Case 3 Assignment: Coke and Pepsi Identification of the strategic issues and problems- The world’s two largest soft drinks‚ Pepsi and Coca-Cola experienced numerous unexpected problems and difficulties‚ leading them to learn that marketing and competing in India requires a special type of knowledge and local skills to become successful. Working in America is not always going to be similar as working overseas. Analysis and evaluations- Strengths- Pepsi had an early entry‚ since they entered
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Introduction The PepsiCo challenge is to keep up with archrival The Coca-Cola Company never ends for the world’s soft-drink maker. PepsiCo’s soft drinks (including Pepsi‚ Mountain Dew‚ and Slice) make up about one-quarter of its sales. (Bottling operations are run independently). Pepsi Co also owns Frito-Lay‚ the world’s number 1 maker of snacks such as corn chips (Doritos‚ Fritos) and potato chips (Lay’s‚ Ruffles‚ WOW!). PepsiCo sells its Gatorade sports drink and Tropicana orange juice brands
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nearly 200 countries and territories and generate sales at the retail level of about $85 billion. Many of PepsiCo’s brand names are more than 100-years-old‚ but the corporation is relatively young. PepsiCo was founded in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay. Tropicana was acquired in 1998 and PepsiCo merged with The Quaker Oats Company‚ including Gatorade‚ in 2001. PepsiCo offers product choices to meet a broad variety of needs and preference -- from fun-for-you items to product choices
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HISTORY OF PEPSI COLA Caleb Bradham of New Bern‚ North Carolina was a pharmacist. Like many pharmacists at the turn of the century he had a soda fountain in his drugstore‚ where he served his customers refreshing drinks‚ that he created himself. His most popular beverage was something he called "Brad’s drink" made of carbonated water‚ sugar‚ vanilla‚ rare oils‚ pepsin and cola nuts. "Brad’s drink"‚ created in the summer of 1893‚ was later renamed Pepsi Cola in 1898 after the pepsin and cola nuts
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Pepsi advertising endeavour Pepsi has always formulated advertising strategies keeping in mind its target group. Its target group has always been the youth. Pepsi’s basic advertising techniques: a) Catchy tag lines and associate lines b) Evolution of the logo c) Association with main sports events d) Youth icons as brand ambassadors i. Creativity in advertisements ii. Grabbing attention a) Catchy tag lines and associate lines: Ever since Pepsi’s entry into India
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Supply Chain Management Adel Abou Heneidy Learning objectives To develop understanding of the following key areas and their interrelationships: * Basic concepts of logistics and supply chain management * The strategic role of a supply chain * The key strategic drivers of supply chain performance * Analytic methodologies for supply chain analysis 2 Supply Chain Management Adel Abou Heneidy Highlights: • • • • • • • • Understanding the Supply Chain Supply Chain performance: achieving strategic
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The Coca Cola and Pepsi War 1. Why is the soft drink industry so profitable? * The soft drink industry remains profitable because of the market share based on Porters Five Forces. * Coke has protected its recipe for over a hundred years as a trade secret‚ and has gone to great lengths to prevent others from learning its cola formula. The company even left a billion-person market (India) to avoid revealing this information. As a result of extended histories and successful advertising
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Coke v. Pepsi – 5 Forces Analysis Industry concentrate produces High intensity (depends on price/advertising cost/ high number of substitutes(low calorie drinks/no carb drinks/ not carbonated drinks like orange juice) Pepsi products /Coke products New Entrants (barriers/rivalry) High Intensity-Brand recognition dominant market/ patents on style and colors Network relationships & high cost of entry established such as distribution‚ warehouse‚ bottlers‚ and shelf-location high marketing
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beirut | FINANCE 210 CASE | PEPSI VS. COCA COLA | Instructor: Leila Atwi | | 12/12/2010 | Raneem Jaffal (Ratio Computation) Jana Haounji (Ratio Analysis) Alexandra Aboulhosn (Recommendations and Comparison) This is a financial comparison between Pepsi and Coca Cola in terms of company liquidity‚ solvency‚ asset management‚ profitability‚ and valuation between the years 2008 and 2009 respectively. | Part One: Pepsi Ratio Analysis: Pepsi PEPSI RATIOS | | 2009 | 2008 | Percent
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I. CORPORATE PROFILE 1.1 Name of the company Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines‚ Inc. 1.2 Website of the company: International: http://www.pepsico.com Local: http://www.pepsiphilippines.com 1.3 Address or Location of the Company Km. 29 National Road‚ Tunasan‚ Muntinlupa City 1773‚ Metro Manila 1.4 Location and Branches: Luzon | Cagayan Valley Operations | Turingan St.‚ Dubinan east‚ Santiago City‚ Isabela | Central Luzon Operations | Sindalan‚ San Fernando‚ Pampanga | Modern Trade
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