarter with growth across every geographic operating group Worldwide brand Coca-Cola growth of 3% year-to-date Volume and value share gains continued in total nonalcoholic
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in a country where they were not all that successful anyway‚ especially at that time. In 1988‚ the government announced a warning that all producers of soft drinks had to eliminate use of an essential ingredient called BVO after it was discovered to be carcinogenic. Again‚ this probably could not have been anticipated. While one would like to think that producers are cautious and conscious enough to do their own research and testing of all ingredients used in their products‚ that is likely not the
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consultant and was also given the first right of refusal to any large size bottling plants and bottling contracts‚ the former in the Pune – Bangalore belt and the latter in the Delhi and Mumbai areas. Jayadeva Raja‚ the flamboyant management expert was made the first CEO of Coke India. It did not take much time for him to realize that Coke had inherited several weaknesses from Chauhan along with the brands and bottlers. Many bottling plants were small in capacity (200 bottlers per minute as against the
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Target Market SWOT Analysis v Strengths ÿ The name “Crush” is the first name people think of when they think of orange soda. ÿ World’s first soft drink marketer‚ now 4th largest one ÿ Schweppes brand equity support ÿ Crush has is a long life brand ÿ Crush has high awareness in big cities ÿ Crush is the most recognized orange flavored soda name ÿ It is used in many trendy pop-culture outlets (i.e. vintage clothing‚ popular restaurants ÿ Crush has sufficient resources v Weaknesses
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* 3.6 Tax issues * 3.6.1 Vietnam * 3.7 Nazi Germany and World War II * 3.8 Investments and operations in apartheid South Africa * 3.9 The Bigio family case * 4 Employee issues * 4.1 Racial discrimination * 4.2 Bottling plant murders * 4.2.1 Guatemala * 4.2.2 Colombia * 4.2.3 SINALTRAINAL lawsuit * 4.3 Shareholder resolution attempt (2002) * 5 Boycotts and controversies * 5.1 Israel and the Middle East * 5.2 2010 Polish election
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Executive Summary We have analyzed Coca-Cola India’s supply chain with respect to the following: • Inventory management • Quality management • Vendor management We have detailed out the practices and policies adopted in the company and highlighted noteworthy practices in this project. We have described recent trends in operations in the areas chosen. We also have identified a problem the company is facing‚ analyzed it and have suggested a solution for the same. Introduction
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Industry Analysis Barriers to Entry. Processes involved in the manufacture of soft drinks are standard in the industry; thus‚ knowledge needed to begin production is not complex and can easily be acquired. In addition‚ inputs used in the manufacture are commodity items (e.g. sugar‚ syrup‚ and fruit juices). Though the latter factors increase the susceptibility of companies to face new entrants‚ still‚ threats of entry by potential competitors are at a low degree. This is due to the fact that capital
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supply chain management system where the company only produces syrup concentrate which is then sold to various bottlers throughout the world who hold an exclusive territory. The Coca-Cola Company owns its anchor bottler in North America by the name of Coca-Cola Refreshments. Other Coca-Cola bottlers‚ who hold territorially exclusive contracts with the company‚ produce the finished product in cans and bottles from the concentrate in combination with filtered water and sweeteners. The bottlers then
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it could be purchased from a convenience store. Number of rival There were fierce competitions among the producers that have scale and scope of operations which were similar to each other. For instance‚ the Pepsi Co. and Coca Cola companies have developed the strategy and infrastructure‚ which are hard for the local sellers to complete with them. However‚ there were still many producers including new entrants that try to access the market and compete seriously with low price and differentiation-
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in the Atlanta Journal. The aggressive marketing of Coca Cola by Candler made it as one of the most popular drinks of America by the good word of mouth . The syrup was further sold to independent bottling companies that were licensed to sell the drink by Candler’s company. In 1891‚ first bottling of Coca-Cola
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