Pepsi and Coke’s Uncivil Wars Chapter 9 in Competition Demystified: Uncivil Cola Wars: Coke and Pepsi Confront the Prisoner’s Dilemma What are the sources of competitive advantages in the soda industry? First we should look at industry structure. The cola companies buy raw materials of sugar‚ sweeteners and flavorings from many suppliers then they turn the commodities into a branded product which consists of syrup/concentrated combined with water and bottles. The companies are joined at the hip
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Harvard Business School 9-387-108 Rev. June 21‚ 1989 Coca-Cola Versus Pepsi-Cola (A) Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola had been competing for 93 years in 1982‚ and the rivalry had intensified since the early 1950s. By the mid-1970s‚ business journalists had labeled this competition "The Cola Wars." The launching of the Pepsi Challenge in 1977 propelled the wars into the 1980s‚ considerably altering the landscape of the soft-drink industry. History of Soft-Drink Concentrate Producers Soft drinks had existed
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COMPANY CASE BRITIVIC : CREATING A BRAND FLAVOUR Selected britvic brand : Questions for discussion: 1. core benefit of pepsi : A drink for refreshment without alcohol. Actual product of pepsi: • brand name: pepsi • quality level: excellent • design n packaging: regular (275ml)‚ disposable (500ml)‚ can (300ml)‚ regular (1 liter)‚ disposable (1.5 liter)‚ jumbo (2.5liter). • features : black colour with
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PepsiCo - Procedures Ensuring Ethical Behaviour PepsiCo is committed to ensure the corporate standards accountability for the company actions. This is evident by the many corporate governance standards in place. The processes and policies that are in place include the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation‚ By-Laws‚ Compensation Committee Charter‚ Corporate Governance Guidelines‚ Disclosure Committee Charter and the Policy for Audit‚ Audit-Related and Non-Audit Services. The
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Pepsi has used celebrity branding to build upon the Pepsi brand. The 1980s brought in celebrity endorsers like Tina Turner‚ Michael J. Fox‚ Gloria Estefan‚ and David Bowie. By far its biggest celebrity endorser in this time period was Michael Jackson. The singer and PepsiCo struck a $5 million partnership that linked the two together for the rest of the 1980s. With Jackson as its prime celebrity endorser‚ PepsiCo was able to set itself up as the hip‚ trendy drink for the new generation. Pepsi’s celebrity
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Pepsi Commercial Pepsi is one of the well-known soft drink brands in the world. As we can see‚ the main color theme in the commercial is red which is also known as the main brand color of Pepsi and moreover‚ it is an eye catchy color as well. This commercial is very effective because they have chosen a famous and well-known person – Michael Jackson so many audiences will be impressed by this‚ especially his fans. There is a little boy who dressed in Michael Jackson’s style‚ makes up with Michael’s
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1965 when Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay shareholders merged their salty snack icon and soft drink giant. With revenues of $500 million with popular brands such as Pepsi-Cola‚ Mountain Dew‚ Fritos‚ Lay’s‚ Cheetos‚ and Ruffles‚ they have achieved growth and long-term value in its operational activities by creating competitive advantages through new product innovation and acquisitions. Its portfolio has grown year after year with its acquisition of Tropicana in 1998‚ two largest bottlers (Pepsi Bottling Group/PepsiAmericas)
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reentry of coca-cola in the market had its disadvantages and of course that was Pepsi co was there first their applications was approved and coke was turned down. 3- Coca-cola made special promotions during the summer season such as ”buy one- get one free” and lucky draws. Coca –cola used a strategy of “building a connect” by using local idioms. They also reduced prices by 15% to 25% in order to encourage consumption. Pepsi co participated through massive sponsorships of “garba”‚ they also tied up
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{draw:frame} Headquartered in Purchase‚ New York‚ with Research and Development Headquarters in Valhalla‚ The Pepsi Cola Company began in 1898 by a Pharmacist and Industrialist Caleb Bradham‚ but it only became known as PepsiCo when it merged with Frito Lay in 1965. Until 1997‚ it also owned KFC‚ Pizza Hut‚ and Taco Bell‚ but these fast-food restaurants were spun off into Tricon Global Restaurants‚ now Yum! Brands‚ Inc. PepsiCo purchased Tropicana in 1998‚ and Quaker Oats in 2001. In December
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CASE STUDY Title: Pepsi-Cola Manufacturing International Ltd. Azwan Shah bin Aminuddin 1. Identify and discuss the business process redesign principles that have been applied by the BR project team. In business process redesign‚ the organization need to be have a guidance or principles to make sure that their redesign process is on the right track. In Pepsi –Cola Manufacturing International Ltd (PCMIL)‚ there are based on several principles to ensure they are on the
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