opportunity. Currently A DUE, the launcher and main promoter of the project, has water treatment plants in eastern Europe, Asia, Africa and South-America, but they don’t have a significant presence in North-America’s or western Europe’s industry heavy areas. They are already working with international brands of the beverage industry such as Danone, Pepsi, and Coca-Cola, so expansion towards the European or North-American branches of these companies is a
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Thompson−Strickland: Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases, 13th Edition 23. PepsiCo’s Acquisition of Quaker Oats Case © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2002 1 case 23 PepsiCo’s Acquisition of Quaker Oats John E. Gamble University of South Alabama In 2001, PepsiCo was the world’s fifth-largest food and beverage company, with such brands as Lay’s, Tostitos, Mountain Dew, Pepsi, Doritos, Aquafina, and Lipton contributing to revenues of approximately $26 billion. PepsiCo’s revenues
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the Coca Cola Company. Its early recognition of the global demand for their products led them to explore investing in the yet unexplored, and politically and economically challenged markets including the markets in the region of Eastern Europe. In the early 1990s, after some significant political and economical changes in this region, the Coca Cola made a decision to open bottling plants in many countries of this part of Europe (History of bottling, n.d.). Currently, there are 300 Coca Cola plants
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When someone asks me what I’ve done with my life, its always the same answer, its easy– Malawi. I had long dreamt of Africa and at the age of 20 I packed my suncream and khakis and off I went.. on a Jumbo from Heathrow Airport. The Journey was a like a taster for what would come before. There were the obvious Malawi nationals, no doubt returning home with stories of lands afar to tell their families, there were toughened looking tanned expat types, and a number of what seemed to be Chinese businessmen
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In 1889, a well-known Manila businessman, Don Enrique María Barretto de Ycaza y Esteban, applied for a royal grant from Spain to establish a brewery in the Philippines. He was awarded the grant for a period of twenty years. On September 29, 1890 (Michaelmas, or the feast day of Saint Michael the Archangel), La Fábrica de Cerveza de San Miguel was declared open for business. Located at 6 Calzada de Malacañang(later called Calle Avilés), the brewery took its name from its neighbourhood, the arrabal(suburb
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ANNUAL REPORT 2013 CONTENTS Chairman’s Review Managing Director’s Review Financial Results Board of Directors Senior Management Corporate Governance Statement Financial and Statutory Reports Directors’ Report Financial Report Income Statement Statement of Comprehensive Income Statement of Financial Position Statement of Cash Flows Statement of Changes in Equity Notes to the Financial Statements 1. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies 2. Segment Reporting 3. Revenue 4. Income Statement
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of new diseases for which they had no immunity. It should also be noted that over half of the Europeans coming to the Americas died within a year of their arrival, usually from some fever, and that the death toll among Europeans in the interior of Africa was so great that it remained largely unexplored by them until well into the 19th century. The Europeans were quick to use native remedies for their ailments, and the bark of the chincona tree -- from which quinine was extracted -- was of great help
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with their own brand products, which invariably are inferior in one aspect or another.Red Bull, who is originally from Austria where it is still produced, distributed their energy drink in over twenty countries. Countries like USA, New Zealand, South Africa, Eastern and Western Europe. Today, the slinky 8-3-OZ can has completed its invasion into nearly every cold box in the United States. (Ohio, Tennessee and the Dakotas are among the few states without it.) In less than three years, Red Bull singlehandedly
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Questions for discussion and exercises for competency development 4 Management 3 e A South African insight: Capitec Bank: Meeting the needs of customers by making banking affordable and accessible A savings culture does not exist in South Africa particularly among low-income earners. Two reasons for this are the low savings returns and the high administration costs of having a savings account. The average client incurs fees and costs that exceed the savings returns in an account on an annual
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CASE 21 PepsiCo’s Diversification Strategy in 2014 John E. Gamble Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi P epsiCo was the world’s largest snack and beverage company, with 2013 net revenues of approximately $66.4 billion. The company’s portfolio of businesses in 2014 included Frito-Lay salty snacks, Quaker Chewy granola bars, Pepsi soft-drink products, Tropicana orange juice, Lipton Brisk tea, Gatorade, Propel, SoBe, Quaker Oatmeal, Cap’n Crunch, Aquafina, Rice-A-Roni, Aunt Jemima
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