stakeholders include; consumers‚ local community‚ and business and financial analyst. Economic/Non-Economic Business Decisions Over a numbers PepsiCo was able to acquire quite a few other giants in the beverage and food sectors of business such as; Frito Lay‚ Quaker‚ Gator Ade‚ Lipton‚ and Tropicana. These acquisitions gave PepsiCo the opportunity to add more revenue and a bigger profile to the company. On the negative side‚ whenever a company acquires other companies‚ someone is always going to
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Pi’s Survival In the novel‚ Life of pi‚ the author Yann Martel shows that the tiger‚ Richard Parker‚ influences pi’s survival greatly. All of pi’s morals and beliefs get tested as he gets thrown into a lifeboat in the middle of the ocean with a tiger. He begins to learn that to survive himself he must learn to survive with this tiger. Richard parker keeps Pi alive and influences his survival by acting as a defense mechanism and keeping him mentally and physically stable. Throughout Pi’s survival
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The Candle maker’s petition The candle maker’s petition is an interesting piece. This is a written letter to the French parliament in 1845. It is from a French businessman who is in the artificial light business (candles‚ oil lamps‚ etc.). The man says that if the French government is to keep French industry in France then French parliament must end all natural lighting. They propose this by saying and defending the fact that French government needs to block out the sun! The idea behind all this
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Life of Pi by Yann Martel is a fantasy adventure story‚ but with an underlying theme that I never expected. Let me begin with a brief synopsis. This is the story of Piscine Patel‚ nicknamed Pi‚ and his misadventures. He is a young teenage Indian boy‚ son of a zoo owner. Importantly‚ he is a practicing Hindu‚ Christian‚ and Muslim. His experiences growing up with animals‚ his family‚ and his faiths are the main topic of the first part. The second part of the book is about his misadventures at sea
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Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist‚ Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel‚ a Tamil boy from Pondicherry‚ explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tigernamed Richard Parker. The novel‚ which has sold more than ten million copies worldwide‚[1] was rejected by at least five London publishing houses[2] before being accepted by Knopf
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Frito Lay Frito Lay is a division of Pepsi Co and is based in New York. It is known as a world leader in the manufacturing and marketing of snack chips‚ capturing nearing 50% of retail sales in the category. It offers we renown brands like Lay’s‚ Ruffles‚ Fritos‚ Doritos‚ Cheetos‚ Sanitas ‚ etc. Snack Food Industry Frito Lay holds 13% of sales of the US snack food industry which includes candy‚ crackers‚ sun chips‚ nuts and other assorted items. The company is working on introducing a new product
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Strategic Plan‚ Part II: SWOTT Analysis Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats Trends Strategic capabilities Leadership Strong culture Skilled human resources Competitive advantage (differentiation-focused strategies) Effective supply chain management Limited financial resources Emerging consumer needs Many national brands have reached their maturity in their lifecycle Larger organizations have economies of scale strategies (no differentiation‚ no focus on local
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Frito-Lay‚ Inc. – Sun ChipsTM Multigrain Snacks Case Study Analysis Assessment of the Sun ChipsTM test market results This test market was held at Minneapolis – St. Paul‚ Minnesota metropolitan‚ which was chosen as a representation to the 90 million snack chip households in the United States. The analysis of the Sun ChipTM‘s test market results is organized chronologically according to the order of findings as stated in the case. Type of purchase The coupon program was an effective advertising
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1. External economies of scale arise when the cost per unit A. rises as the industry grows larger. B. falls as the industry grows larger rises as the average firm grows larger. C. falls as the average firm grows larger. D. remains constant. E. None of the above. Answer: B 2. Internal economies of scale arise when the cost per unit A. rises as the industry grows larger. B. falls as the industry grows larger. C. rises as the average firm grows larger. D. falls as the average firm grows larger
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The book is introduced as a story born of an interview suggestion given to the author during his trip to India after the lackluster success of his first book. The story of this shipwrecked man is said to be a story to make you believe in God. Most of the description of his youth‚ however‚ was spent in his discovery of religion. Pi was an adherent to three major religions: Christianity‚ Islam‚ and Hinduism. From Christianity he learned that God is so generous that he gave his life for us. From
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