...And Drink No Comments Print For many years, Coca Cola and Pepsi have enjoyed the position as the two most enjoyed soft drinks in the USA, as they have maintained their popularity over the past several decades. One can divide soft drink fans into two major camps: Coke-lovers and Pepsi-lovers. Each of the camps substantiates its favoritism not only on flavor, but also on ideas, facts, and preferences that justify its choice and allow it to stay true to its selection. The following analysis of the history of Pepsi and Coca Cola explores Pepsi and Coke with an emphasis on advertising and cultural significance of these efforts, discovering what makes these soft drinks so popular and what differentiates them from each other. What emerges is that there is little in the way of differences between Coke and Pepsi outside of different cultural histories. There are many similarities between Coca Cola and Pepsi and the history of Coca Cola is nothing like the history of Pepsi outside of the fact that both companies were advertising soda. Both were intended to serve as recreational drinks associated with parties, fun, sex, and entertainment. The two drinks have just about the same color, the same amount of carbon dioxide, and have a similar taste. While in the past they both used different natural extracts from the coca nut, nowadays they both rely on artificial flavors and man-made components (Pendergrast 87). Taste tests between Coca Cola and Pepsi are as iconic as the beverages themselves...
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...Bishop English 181 10/9/12 The Unknowns of the Coca-Cola Company One would expect a 150 billion dollar company to handle their business without jagged edges; however, this frequently is not the case. Many multibillion-dollar companies break the law in ways that their customers more often than not are not aware of. The Coca-Cola Company is one of the most egregious, making the company look as bad as their product is for your body. These wrongdoings consist of using different drugs to make their product addictive, mistreating employees, supporting malicious groups such as the Nazis to increase their profits and worst of all, exploiting natural resources of developing countries such as India. Perhaps if Coca-Cola drinkers were familiar with these inexplicable acts, they would stop drinking Coke. This paper will provide evidence that shows how Coca-Cola has broken both political laws and widely shared moral values in several different ways. The company’s name, Coca-Cola, was not just a random thought that came to Dr. John Pemberton’s mind, the creator of the soft drink. In May of 1886, Dr. Pemberton, who was a morphine addict, created Coca-Cola as a nerve tonic. Nerve tonics provide calming and soothing feelings, as well as relaxation and pain relief (Lynne, 2009). No one today drinks Coke for those reasons, but there certainly was and still might be today an addictive drug in Coke which Pemberton used—cocaine. Of course Coca-Cola denies ever using the drug in their drinks even...
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...Strengths With a company such as Coca-Cola they have both internal as well as external strengths. One such strength would be that it is a strong company as they are not only a $23 billion company but it also sells roughly 400 drink brands while holding the largest beverage market share of around forty percent (Bazil, M 2013). This company has also served more than 200 countries serving more than 1.7 billion servings a day (Bazil, M 2013).While Coca-Cola has not yet made an organic product, they do however own Odwalla being a natural juice company. Even though its product will not be marketed as their own brand however with Odwalla’s knowledge of natural juice making will indeed make to be an excellent strength for the Coca-Cola’s company. However one of the bigger strengths in which this company posses would be their brand loyalty in which their customers have. Therefore someone who drinks Coca-Cola will indeed choose the organic fruit juice over other competitors because it has the logo of Coca-Cola. Another strength this company has is its popularity as it is well known throughout the nation. It is a fact that Coca-Cola buys not only because of its incredible taste but also due to it being accepted nationwide. Due to Coca-Cola being able to sell all over the world it is a fact that more and more customers will therefore continue to buy what they know and love. Weaknesses As with any company Coca-Cola also has its downfalls but with limited weaknesses as there are...
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...or policies of the Coca-Cola Company. It has identified pertinent issues that affect CSR policies and how an organization has to act responsibly. Coca-Cola Company has been a market leader in the soft drinks industry. However, in the recent past they have received negative publicity and unhealthy competition from worthy competitors like Pepsi. This report, therefore, finds out the discrepancies existing between Coca-Cola’s business strategy and their common practice. It, therefore, discusses the CSR projects implemented by the Coca-Cola Company and gives recommendations on how Coca-Cola will continue to operate a sustainable business. Table of Contents 1.0 Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………………..2 2.0 Scope of Engagement………………………………………………………………………...4 3.0 Current Understanding of CSR………………………………………………………………4 4.0 Examining Coca-Cola’s CSR Commitment………………………………………………….5 5.0 Discrepancies between Communicated Intention and Corporate Practice…………………...7 6.0 Recommendations…………………………………………………………………………….7 References………………………………………………………………………………………...9 Communication in Business 2.0 Scope of Engagement Business social responsibility is a core success factor for any organization. While acting to fulfill its mandate, an organization must not infringe on the interest of the community or of the stakeholders. In so doing, an organization works socially responsible (Cragg, 2009). I have been hired to conduct a CSR audit for the Coca-Cola Company. In the recent...
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...Marketing The Coca-Cola Company Author: Chetna Aggarwal Date: March 10, 2015 Supervisor: Prof. John H. O’Malley Table of Contents 1 What Is Story Telling? 3 2 Why Did I Select Coca-Cola? 3 3 Did The Story Added To My Awareness Of The Product? 4 4 Did I Connect With The Story? 4 5 Did It Cut Through The Clutter Of Competing Products? 4 6 In A Digital World, How Do You Get Your Message Through? 5 7 Bibliography 6 8 Declaration of Authenticity 9 * What Is Story Telling? Storytelling is the process of explaining real or fictional events through narrative (Storytelling, 2015). Complex ideas are depicted in an entertaining way or an emotional connection helps consumers remembering information (ibid.) by “building a picture of a company” (Bacon, 2013). It is said that people recall facts more easily when emotions are involved (Storytelling, 2015). Especially millennials, who have a shorter attention span and are exposed to an immense mass of information (2015), are more likely to remember an ad that is more interactive (Storytelling, 2015). Why Did I Select Coca-Cola? Coca-Cola is the soft drink giant par excellence – With a global market share of 25.9% in the soft drink market in 2011 (Statista website, 2015), the company has achieved what many companies dream of – Global brand recognition, meaning people can identify Coca-Cola without being directly exposed to the company’s name, but rather to its logo or colors (Brand Recognition, 2015). Furthermore, the Coca-Cola...
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...Coca-Cola India On August 20, 2003 Sanjiv Gupta, President and CEO of Coca-Cola India, sat in his office contemplating the events of the last two weeks and debating his next move. Sales had dropped by 30-40%1 in only two weeks on the heels of a 75% five-year growth trajectory and 25-30%2 year-to-date growth. Many leading clubs, retailers, restaurants, and college campuses across the country had stopped selling Coca-Cola3 and only six weeks into his new role as CEO, Gupta was embroiled in a crisis that threatened the momentum gained from a highly successful two-year marketing campaign that had given Coca-Cola market leadership over Pepsi. On August 5th, The Center for Science and Environment (CSE), an activist group in India focused on environmental sustainability issues (specifically the effects of industrialization and economic growth) issued a press release stating: "12 major cold drink brands sold in and around Delhi contain a deadly cocktail of pesticide residues" (See Exhibit 1). According to tests conducted by the Pollution Monitoring Laboratory (PML) of the CSE from April to August, three samples of twelve PepsiCo and Coca-Cola brands from across the city were found to contain pesticide residues surpassing global standards by 30-36 times including lindane, DDT, malathion and chlorpyrifos (See Exhibit 2). These four pesticides were known to cause cancer, damage to the nervous and reproductive systems, birth defects, and severe disruption of the immune system.4 In reaction...
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...Marketing Communication of Pepsi & Coca Cola in Pakistan! Muhammad Kashif Omer Malik 840310-P655 E-mail: m_04119_omer@hotmail.com Tutor: Leif Linnskog Date: 01 Sep 2008 Marketing Communication of Pepsi & Coca Cola in Pakistan 2008 Extracts Date Author 01 September 2008 Muhammad Kashif Omer Malik Qilah Lachman Sing, Ravi Road, Lahore, Pakistan. m_04119_omer@hotmail.com +923214912558 Master level thesis in Business Administration (15 ECTS) Marketing Communication of Pepsi and Coca Cola in Pakistan Leif Linnskog How the marketing communication of Pepsi cola and Coca cola is seen in Pakistan and how come the strong position of Pepsi cola? The research is done basically on the qualitative format in which some facts and figures are used for the support of the central issue of research. The data was collected by approaching different sources including primary and secondary styles. The purpose of this research is expose the facts of the appearance of both Pepsi and Coca Cola in Pakistan in terms of marketing communication. This research is mainly based on the marketing communication in which the purpose is to expose the either company’s marketing communication on the media and contribute the matter to the fact of Pepsi cola’s strong position. The appearance can be better in seen in the physical manner and the marketing communication is the best possible activity for the companies to be apparent to others. Marketing communication in fact cover many aspects as it expose the...
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...REPORT ON CONTEMPORARY ISSUES ON ADVERTISEMENT ANS SALES PROMOTIONS(COCA-COLA) Submitted to Lovely Professional University In partial fulfillment of the Requirements for the award of Degree of Master of Business Administration SUBMITTED TO :- SUBMITTED BY : - Mr. Lovkesh Jasrai Vishal kumar jaiswal Lect, LSB.. Reg. No.- 10812543 Section – R1807 Roll no. – R1807A17 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT LOVELY PROFESSIONAL UNIVERSITY PHAGWARA (YEAR-2009) INDEX |S. No. |Contents |Page No. | |1 |ACKNOWLEDGEMENT | | | | |3 | |2 |Executive summary |4 | |3 |Introduction to market |5 | |4...
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...REPORT On MARKETING STRATEGIES OF COCA COLA Submitted By – Name : Pinak Paul MANAV RACHNA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am sincerely thankful to Miss Kanupriya (Project Faculty Guide), under whose guidance I have successfully completed this project and time spent with her had been a great learning experience. I think her constant encouragement, warm responses and for filling every gap with valuable ideas has made this project successful. She made it possible for me to put all my theoretical knowledge to work out on the topic: “MARKETING STRATEGIES OF COCA COLA. A mammoth project of this nature calls for intellectual nourishment, professional help and encouragement from many people. We are highly thankful to all of them for their help and encouragement. We wish to acknowledge our great debt to all of them whose ideas and contribution influenced me to complete the project work. TABLE OF CONTENT 1. TITLE PAGE 2. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 3. INTRODUCTION 4. INDUSTRY PROFILE 5. COMPANY PROFILE 6. PORTER'S FIVE FORCES 7. PEST ANALYSIS 8. RESEARCH OBJECTIVES & METHODOLOGY 9. REVIEW OF LITERATURE 10. PRIMARY FINDINGS & ANALYSIS 11. CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATION 12. BIBLIOGRAPHY 13. ANNEXURE INTRODUCTION This project is focused on studying the various marketing strategies of Coca-Cola and the scenario of Indian soft drink industry in the 1990’s. Coca-Cola Co., the global soft drink industry...
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...The Coca-Cola Company The second function of the management process is organization. Management must organize, assign duties or responsibilities, and put the course of action into practice. Managers are responsible to ensure the plan is put into action the important resources while reducing unnecessary expenses. This paper will confer how the Coca-Cola Company uses the organizing function of management relating to physical assets, human resources, and technology. In 1886, John Pemberton, an Atlanta pharmacist, stirred a concoction and carried it to Jacobs’ Pharmacy that was a few doors down. Mixing the concoction at the Pharmacy with carbonated water letting the customers sample the product and the after the sampling the mixture was selling for five cents a glass. The first year average of selling the mixture was nine glasses per day. The mixture was named Coca-cola from Pemberton’s bookkeeper, Frank Robinson, who wrote the name in script and is still written the same way today. Pemberton died in 1888 without knowing the success of the business. Asa Griggs Candler securing the rights to the business in 1891 for a total of $2300 became the company’s first president and took the company to greater heights. Marketing of the new product by giving away free coupons for the new drink was his way of making the product known passing out free calendars and signs to pharmacy’s so the symbol, and the name would get out into the world (The Coca-Cola Company, 2011) . In today’s...
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...• HISTORY The Coca-Cola created in 1886 in the company's Eagle Drug and Substance in the pharmacy in Columbus, Georgia by John Pemberton, originally as a coca wine called Pemberton's French Wine Coca. Then, when Atlanta and Fulton County passed a law to ban, Pemberton defended himself creating Coca-Cola, a version without alcohol. First it started to sale at Jacob's Pharmacy, which was sold as a medicine that relieves headaches and nausea, the medicine was popular in the U.S., because in that moment people belief that carbonated water was good for health. Frank Robinson gave the name Coca-Cola, and then the actual logo of the brand was designed. When the drink became famous in 1886 Pemberton was offered to sell the product throughout the United States, of course he accepted the offer he sold the formula and his company in $ 23,300 dollars, and later he opened several containers in the United States. Later, a group of lawyers bought the company and it became an international company. Since there, the company became The Coca-Cola. • MACRO-ENVIRONMENT The Coca-Cola is a macro company, because like most of the companies, follow the policies and regulations that the government established. These kinds of companies contribute to the economic success by giving employs for people in the community, paying taxes to governments and suppliers of goods, services and capital goods and support programs for help. The Coca-Cola system has more than 900 plants in the whole world. The ingredients...
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...The Cola Wars are a campaign of mutually-targeted television advertisements and marketing campaigns since the 1980s between soft drink manufacturers Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo Incorporated. * | [edit]Competition Many of the brands available from the three largest soda producers, The Coca-Cola Company, PepsiCo and the Dr Pepper Snapple Group, are intended as direct, equivalent competitors. The following chart lists these competitors by type or flavor of drink. Flavor/type | PepsiCo | The Coca-Cola Company | Dr Pepper Snapple Group | Cola | Pepsi | Coca-Cola | RC Cola | Diet Cola | Diet Pepsi / Pepsi Light Pepsi ONE Pepsi Max Pepsi Next | Diet Coke / Coca-Cola Light Tab Coca-Cola Zero | Diet Rite Diet RC | Cherry-flavored cola | Pepsi Wild Cherry | Coca-Cola Cherry | Cherry RC | "Pepper"-style | Dr Slice | Mr. Pibb / Pibb Xtra | Dr Pepper | Orange | Mirinda Tropicana Twister Tango Slice | Fanta Minute Maid | Crush Sunkist | Lemon-lime | Teem Sierra Mist 7 Up (in countries other than US) | Sprite Lemon & Paeroa | 7 Up | Other citrus flavors | Mountain Dew Kas Izze | Mello Yello Vault Fresca Lift Lilt | Sun Drop Squirt | Ginger ale | Patio | Seagram's Ginger Ale | Canada Dry Schweppes Vernors | Root beer | Mug Root Beer | Barq's Ramblin' Root Beer (until 1995) | A&W Root Beer Stewart's Rootbeer Hires Root Beer | Cream soda | Mug Cream Soda | Barq's Red Creme Soda | A&W Cream Soda | Juices | Tropicana Dole (prepackaged...
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...Investment Analysis for Pepsi versus Coca Cola ACC557 – Financial Accounting December 13, 2012 Company Synopsis Pepsi Cola | Coca-Cola | The Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (PBG) is the world's largest manufacturer, seller, and distributor of Pepsi-Cola beverages. Separated from parent PepsiCo, Inc. in 1999, it accounted that year for 55 percent of Pepsi-Cola beverages sold in the United States and 32 percent worldwide. The company delivers its products directly to stores without using wholesalers or other middlemen. In addition to its extensive production and distribution facilities, PBG leases and operates about 20,000 vehicles and owns more than 1.1 million soft drink dispensing and vending machines. PepsiCo holds a controlling interest in the firm. | The Coca Cola history extends back to 1885, when John Pemberton invented the original recipe for a new cocawine. Pemberton developed Coca-Cola, a non-alcoholic version of his original cocawine, when Fulton County passed prohibition legislation. Carbonated water was added later by accident when Pemberton was mixing drinks for a friend and incidentally included it. His friends loved the new taste, so he altered the original formula to incorporate it. | Pepsi - International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 40. St. James Press, 2001. (http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/the-pepsi-bottling-group-inc-history/). Major Suppliers Pepsi Cola | Coca-Cola | PolandEgyptUnited Arab EmiratesCanada | Poland...
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...Subject: Economics The competition between “Coca-Cola”and “Pepsi” in the market for soft drinks Abstract There are two types of people – the ones who like “Coca-Cola”, and the ones who prefer “Pepsi”. Or at least that is the fact that trying to convince us the marketing experts from both companies. The two famous brands compete with any means to persuade whose drink is better. The solution to this problem relies on both of the companies’ abilities to boost the domestic sales, to prove to new international markets, to broaden their brand for new streams of revenue and include non-carbonated beverages in their “big plan”. Competition analysis Nowadays competition is not only commonplace, every year it becomes increasingly fierce. Many companies move theor production to countries with lower standards and bring to market cheaper goods. Once the company finds it’s most important competitors, it has to analyze them by specifying their characteristics, especially their strategies, goals, strengths and weaknesses. Group of companies that follow the same strategy of a target market is called strategic group. If a company wants to enter a particular industry, it develops a strategic and discovers four groups based on product quality and the level of vertical integration. This analysis shows that the height of the barriers to entry is different for each group. Once the company finds its main competitors and their...
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...The Coca-Cola Company Case Synopsis Submitted by: Christopher Hnatko, Romita Sidhu and Li Zhang Business 478- Section D300 March-17 2014 INTRODUCTION Firm History The Coca-Cola Company is a beverage company. “It owns or licenses more than 500 nonalcoholic beverage brands” (MintGlobal, 2014). It primarily serves sparkling beverages but also wide range of still beverages such as water, juices, ready-to-drink teas and coffees, and sports drinks. The Coca-Cola Company was founded in 1886, by John S. Pemberton and served Coca-Cola at a local Pharmacy in downtown Atlanta, Georgia (The Coca-Cola Company, 2014). In 1892, Asa Candler purchased and incorporated the Coca-Cola Company as a Georgia Corporation (The Coca-Cola Company, 2014). Fourteen years later, under Candler’s leadership, bottling operations began in Canada, Cuba, and Panama. In 1919, the Coca-Cola Company was purchased by a group of investors led by Ernest Woodruff for $25 million. From its early years, Coca-Cola Company made significant innovations in the beverage industry, such as six-bottle carton and steel 12-ounce cans. Additionally, it continued to expand internationally (The CocaCola Company, 2014). In 1923, Robert W. Woodruff was elected as president of the Coca-Cola Company, who also served as a Chairman of the Board in 1939. The very first new product distributed by the Company was Fanta Orange in Naples, Italy. After the success of this product, it established a diverse portfolio through...
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