Coke Zero Case Study Coca Cola is world renowned soft drink. Unfortunately when it comes to taking health into consideration this is one of the last things one should be ingesting into their system. That’s why Coke introduced Diet Coke in 1982. Unfortunately the typical male consumer shies away from dieting due to social pressure for being perceived or mistaken for the feminine persona often categorized as a homosexual. With proper understanding‚ Coke was able to market a no calorie‚ body conscience
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Marketing Strategies of Pepsi Co. PepsiCo is the second largest food and beverage company in the world. Caleb Bradham founded PepsiCo in 1898‚ a pharmacist and drugstore owner‚ who formulated the ingredients for the syrup‚ originally called Brad’s drink‚ of what is known today as Pepsi-Cola. PepsiCo’s mission is to be the world’s most premier consumer products company focused on convenient foods and beverages. PepsiCo has six guiding principles that include‚ “Care for customers/world we live
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encouragement for the soft drinks industry in general and PepsiCo in particular. The key players Coca Cola and PepsiCo actively revived their old brands that were popular in the 1980s in India. Coca Cola revived its old brand Citra within the lime carbonates category. While Coca Cola already had Sprite and Limca in the lime carbonates category‚ Citrus was priced at 20% cheaper than them. Coca Cola also reintroduced its brand “Rimzim”‚ a masala soda with cumin and spices. PepsiCo reciprocated by reviving
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Deception with Purpose: Pepsico’s Water Claims in India By India Resource Center and Community Resource Centre November 30‚ 2011 Pepsico‚ one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world‚ has begun claiming that it has achieved "positive water balance" in India‚ that it is "Giving Back MORE WATER Than We Take". Wonderful as it may sound‚ Pepsico’s claims of achieving "positive water balance" simply do not add up. The India Resource Center approached Pepsico in 2010 to question them
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KILLER COKE: THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST COCA-COLA Case Summary The “Killer Coke” case revolves around to brutal murders of union leaders in a bottling plant in Colombia and the corporate responsibility of the Coca-Cola Company. The Killer Coke movement alleges that the Coca-Cola Company directed or was implicitly involved in the killings to ensure that unions were broken in the Colombian plants. The obvious legal ramifications are that contract killings took place at the plant. The more subtle ethical
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of this project was to enable the new student of accounting to familiarize and improve his understanding of the contents of a publicly held company’s (the Coca Cola company) annual report‚ SEC Form 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange commission (SEC) as well as the proxy statement. Scope We were instructed to access the Coca Cola company’s website investor section and to review the SEC filings located there‚ namely the 10-K and DEF 14A forms. Upon review of those documents‚ we were asked
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1/20/2015 New Coke Case Study The failure of the introduction of New Coke raises the question of who was responsible for this notorious flop. The efforts to launch a new product began as a tactic to combat Pepsi’s taste test marketing campaign‚ in which consumers where shown preferring the taste of Pepsi over the original Coke product. This campaign contributed to Pepsi gaining significant market growth. Coke chose to respond by creating a new product that was preferred over both Pepsi and the original
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PepsiCo Inc. was created in 1965 as a result of the merger of Pepsi Cola‚ created in 1898 and Frito Lay‚ created in 1932. Both companies agreed that by merging they would gain access to a wider market. Diversification was part of the company’s strategy from the beginning‚ and we can say that because Frito-Lay was the result of a merger between two different producers of salty snacks. PepsiCo Inc. was clear as to what type of diversification strategy to use‚ and when to diversify. Their first strategy
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MKTG461 Moon HBR Case “Introducing New Coke” Executive Summary (1pg): Situation Analysis (2pg): It seems that the most important events throughout Coca-Cola’s history have happened at the end of the United States’ involvement in war-times. From the original invention right after the civil war‚ to share prices falling after World War I leading to a mass re-structuration internally‚ to the company’s involvement with World War II soldiers‚ Coke has continually evolved to stay on top. The
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Banc One Case Analysis Case Summary Banc One has a problem with the alignment of two of its important strategies: (1) rapidly acquiring profitable banks and (2) sustaining high returns while mitigating interest rate risk. Banc One has been very successful in acquiring banks‚ and much of this is done through the sale/transfer of Banc One’s stock. This strategy relies heavily on Banc One’s ability to maintain a high stock price. The second
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