Three Year Marketing Plan—Blue Mountain Spring Water‚ Inc. |INSTRUCTIONS | |Throughout the semester you will complete incrementally segments of a final project that you must submit at the| |end of the course: a marketing plan. | |Your marketing plan will feature Blue Mountain Spring Water‚ Inc. Information about Blue Mountain
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1. Why is the soft drink industry (i.e.‚ the cola concentrate industry) so profitable? The soft drink industry survives on the rivalry that has existed for over a century between Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola. The two brands are competing for the market share nationally and globally by trying to clinch the thirst of every person in the world. In Michael Porter’s five forces‚ the threat of rivalry pushes both companies to “out compete” with each other and drive up the fixed cost to enter the market
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Odwalla (juices and smoothies) and Mad Rivers Traders (teas‚ juices and sodas) to expand their assortment of noncarbonated drinks. In 2002‚ the company signed a deal with Danone to market the Evian brand in the USA. The company initiated sales of Dasani bottled water in the United Kingdom and 19 additional countries in 2004. Coca- Cola has continued to acquire beverage brands on a global scale to this day. Currently‚ the company owns over 500 brands and is operated in over 200 countries. Coca-Cola’s
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The Life Cycle of Coca Cola The Coca-Cola Company is an American multinational beverage corporation and manufacturer‚ retailer and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups‚ which is headquartered in Atlanta‚ Georgia. The company is best known for its flagship product Coca-Cola‚ invented in 1886 by pharmacist John Stith Pemberton in Columbus‚ Georgia. The Coca-Cola formula and brand was bought in 1889 by Asa Griggs Candler (December 30‚ 1851 - March 12‚ 1929)‚ who incorporated The
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A COKE MACHINE! Want to dazzle your friends with your technical powers while checking out the profitability of a vending machine route? Read on. Most Coke machines built since the late 1990s can be hacked with a simple access code. Once you enter the code‚ you can find out all kinds of information about the machine’s sales. Steps Find a machine that has an LED screen. The small screen will typically scroll a message such as "Ice Cold Cokes". If the machine’s LED display simply displays the
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Alternative solutions: 1. Coca Cola can start using healthy sweeteners like Stevia‚ Agava juice or honey. There is a growing trend of getting closer to nature all around the world. This is in accordance with lifestyle strategy: “Cola is good for you and makes you feel better”. This would make people realize that company cares about their health and way of living. Advantages: * trend of healthy living * lower price sensitivity of the market for healthy or bio food * relatively
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Water plays an important role in society. People need water in order to survive and stay healthy. Most people buy bottled water because it is believed to be safer than tap water. However these purchases are on a convenient basis. One thing that will continue to influence people to buy bottled water is the idea of a healthy lifestyle. Consumers will pay a lot of money for water that they believe to be safe. Drinking water prevents a lot of health problems mainly dehydration. A lot of people claim
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Company markets and sells over 16 different products in more then 200 countries. The most significant brands The Coca Cola Company produces are: Coca-Cola‚ Diet Coke‚ Coca-Cola Light‚ Coca-Cola Zero‚ Sprite‚ Fanta‚ Minute Maid‚ Powerade‚ Aquarius‚ Dasani‚ Glaceau Vitaminwater‚ Georgia (a coffee brand sold mainly in Japan)‚ Simply (a juice and juice drink brand sold in North America)‚ Minute Maid Pulpy‚ Del Valle (Coca Cola manufactures‚ markets and sells juices and juice drinks under the Del Valle
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reasons‚ but instead out of fear for their lives‚ should be treated as refugees. She thinks that deporting these children is inhumane. (nbcnews.com) Another way muckraking journalism is used in today’s world was in New York Times. They did a piece on Dasani‚ a child along with the other 22‚000 children who are homeless in New York City. The journalist‚ Andrea Elliott‚ said that she wanted to show modern American child poverty. (huffingtonpost.com) Lastly‚ The Human Capital Project was an investigative
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implementing PlantBottle technology (Coca-Cola‚ 2014): “In addition to eliminating the equivalent of approximately 140‚000 metric tons of CO2 emissions from the company’s PET plastic bottles‚ to date‚ the innovation has boosted sales of key brands like Dasani. PlantBottle also has strengthened Coke’s competitive advantage with key customers‚ racked up headlines and sustainable and innovation awards‚ and caught the collective eye of the supply chain and investor community.” By continuing to invest in environmental
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