Case Analysis: PEPSI-COLA UK Peter Kendall, regional vice president for northern Europe of Pepsi-Cola International, had a difficult situation where he was potentially being challenged by Coca-Cola entering the UK with the introduction of their successfully launched product “ diet coke” which was a growing segment in the US and would be in UK as well. Let us consider a SWOT analysis of PEPSI-COLA in UK as of 1982. Strengths: Pepsi-Cola definitely had a head start in the cola market in the U.K.
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Corporate Governance The Board of Directors continued to establish benchmarks and oversight to ensure sustainability and momentum for the future. In addition, the Board of Directors have undergone training sessions with continuing emphasis on good governance and best practices, and updates on relevant issues which included competition law, corporate social responsibility and social networking. The formation of the Group Executive Committee (Group Exco) last year saw the active involvement of the
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competitive strategy of Coca-cola and Pepsi over 100 years of rivalry. New challenges of the 21st century included boosting flagging domestic cola sales and finding new revenue streams. Both firms also began to modify their bottling, pricing, and brand strategies. They looked to emerging international markets to fuel growth and broaden their brand portfolios to include noncarbonated beverages like tea, juice, sports drinks, and bottled water. For over a century, Coca-Cola and Pepsi-Cola had vied for the
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Situational Analysis and Marketing Plan: Coca-Cola Steve Lenart MKTG 730: Marketing Analysis Foundation (F14) I. History The Coca-Cola Company may be one of the world's most recognized companies and it all started back in 1886. Dr. John S. Pemberton was a pharmacist in Atlanta, Georgia. He created a “soft drink” that utilized flavored syrup combined with carbonated water (Coca Cola History, 2014). The first people that tried it considered it, “excellent.” Now that he knew he had a
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Page 1 The Broadway Café One first things I would do in order to create a Competive Advantage for my café would be to have Lattes for the Lactose Intolerant. The Lattes would consist of Soy, 2 percent, or any Lactose based products. Furthermore, I would utilize the most focused differentiation business strategy in the hopes of tapping into potential forgotten or overlooked segment of society. Hopefully, this first-mover advantage would draw in so many new customers which impacted the
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Carolina, United States, in 1893 by Caleb Bradham, who made it at his drugstore where the drink was sold. It was later labeled Pepsi Cola, named after the digestive enzyme pepsin and kola nuts used in the recipe. Bradham sought to create a fountain drink that was delicious and would aid in digestion and boost energy. In 1903, Bradham moved the bottling of Pepsi-Cola from his drugstore to a rented warehouse. That year, Bradham sold 7,968 gallons of syrup. The next year, Pepsi was sold in six-ounce
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Soher Al-Mursheidi-120080089 Manar abd elrahman -120080113 Supervised By Miss. Yasmin AL Bobo Plan Contents Abstract ……………………………………………4 Introduction ………………………………………..6 Coca-Cola Background ……………………………8 Methodology ………………………………………10 Management Overview……………………………11 Purpose………………………………….11 HISTORY…………………………………
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The Coca-Cola Company: Company Evaluation MGT/ 498 April 20, 2012 The Coca-Cola Company: Company Evaluation The Coca-Cola Company is the leading supplier of non-alcoholic beverages in the world. The brand is most recognized in the industry, providing over 3,500 soft drinks, sports drinks, water, juices, coffee, and milk products to more than 200 countries around the world. Guided by the company’s core values, Coca-Cola has created value and accomplished great notoriety through careful
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States Markets increasing from 20.3 gallons per capita consumed in 1965 to 40.1 gallons per capita consumed in 1982; This explosion in growth led to the era of what has become known in the industry as the “Cola Wars.” As the consumer trended towards becoming more health conscious, the diet cola segment represented a significant opportunity for growth in the industry and companies were scrambling to understand how to position themselves for a competitive advantage. With an emphasis on sales and profit
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External Analysis: Macro environment: The environment is constantly changing and therefore also influencing PepsiCo’s operations. Environmental changes which are not directly involved with the company but do influence it can be put in six categories: economic, technological, political, cultural, natural and international changes. These changes and their influence on PepsiCo Canada are described per category. Management R. L. Draft, M. Kendrick, N. Vershinina, the general environment page
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