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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Product quality means how good it is. Its measure of how well a delivered product meets the customer expectation. But it’s depend how upon various factor which are not the same for all product. While service quality is involves a comparison of expectation with performance. Service quality is measure of how well a delivered service matches the customer expectation. It was involve a comparison of expectation with performance. Product quality is usually involves a comparison of expectation with performance
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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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terms of higher market capitalization‚ gross margin and net income. However‚ Pepsi was leading the fight in terms of growth in revenue and net income. However‚ Pepsi’s stock performed 45% better than Coke’s stock. Overall‚ Pepsi was a smaller company but it was growing faster than Coke. Coke had a strong foundation‚ however‚ their revenue during this period increased due to summer months artificially increasing the demand. Pepsi‚ on the other hand‚ had consistent growth. The market for carbonated beverages
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CASE 13 Coke and Pepsi Learn to Compete in India THE BEVERAGE BATTLEFIELD In 2007‚ the President and CEO of Coca-Cola asserted that Coke has had a rather rough run in India; but now it seems to be getting its positioning right. Similarly‚ PepsiCo’s Asia chief asserted that India is the beverage battlefield for this decade and beyond. Even though the government had opened its doors wide to foreign companies‚ the experience of the world’s two giant soft drinks companies in India during the 1990s
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We researched Coke and Pepsi as was requested to see which one would be a better investment over the other. One of the ways to see how a company is doing is to look at how much (EVA) Economic Value Added that company is producing. EVA is a way of measuring an operation’s real profitability. EVA is better than conventional ways because it takes into account the total cost of the operating capital. EVA is simply the after-tax operating profit minus the total annual cost of capital. Using EVA has
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SITUATION A. Corporate Overview and Financial Performance: PepsiCo‚ Inc. is one of the most successful consumer products companies in the world‚ with 2000 revenues of over $20 billion and 125‚000 employees. The company consists of: Frito-Lay Company‚ the largest manufacturer and distributor of snack chips; Pepsi-Cola Company‚ the second largest soft drink business and Tropicana Products‚ the largest marketer and producer of branded juice. PepsiCo brands are among the best known and most respected
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wo of the largest and most profitable corporations in the United States are the Atlanta‚ Georgia based Coca-Cola Company and the New York based Pepsi Cola Company. While both are called "colas" they both attempt to address the same target tastes but from different approaches. Coke was the first on market with what is still a "secret" formula and Pepsi followed with a similar (not exact) taste. Since taste is very much a factor of your personal likes‚ either or neither may appeal to you or seem sweeter
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Coke commercial Vs Pepsi commercial Coke and Pepsi have always been rival beverages for decades. I can remember my teens when most households would divide into two when it came to choosing their choice of drink‚ especially when going for grocery shopping. Even the advert aired by both brands shows a lot of rivalries between them. When one makes a new product‚ the other would do everything possible to make something similar or better than the former. Making people‚ both old and young believe
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Re: Coke vs. Pepsi Question #1: Distinguish Financial Statements BALANCE SHEET | COCA COLA | PEPSI CO | ASSETS | 19‚145 | 22‚660 | LIABILITIES | 10‚742 | 12‚936 | OWNERS EQUITY | 8‚403 | 6‚401 | CASH | 1‚648 | 311 | INVENTORIES | 890 | 1‚016 | ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE | 1‚666 | 2‚453 | PRE PAID EXPENSES | 2‚017 | 499 | INVESTMENTS AND OTHER ASSETS | 8‚549 | 1‚396 | PROPERTY PLANT EQUIPMENT | 5‚685 | 7‚318 | ACCOUNTS PAYABLE | 3‚141 | 3‚870 | LOANS PAYABLE/SHORT TERM BORROWING
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