"Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010" Read and Apply: Michael E. Porter (2008)‚ “The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy”‚ Harvard Business Review‚ (January 2008)‚ pp. 2-17 Assignment Questions (AQ) (a) Why has the soft drink industry been so profitable for concentrate producers? Compare the economics of the concentrate business to the bottling business: why is the profitability so different? [50% points] The soft drink industry has been extremely profitable for Concentrate
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nearly 200 countries and territories and generate sales at the retail level of about $85 billion. Many of PepsiCo’s brand names are more than 100-years-old‚ but the corporation is relatively young. PepsiCo was founded in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay. Tropicana was acquired in 1998 and PepsiCo merged with The Quaker Oats Company‚ including Gatorade‚ in 2001. PepsiCo offers product choices to meet a broad variety of needs and preference -- from fun-for-you items to product choices
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Running head: COKE A Coke is a Coke ITT Tech PROBLEM Why do some of us have such strong soda preferences? There’s all this uproar of Coke vs. Pepsi‚ and really looking at the ingredients‚ the products aren’t all that different. Both are made of carbonated water‚ high fructose corn syrup‚ caramel color‚ sugar‚ phosphoric acid‚ caffeine‚ citric acid and natural flavors (Pendergrast‚ 2000‚ p.6). The natural flavors are where they differ. Coke includes a “secret ingredient” known as Merchandise
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engineering grad from Alexandria University‚ Kabil arrived at Pepsico 10 years ago from Proctor & Gamble‚ moving up through the ranks to become president of the company’s North African operations a year ago. What brought him to Pepsi in the first place? “The challenge‚” he says. “Pepsi is a great company. It is a strong and fast consumer goods company‚” he says. “Extremely fast. Fast in the way we do business. Fast in the way we create product‚ our positioning‚ how we compete.” As president‚ Kabil runs
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Chain and Supply Chain Management Supply Chain of Pepsi Haidri Beverages Ideal Features of a Supply Chain Management Software Supply Chain Management Systems and the Current Marketplace Proposed System for Pepsi Haidri Beverages Limitations and Future Recommendations Chapter 1 Organization Portfolio Chapter 1 Organization Portfolio Haidiri Beverages Private Limited‚ Pakistan The Haidiri Beverages Group was set up in 1979 and is Pepsi ’s sole selling agent for District Rawalpindi and Islamabad
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CASE STUDY - PEPSI: PROMOTING NOTHING QUESTION 1: What markets should Pepsi target for Aquafina? Pepsi Cola and Coca-Cola have been competing with each other for many years through numerous taste tests and television ads. One of the ideas they came up with is water. In the early 1990s Evian and Perrier were the brands that dominated the niche and helped establish bottled spring water’s clean‚ healthy image. Pepsi first tried to attack this market with bottled and sparkling water but failed. In
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Executive Summary Problem Description and analysis Recommendations Information References TMA 02 Part 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY TMA 02 In this report I have used study session 4‚ assessing and developing people at work from the book An introduction to Human Resources Management in Business to identity the problem‚ analyse it and then recommend a solution. The case I have used is surrounding performance appraisals and employee development‚ Stephanie applied for
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A12-04-0025 Coca-Cola’s Marketing Challenges in Brazil: The Tubaínas War Introduction For about a decade‚ the Coca-Cola Company’s Brazilian subsidiary tried to stop the growth of tubaínas (too-bah-ee’-nas). The word tubaínas designates numerous brands of fairly inexpensive‚ carbonated‚ and rather sweet beverages sold throughout Brazil. For more than half a century‚ hundreds of micro‚ and a few medium-size‚ manufacturers produced and distributed the so-called tubaínas on a local or regional basis
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CHALLENGES AND RISKS Being a global company provides unique opportunities for their Company. Challenges and risks accompany those opportunities. Their management has identified certain challenges and risks that demandthe attention of the nonalcoholic Beverages segment of the commercial beverages industry and their Company. Of these‚ their key challenges and Risks are discussed below. Obesity and Inactive Lifestyles. Increasing concern among consumers‚ public health professionals andGovernmen
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profitability as compared to its competitors in the same industry by looking at 5 forces of stress. Coca-Cola deals with a lot of pressure in the concentrate business‚ most specifically with Pepsi. I will analyze the 5 forces model to determine Coca-Colas overall profitability. The 5 forces model begins by looking at rivalry between established competitors. Coca-Cola has a direct rivalry with Pepsi in the fact that they make and distribute an almost identical product used for the same purposes. Because
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