Q1. Why is the soft drink industry so profitable? OR Why is it not easy for new players to enter the industry? Already a mature market‚ coke & pepsi spent a lot of money‚ time & effort on all things e.g. networking‚ manufacturing Q2. Why CPs are more profitable than bottlers? The concentrate manufacturing process involved little capital investment in machinery‚ overhead‚ or labor. A typical concentrate manufacturing plant cost about $25 million to $50 million to build‚ and one plant could
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COMPANY PROFILE-PEPSI CO. (US) PepsiCo is a world leader in convenient foods and beverages‚ with revenues of about $27 billion and over 143‚000 employees. The company consists of the snack business of Frito-Lay North America and the beverage and food businesses of PepsiCo Beverages and Foods‚ which includes PepsiCo Beverages North America (Pepsi-Cola North America and Gatorade/Tropicana North America) and Quaker Foods North America. PepsiCo International includes the snack businesses of Frito-Lay
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The political environment has played a key role in the performance of both Coke and Pepsi in India. At the time when Pepsi was entering the Indian market‚ India was generally seen as a very unfriendly place for foreigners to do business. In addition‚ in 1991 India experienced a severe economic crisis that was triggered by the rise in imported oil prices following the first Gulf War. This was around the time Pepsi was already in the market in India‚ and had already got a decent foothold in the market
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Coke Vs. Pepsi Interpret the results of your EVA calculation. If you had to choose between Coca Cola Co. and Pepsi Co‚ which one would you choose? Why? Both Firms EVAs are increasing from 2001 to 2003 _EVAs of Coca Cola is significantly higher than those of PepsiCo._ _EVAs insures that management perspective and objective is to maximize shareholders wealth‚ as such we would choose Coca Cola. The reason is because EVA is a measure of added value‚ and since Coca Colas EVA is obviously
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that when you buy Pepsi you get more of flavor‚ amount and/or whatever than the competition offers. Pepsi is for everyone and that Pepsi alone can refresh or change the world. Many slogans have to deal with being young as well as being in the future. Most of the slogans indicate that if you want to be part of the future or new generation then you have to drink Pepsi. For example‚ their current 2012 slogan is “The Best Drink Created Worldwide.” Their latest campaign‚ called Pepsi Refresh‚ calls upon
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(1) I think it was a good decision for PepsiCo to adopt diversity as a strategic priority in 2001‚ because by encouraging executives to meet diversity-related objectives‚ the company could easily break down the barriers between employers and employees‚ especially between employers and minority employees. Diversity strategy gives managers a chance to perceive the attitudes of their employees. A close relationship between managers and employees makes employees consider their perceived performance level
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ofunexpected problems and difficult situations that led them to recognize that competing in India requires special knowledge‚ skills‚ and local expertise. In many ways‚ Coke and Pepsi managers had to learn the hard way that "what works here" does not always "work there." In spring 2003‚ Alex von Behr‚ the president of Coca-Cola India‚ admitted ruefully‚ "The environment in India is challenging‚ but we ’re learning how to crack it." THE INDIAN SOFT DRINKS INDUS"rRY In India‚ over 45 percent of the soft
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Osmosis Egg Lab I. Introduction The reason for doing this lab was to see the process of osmosis. Osmosis is diffusion from a high concretion to a low concentration across a cell membrane. The cell membrane was represented by an egg without a shell. II. Hypothesis The egg that will placed in the distilled water will swell like a balloon. This is because distilled water is a hypotonic solution which makes water go in a cell (the egg without a shell) and make it swell. The egg that will placed
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the main issue at hand: The company has paid £8.6m in corporation tax in its 14 years of trading in the UK and nothing in the last three years‚ despite UK sales of nearly £400m in 2011. only paid £8.5m in corporation tax since it launched in Britain in 1998 despite sales of £3bn‚ starbucks has reported a taxable profit only once in its 15 years of operating in the UK‚ often posting losses‚but on the other hand it reported profitability and good perfomance to its investors. corporation tax in the
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Responsible and Sustainable Sourcing Guidelines for Supplier Relations Performance with Purpose We are delighted to offer the world’s largest portfolio of billion-dollar food and beverage brands that compete globally and leverage our scale and distribution power. PepsiCo has 18 brands in our portfolio that generate $1 billion or more in annual retail sales. Indra K. Nooyi Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo 2 Responsible Sourcing Guidelines Financial achievement can and must go hand-in-hand with sustainability
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