Case study of There’s a Syringe in My Pepsi Can! Background Pepsi-Cola is a soft drink produced by PepsiCo. This soft drink was first introduced on August 28‚ 1898 by pharmacist Caleb Bradham. This paper is a case study of a hoax perpetrated on PepsiCo on June 9‚ 1993. It all began when an 82-year-old man‚ Earl (Tex) Triplett and his wife Mary Triplett said that they had found a syringe similar to that used by diabetics in a can of Diet Pepsi. The can was turned over to their lawyer‚ which could
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Wendy Montagno Mkt-3120-401 Firm Mission Statement PepsiCo. Pepsi has had a long and rich history. The drink was invented by Caleb Bradham‚ a pharmacist in New Bern‚ North Carolina. He patented the drink and launched the Pepsi-Cola Company in1902‚ from the back room of his pharmacy. It developed into a strong franchise system. The dedication of the local Pepsi-Cola bottlers‚ have provided a solid foundation. Pepsi’s mission has always been to be a responsible corporate citizen. They strive
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COKE verSus pEPSI‚ 2001 Teaching Note (Adapted from the Darden School of Business) This case is set in December 2000‚ immediately after the merger announcement between PepsiCo‚ Inc.‚ and the Quaker Oats Company. The case asks students to estimate EVATM (economic value added) from 2001 to 2003. Students also need to determine each company’s weighted-average cost of capital (WACC) to estimate EVA. The primary objective of this case is to introduce students to the concepts and calculation of WACC
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Case Study 16: Coke and Pepsi 1. Identify the ongoing issues in this case with respect to issues management‚ crisis management‚ global business ethics‚ and stakeholder management. Rank order these in terms of their priorities for Coca-Cola and for PepsiCo. Number 1 Priority: The major global business ethics I found in this case study was the whole issue with excessive water usage in their companies as well as the pollution of the water. The book explains that water is very sacred in India. Even
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Company Name: Britvic plc (LSE: BVIC) Sector: Consumer Goods Industry: Soft drinks Proposal: Buy 900 shares at 704.50 GBp Close at profit: 730 GBp OVERVIEW Britvic Soft Drinks is one of the two leading soft drinks businesses in the UK‚ producing over 1.4 billion litres annually. It supplies a wide range of products to approximately 200‚000 outlets across the country. Britvic has also been growing its reach into other territories‚ in Ireland‚ France‚ and particularly in the United States. Britvic’s
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Q1.Briefly‚ and in your own words‚ summarize the situation and the problem. Quaker Oats was importing the bottles for their product from a single supplier. When the new purchasing management noticed that the cost of the bottle is high (the material of the product was costing the supplier only 40% of the product). Well‚ the management realised that the profit that the supplier is making is too high and excessive and the request for lowering the price of the bottle was refused by the supplier company
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The purpose of this lab was to use a spectrophotometer to find the concentrations of glucose in varying samples of Gatorade. The varying executions included changing the temperature of reaction (room temperature instead of 40 degrees centigrade)‚ changing the time for reaction (20 minutes in the water instead of 45 minutes)‚ and changing the amount of enzyme added (0.1mL of enzyme. The results in from this lab gave data points with respect to ferricyanide. Fortunately‚ ferricyancide and glucose have
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------------------------------------------------- General Principles--When to accept or reject a delivery When assigned the responsibility for receiving food‚ an employee should know when to accept or reject a delivery based on the following standards: Temperature of the product Temperatures for receiving are the same as storage temps. This is especially true for meat and poultry. Temperatures for receiving: * 41° for poultry‚ fish‚ dairy‚ meats‚ ready to eat foods. Also MAP foods.
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PACKAGING ASPECTS OF SPICES & SPICE PRODUCTS Chapter 205 12 PACKAGING ASPECTS OF SPICES & SPICE PRODUCTS A R Indiramma Food Packaging Technology Department Central Food Technological Research Institute Mysore 570 020 (INDIA) PLASTICS IN FOOD PACKAGING 206 Chapter 12 PLASTICS IN FOOD PACKAGING PACKAGING ASPECTS OF SPICES & SPICE PRODUCTS 207 Chapter 12 PACKAGING ASPECTS OF SPICES & SPICE PRODUCTS I ndia is rightly called as “the home of spices”
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as a business practice‚ the perceptions they have built up in response to Sainsbury’s promotions and the longer term behaviours this might engender in them as a result‚ focusing on the following: 1. Amount of packaging used by Sainsbury’s 2. Recyclability of Sainsbury’s packaging 3. Sourcing of Sainsbury’s produce To aid in developing a deeper understanding the report draws on findings from one group discussion with 9 attendees (see appendix 1 for list of attendees)‚ and 6 in-depth interviews
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