...SFAS No. 131 (ASC 280) allows companies to report segment information by line of business, geographic location, or a combination of the two. Which of these does Pepsi do? What does Coca-Cola do? Pepsi reports segment information by a combination of line of business and geographic location, and so does Coca-Cola. The company has identified six reportable segments, which are Frito-Lay North America (FLNA), Quaker Foods North America (QFNA), Latin America Foods (LAF), PepsiCo Americas Beverages (PAB), Europe, and Asia, Middle East & Africa (AMEA). Its best-known competitor, Coca-Cola, identified seven reportable segments: Eurasia and Africa; Europe; Latin America; North America; Pacific; Bottling Investments; and Corporate. Why does FASB require companies to disclose information by geographic area? In other words, how is geographic information valuable for financial statement users? For what geographic areas must a company provide disclosure? What geographic disclosures does Pepsi provide? What can you learn about PepsiCo from studying this information? The FASB requires companies to disclose information by geographic areas because financial information about the operations of the company’s divisions in different geographic areas assists stakeholders in understanding concentrations of risks and prospects for growth due to changes in economic conditions. Disclosure by geographic area assists stakeholders in understanding concentrations of risk due to all type of changes specific...
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...Statement Analysis Project Outline Compare & Contrast Coca-Cola vs. PepsiCo Financial Analysis Income Statement vs Cash Flow Accounts with greatest difference Evaluation of Fiscal Period Profitability Liquidity Leverage Financial Reporting Practices Methods for Accounting Coca-Cola Pepsi Company Disclosures Compare & Contrast Clarity & Completeness Critical Analysis Decision Investment Equity Investor Coca-Cola Company verses PepsiCo Critical Analysis of Investment The three financial statements required for external reports are the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows. The statement of cash flow highlights the major activities that impact cash flows, which affect the overall cash balance (Garrison, Noreen & Brewer, 2012). Equity investors utilize these financial statements for a critical analysis of the firm’s financial stability before making an investment. Based on a comparison of the income statements to the statements of cash flows for Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, the following accounts report the greatest differences between net income and cash flow from operations. Coca-Cola Company 2010 2009 2008 * Gain from Sale of Asset $(5,358) $(43) $(130) * Income of Equity Investments (671) (359) 1,128 * Change in Accounts Payable 656 319 (576) * Change in Other Working Capital (161) (510) (41) PepsiCo 2010 2009 2008 * Income on Equity Investment $(916) $(235)...
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...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In the case study, PepsiCo is a producer of carbonated cola drink and was marketing its products in most countries around the world. PepsiCo’s competitor was Coca-Cola. PepsiCo made two acquisitions of Tropicana and Quaker and the view was that there was synergy and economies of scale to be gained. PepsiCo should have had an organisational structure that will enable the achievement of the organisational mission and objectives. The organisation reorganised their structure to a multidivisional structure in a move to exploit the full acquisition potential. A multidivisional structure is most suitable for an organisation that has not got a wide range of products like PepsiCo. The organisation did not experience benefits from the multidivisional structure because PepsiCo had a wide rage of products and different customers. The organisation was structured into divisions and each reporting to the headquarters and there was no synergies and economies of scale gained. PepsiCo revised the organisational structure to a matrix structure. It enabled the organisation to operate in its particular competitive situation at peak effectiveness. At Pepsi they discovered that it was essential to drive the various brands as part of one team. There was less conflict between employees because of the hierarchical setup of the organisation. PepsiCo Beverages became the No 1 liquid refreshment beverage company in measured channels. There was a strategic fit as its strengths in the...
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...PepsiCo’s Diversification Strategy in 2008 PepsiCo. has some important internal strengths. First of all, there is a tight control on the different levels of the supply chain and this has led to great efficiency. Second, there is a huge international exposure, a wide range of products and financially speaking there are impressive revenues. Last but not least, the company has a clever management. As for the opportunities there are many: one example is the potential growth of markets (especially international) or the changing in the customer’s preferences. Threats are represented by intense competition, potential negative government regulations and the decline in carbonated drink sales due to the growth of health-conscious consumers. If we look at the environment in general, PepsiCo operates in a very difficult one: there are high levels of rivalry, threats of substitutes and bargaining power of buyers. However, the company can count on some very important success factors like the ability to forecast trends at both local and global level, the adaptation to consumers’ lifestyle, a great brand image and product innovation and diversification. The first key issue of this case is the low profitability in the international businesses, so a new organizational structure was needed. The recommendation to PepsiCo. is to keep on expanding into the international market and focus on understanding the different consumer taste preferences. In particular, the firm should try to compete...
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...MULTINATIONAL ACQUISITION PEPSICO AND QUAKER OATS COMPANY By the end of 1999, following a multi-year restricting effort, PepsiCo had once again become one of the most successful consumer products companies in the world. In less than four years, it had achieved an 80% increase in net income, on 30% lower sales, and with 75% fewer employees! PepsiCo’s major subsidiaries were the Pepsi-Cola Company, which was the world’s largest manufacturer and distributor of snack chips, and Tropicana Products, the largest marketer of branded juices. Throughout 1999, PepsiCo was closely tracking several potential strategic acquisitions. In the fall of 2000, it appeared that the right moment for an equity-financed acquisition had arrived. At this time, PepsiCo management decided to initiate a confidential discussion with The Quaker Oats Company about a potential business combination. Quaker Foods North America manufactures, markets, and sells ready-to-eat cereals, hot cereals, flavored rice and pasta products, mixes and syrups, hominy grits and cornmeal in North America. Products manufactured and sold include Quaker oatmeal, Cap'n Crunch, and Life cereals, Rice-A-Roni products, Aunt Jemima mixes and syrups, and Quaker grits. Gatorade, a key brand in Quaker’s portfolio, had long been on PepsiCo’s wish list. On October 5, 2000, an investment-banking team from Merrill Lynch met with the top executives of PepsiCo to discuss a possible business combination between PepsiCo and Quaker Oats. The goals...
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...Yuxing Tang Rebecca Watkins Mark Kapadia Shane Reigert Zihao He Dr. Robert D. Russell BA. 462 10 December 2014 Learning organization project: PepsiCo Industry analysis Market Overview PepsiCo is operating in the food and beverage industry. PepsiCo merged with Pepsi and is the parent company that owns a variety of other companies such as, Frito Lay, Quakers, and ocean spray just to name a few. Pepsi alone is considered to be in the soft drink industry. (The PBG Inc. 2013). In accordance to Kpmg LLP, PepsiCo's operations are organized into four business units: PepsiCo Americas Foods (PAF), PepsiCo Americas Beverages (PAB), PepsiCo Europe, and PepsiCo Asia, Middle East and Africa (AMEA). These four business units comprise six reportable segments: Frito-Lay North America (FLNA), Quaker Foods North America (QFNA), Latin America Foods (LAF), PAB, Europe, and AMEA. Pepsico is in 200 countries. Prior to their merger in February 2010, PepsiAmericas (PAS) and Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG), the two North American bottling units of PepsiCo, operated as the company's independent bottling subsidiaries. They were the major distributors of the finish goods. Since the merger, PAS and PBG are operating as a unit of Pepsi Beverages Company (PBC). PBC operates in the US, Canada and Mexico and encompasses approximately three-fourths of PepsiCo's North American beverage volume.(Kpmg 1). Other than producing, marketing and selling PepsiCo's global beverage brands, the PBC also manufactures...
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...Note to the user: This Word document provides a structured template for preparing your responses to the questions in the annual report project. If you did not purchase the workbook you are not permitted to use this template. Selected Company: PepsiCo | | 2. Print your completed electronic template. 3. Attach the following: * This page completed with all required information. * Completed Word template. Template boxes expand as you input responses. Adjust page breaks as necessary to submit a professional representation of your work. Chapter 1 - Introduction Select a Company and Gather Documents Chapter 1: Select a Company and Gather Documents – Question 1 Identify with an “X” the primary source of data for this project. | | Annual report to shareholders | x | Annual report to shareholders with a letter from Chief Executive Officer and SEC Form 10-K as part of the annual report to shareholders. The annual report may include additional general company information. | | SEC Form 10-K and the company website. | Fill in the page numbers from the annual report where the following are located. | Required information for this workbook project. | Page No. | Required information for this workbook project. | Page No. | Financial Highlights * Not absolutely necessary, but very common in annual report to shareholders. * Not in SEC Form 10-K. May be posted on company website. If so put WEB in Page No. box. * If not...
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...PepsiCo, Inc. Nitesh Kalwar June 18, 2010 HOLD Pros: • • Ticker Exchange Industry Sector Classification Market Cap. 52 Week Price range Recent Price Current P/E Projected 2012 P/E 2009 EPS Projected 2012 EPS Dividend Yield Morning Star Ratings Beta PEP NYSE Consumer Staples Beverages (NonAlcoholic) Income & Capital Appreciation $103.67 Billion $52.56-67.61 $64.28 16.34 13.81 $3.81 $5.50 3.00% **** .56 • • • • Broad portfolio in the soft drink, saltysnack market and beverages. Acquisition of bottlers will allow for cost savings and new business opportunities Opportunities for growth in healthy snack, and healthy drink markets; growth in emerging markets Commodity (raw materials) volatility, exchange rate risks Increased bad debt and higher interest rates No high prospects for growth Cons: Porter’s Five Forces: • • • • • Threat of Competition: Moderate Threat of New Entrants: Low Threat of Substitutes: Low to Moderate Power of Suppliers: Moderate Power of Buyers: High Brief Overview PepsiCo, Inc. operates four major businesses: Frito-Lay North America, 31% of sales; Quaker Foods NA, 4%; Latin American Foods, 13% of total revenue, PepsiCo America Beverages, 23% of revenue, Europe, 16% of total revenue, AMEA 13%. PepsiCo recently purchased two of its largest bottling companies for a combined total of $12.6 Billion.1 1 10K 2010 PORTFOLIO CONSIDERATIONS PepsiCo, a consumer staple equity, currently composes 3.39% of the equity value of the EIF portfolio. As...
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...Week 8 Assignment: Multinational Acquisition PepsiCo & Quaker Oats “Multinational Acquisition: PepsiCo & Quaker Oats” Briefly describe the acquisition you have selected. PepsiCo, Inc. is a multinational corporation with product sales in over 200 countries and territories. One billion times per day, PepsiCo customers consume one of their numerous food and beverage products. The merger agreement between PepsiCo and Quaker Oats dated December 2, 2000 (completed acquisition on August 2, 2001) significantly increased PepsiCo’s market share and revenues. Therefore, consumers of PepsiCo products have increased exponentially, both in the United States and internationally. Prior to acquiring Quaker Oats, PepsiCo was approaching “the global saturation point in terms of cola sales” (Jaffe, 2001). It is no secret that the world is trending toward healthier snacks and drinks. Medical studies linking soda consumption to childhood obesity will begin to eat away at PepsiCo’s profits. Acquiring Quaker Oats (the maker of Gatorade) will allow PepsiCo to expand further into the noncarbonated drink business. The $13.4 billion stock acquisition (Sorkin & Winter, 2000) of Quaker Oats will seem like a bargain once profits from Gatorade and the Quaker snacks start rolling in. PepsiCo has the means and capability to distribute beverages AND snacks, as Frito Lay is their largest subsidiary. “Pepsi plans to use Quaker’s granola bars as the foundation...
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...com/company/policies http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/69561-coke-pepsi-step-up-spending-after-being-targeted-by-tax Pepsi Demographic: Aging Population: First of all the company considers every one young in the market because they consider 5 year old boy as young and 70 year old man as young because they think that no one in the world consider himself as an aged person but the company in some case focuses their market and segments their market up to the age from 5 years to age 45, because people above 45 are hesitant of drinking Pepsi due to its coolness and its sugar factors. People in between the age 5 to 45 are usually attracted towards the drink Pepsi due to its flavor and reputation in the market. The company also made area wise segmentation and usually moves towards college, cinemas, restaurants, hotels, where the strength of young people are greater. The company also focuses towards students of colleges and schools. Geographic distribution of population: The company of Pepsi Cola is used to segment the market of the product geographically by focusing their market and attention towards the urban areas and in the hot summer days because people are interested in spending rupees to getting a good reasonable drink, which gives them pleasure and reduces their thirst. They have their dealers in different places in the urban areas to...
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...PepsiCo Case Study Analysis Paper Michael Gillespie Organizational Policy and Strategy, OML-450, Cohort (835) Professor Vicky Sons-Eiden September 15, 2011 PepsiCo Case Study Analysis Paper A case study analysis on PepsiCo’s diversion strategy in 2008 will be addressed in this paper. The elements that will be discussed are the vision and mission of PepsiCo, the background and history of the company, the external and internal forces of PepsiCo’s business environment, PepsiCo’s strategic marketing plan, and a conclusion and recommendations on how the PepsiCo company can improve their business strategy to stay competitive in years to come. Vision and Mission The vision of PepsiCo is to be a responsible company that supports continuous improvement of all areas across the globe in which they operate. These areas include the environment, social, and economic conditions creating a better future then the present. The mission of PepsiCo is to be the best company in the industry that provides convenient foods and beverages to the consumer. The company has a goal to provide financial benefits and growth for its shareholders as the company provides growth for its employees, its business partners, and the communities in which they are established. In all aspect of the business, PepsiCo strives to be the leader in honesty, fairness, and integrity. (PepsiCo, 2011). Company History PepsiCo Inc. was formed in 1965 when Pepsi-Cola Bottling merged with salty snack icon Frito...
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...Competition between firms that have developed brands or labels for their products in order to distinguish them from other brands sold in the same market segment. Nevertheless branded products compete with each other, but normally to a lesser degree. Coca-Cola and Pepsi are two companies that share such a competition; they have been battling each other for more than a century. It's a legendary brand rivalry. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/coca-cola-vs-pepsi-timeline-2013-1?op=1#ixzz2NHwdKlQR Born in the Carolinas in 1898, Pepsi-Cola has a long and rich history. The drink is the invention of Caleb Bradham, a pharmacist and drugstore owner in New Bern, North Carolina. The summer of 1898, as usual, was hot and humid in New Bern, North Carolina. So, young pharmacist Caleb Bradham began experimenting with combinations of spices, juices, and syrups trying to create a refreshing new drink to serve his customers. He succeeded beyond all expectations because he invented the beverage known around the world as Pepsi-Cola. Caleb Bradham knew that to keep people returning to his pharmacy, he would have to turn it into a gathering place. He did so by concocting his own special beverage, a soft drink. His creation, a unique mixture of kola nut extract, vanilla and rareoils, became so popular his customers named it "Brad's Drink." Caleb decided to rename it "Pepsi-Cola," and advertised his new soft drink. People responded, and sales of Pepsi-Cola started to grow, convincing him...
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...Sustainability - Pepsi-Cola Company Sustainability - Pepsi-Cola Company Sustainability can impact all the areas of operation within a company; including manufacturing, distribution, development, and support functions. All entities including; employees, supply chain partners, customers, investors and stakeholders involved in a company’s operations should understand the importance of achieving and establishing sustainability. Because of the numerous entities involved along with government regulations, establishing sustainability may come with red tape and barriers. According to The Boston Consulting Group (2009), companies often lack the right information upon which to base decisions and companies struggle to define the business case for value creation. The Consulting Group, also states that flawed execution is often a cause of failure. Creating a successful sustainability and implementation strategy is an important factor to a company’s financial success. Pepsi is an example of a company who has successfully worked through the challenges to execute and maintain sustainability. Sustainability The meaning of sustainability in business is defined more clearly by example of bad practices in sustainability and also success stories throughout history. This way a person who isn’t familiar with the meaning or sustainability practices and strategies can get a solid grasp on what it is truly about. Sustainability is crucial for financial success...
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...ETHICS-COMPANY PEPSICO Ethics Business ethics is the accepted set of moral values and corporate standards of conduct in a business organization. These standards of business behavior promote human welfare and the good. Business ethics are exhibited both as written and unwritten codes of moral standards that are critical to the current activities and future aspirations of a business organization. They can differ from one company to another because of differences in cultural perspectives, operational structures and strategic orientations. Therefore, different people have different beliefs about what constitutes ethical behavior. The law defines what is or not legal, but the distinctions between moral right and wrong are not always so clear. In many situations lines between right and wrong are blurred. Such situations can be helped to be cleared by using organization written codes and/or policies. Through the usage of auditors, ethics classes, written codes and policies, numerous companies have reinforced their business ethics and best practices to ensure that fraudulent activities are prevented. The food and beverage sector of the economy has faced increasing pressure from consumers to provide transparency on the sources and operations related to their products. Responsible and ethical procurement is especially challenging for food and beverage, because agricultural commodities typically rely on low-cost labor inputs and environmentally-damaging technology and practices in order...
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